Blog Post 3

For the first part of this post, about the peer writing, I left my specific critique on Shaun Coleman's Blog post #2. He did a good job, because after reading his responses to the peer videos, I can tell that he actually watched the videos unlike a lot of people. The simple reason it is clear to see that he watched them is because for each paragraph, or topic, he pointed out useful information from each video. For more specific critique, again go to Shaun Coleman's Blog Post 2 and you should see a comment left by me.
For the second part of Blog Post #3, there are lots of parts, so I will just put them in numerous paragraphs/sections.
For the video "Technology in Education", it amazes me about the different ways there are for the special education to set up their system now compared to 10 years ago. Apple has many designs, but one specific Ipod that they have designed is like a book, except it does not have pages. Apple has turned around many people's lives with this, because for some it gives them hope. To add to the ipod book type device, they make some where the ipod actually reads it for you. This makes those people want to listen and it is exciting to them, compared to trying to understand one teacher speaking 5 days a week.
They have numerous touch screen devices, and one they have it set up to where there are bigger than usual letters used for spelling and writing purposes. It brings the more exciting effect into play rather than the old boring way, which is trying to learn to spell/write, with a piece of paper and pencil. For the teacher purposes as far as technology can help goes, teachers can simply post assignments on a link for the students to get to. This can be class work, hone work, learning gamed, etc. This certain newer style of teaching could go very far. I mean think, ten years ago none of this was around. What does this mean for 10 years down the road?
For the next part of Blog 3, about Gary's Social Media Count, there is a basic fact I see. With everything, it seems like these tremendous numbers are thrown at me, and I think at first thought it is supposed to scare me or another word could be intimidate. Those huge numbers really do not scare me, because with all of these people joining networks gives everyone that much more of an opportunity for something to happen that maybe has not happened yet. See, if thousands of people are joining facebook by the minute, more chances open because if you look at that as a business outlook, you should do nothing but smile. The bigger selection of people, you can still narrow down the best of the best, in anything.
There is a dark side to the fact that tons of people are currently joining all of these different types of online devices. That is the fact that it is like a competition already trying to make it in the world. These multiple internet related devices could eventually turn into a disaster with maybe too many people with opportunities. But then again, there could be towns built in places where there is nothing but trees. When I go up to mid Alabama where some of my family is from, I see nothing but trees and land for around 45 minutes! That tells me that the U.S. is not overpopulated. For me, facebook can be my internet source that could maybe help me in my career. That is because maybe once I start my career and want the same job in a different area, one way to contact the area where I would want to move to could be facebook.
For the video on A Vision on Students Today, there are so many ways to look at and talk about it. For the girl who raised the paper "18% of my Professors know my name", I feel the same way about South. You know that means around 1 out of her 5 teachers know her name, but really less because 1 out of 5 is 20%, not 18%. I have been in the situation of the guy who raised the paper that said "I buy hundred dollar textbooks that I never open". That should be good enough for a law to be passed to where the teacher has to tell every student if the book is necessary or not. Now some may say to that, "Well then the professors will not get any money". I would say directly back to those people, "Yes they got our money, because by the first day of class every student has payed their tuition which is over 200 dollars for each hour". That also lets me know that professors should not have any problems with money, unless they shop every weekend for wants instead of needs.
After seeing this video, i get the vibe from Mr. Strange for us students to think like a professor would, not a student. If I had a chance, right now, to teach a class at South, I would teach things strictly by the book, but in an actual cool interesting fun way. Not going to lie, I had a Psychology teacher at Faulkner State Community College this time of the year a year ago, and he did just that. Except the cool thing was that he never did pick up a book. He uses real life experiences and makes definitions out of that. His name is Mr. Ferrel, and if anybody who reads this has to ever drop out at South but still wants to attend a close college, go to Faulkner and request this guy as a teacher. I do not know why he is not at South, because I took a sociology class here at South, and it was nothing like Mr. Ferrel. His way of teaching helped me realize that I could be a teacher.
For the one billion people that do not make over a dollar a day, they are either kids or from other countries mostly. There really is a variety of reasons some do not bring home money. It is hard to say, but the majority of those people jobless with no money put themselves in tht position probably for not being responsible. See, if I get a teaching job some day (no matter what grade), I will try to push the students to try to accomplish something each day. It does not matter what it is as long as it is productive. By the end of the school year, hopefully my students would already have a more positive out look and better grades. Hey, that would not hurt me at all, if you know what I mean.