Did You Know
Did You Know by Karl Fisch and Scott McLeod is very interesting. Yes, I know how popular the internet is, but to think it only took 2 years for Facebook to reach 50 million people is unreal. If a computer is going to be built by the year 2013 that is going to be smarter than a human, jobs will be cut in half. People are not going to want to hire someone and pay them a certain wage when the company can easily purchase a computer to do the same. The overhead for buying the computer is so much greater than hiring a human. I also did not realize that our English vocabulary is made up with 540, 000 words. Where did all of these words come from is over half of them were not around when Shakespeare was writing poetry?
I also was unfamiliar with how smart India's kids are. The country more kids with an incredibly high IQ than The United States has kids. I do agree with technology changing every two years. Our world is all about technology these days, this video just makes me believe that even more. This video was uploaded in 2008, these facts are probably outdated by now according to the theory behind the video.
Mr. Winkle Wakes
Mr. Winkle Wakes is about how fast the world is changing. How all businesses are so technology advanced these days. Then Mr. Winkle goes into a school and the school has not changed at all. School has been the same for so long and teachers are still standing in front of the class giving lectures while the kids are taking notes.
I think that the more advance technology gets, then schools should start teaching kids how to use it. Teachers should use the technology in their classroom. Our world is evolved around computers and internet and this should be how teachers teach their kids.
Ken Robinson
Mr. Ken Robinson talks about the school system killing the creativity in children's mind. Children are eager to learn even if they do not know what to do for sure, they try. They will do what they think even if they are wrong. Like Mr. Ken says, children are growing out of creativity. Educator's are supposed to be educating young minds about the future when in reality nobody knows what the future is going to look like. The world is unpredictable.
The story about the dancer, Jane, not being able to sit still reminds me of people learn differently. He says that creativity is so important in schools. I agree with this because people learn differently. Some are visual learners while others learn by books and hearing. Some children are artistic learners but yet the art program in all schools are at the bottom. They are not considered to be important but with art comes creativity.
Scholastic News
We can have people like Cecelia Gault get a good education by teaching her some of our culture and having her teach the class some of her culture. Sir Ken Robinson says that traveling and learning about other countries' culture will help you become creative and be more open to the way others live and learn.
Harness Your Students' Digital Thoughts
This is video reminds me of how our class is set up. Vicki Davis is teaching her students through technology which is how we are learning. Not at all students are able to learn by a teacher standing in the front of class giving a lecture, therefore, this method of teaching reaches out to hand on students. Students need to do, to learn.
I agree with this method of teaching. When students graduate, they are not going to have someone standing there giving them instructions, they are going to have to figure things out on their own. Teaching kids in this environment is getting them ready for the real world.
Mr. Winkle Wakes
Mr. Winkle Wakes is about how fast the world is changing. How all businesses are so technology advanced these days. Then Mr. Winkle goes into a school and the school has not changed at all. School has been the same for so long and teachers are still standing in front of the class giving lectures while the kids are taking notes.
I think that the more advance technology gets, then schools should start teaching kids how to use it. Teachers should use the technology in their classroom. Our world is evolved around computers and internet and this should be how teachers teach their kids.
Ken Robinson
Mr. Ken Robinson talks about the school system killing the creativity in children's mind. Children are eager to learn even if they do not know what to do for sure, they try. They will do what they think even if they are wrong. Like Mr. Ken says, children are growing out of creativity. Educator's are supposed to be educating young minds about the future when in reality nobody knows what the future is going to look like. The world is unpredictable.
The story about the dancer, Jane, not being able to sit still reminds me of people learn differently. He says that creativity is so important in schools. I agree with this because people learn differently. Some are visual learners while others learn by books and hearing. Some children are artistic learners but yet the art program in all schools are at the bottom. They are not considered to be important but with art comes creativity.
Scholastic News
We can have people like Cecelia Gault get a good education by teaching her some of our culture and having her teach the class some of her culture. Sir Ken Robinson says that traveling and learning about other countries' culture will help you become creative and be more open to the way others live and learn.
Harness Your Students' Digital Thoughts
This is video reminds me of how our class is set up. Vicki Davis is teaching her students through technology which is how we are learning. Not at all students are able to learn by a teacher standing in the front of class giving a lecture, therefore, this method of teaching reaches out to hand on students. Students need to do, to learn.
I agree with this method of teaching. When students graduate, they are not going to have someone standing there giving them instructions, they are going to have to figure things out on their own. Teaching kids in this environment is getting them ready for the real world.
The top 25% of any sector of India's population is greater than the population of the Unites states BECAUSE India's population is more than four time that of the USA. So 25% of the people in India with two ears exceeds the population of the USA. And the top 25% of students in India (we'll call them honors students) exceed that of the USA.
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