Blog Post #2

Did You Know? Video
1. In the original video by Karl Fisch and Scott McLeod,I was not amazed about the facts and the numbers behind it. I knew of most of the facts, but, I did not know how the numbers are calculated for the facts. You have to really be on your math and knowledge game to know the numbers behind the facts mentioned. I would not be able to figure out the numbers. The numbers for each fact surprised me. In the past, I have thought of most of the facts mentioned. The future is going to be interesting for the world because every number mentioned will be even bigger than expected. In the Strange version of  "Did You Know?", I realized that the numbers and facts were compared to the students in previous EDM310 classes and high school students, such as cellphones and computers. I am not amazed about the numbers on computers and cellphones because every person in my household has his/her own personal laptop and cellphone, even my 10 year old brother.I have been searching for a job every since my high school , and I have not found one, which means I highly agree with the facts about jobs in both videos.


Mr.Winkle Wakes

2. In this video, created by Matthew Needleman, I definitely can relate to the ways that Mr.Winkle felt when he walked in those places. When he walked in the office, he was aggravated with the constant printing of paper from the machine.When he left from there, he went to the hospital and saw a machine he did not recognize, such as x-ray machines. I can relate to this part of the video because I do not like going to hospitals because someone very close to me stayed in and out of the hospitals. Every time I went to visit, that person felt weaker and weaker.I do not like hospitals sometimes because I do not like to see loved ones or people in pain. I  get so emotional at hospitals that I have to leave the hospital to calm myself down to not show my emotions. I do not like  crying in front of people, but now, I just let myself cry in front of  loved ones because crying can mean  various feelings (laughter, joy, pain).When Mr. Winkle went inside the school, he became aware of the environment. I can relate to this part because I have been to school everyday since preschool.To me, it seems school is all I do, which is a good thing because nowadays, education is everything and your lifeline to you. In my opinion, I think that Mr.Winkle did not want anything to change in the world while he was asleep. Like Mr.Winkle, I was afraid of change. But as I grew older, I found out that change is good in most situations. As I grew up,things began changing in my life that I was not ready for, but I had to change to get on with my life.

The Importance of Creativity
3.I watched this video when I was Baggett's class last semester. This video has a variety of information on how technology is making creativity worse for students when they are at school. To me, I believe that Sir Ken Richardson is a phenomenal supporter of education. The fact that students' do not use their abilities, skills, and talents means to me that they are wasting their abilities, skills, and talents that God has given them, which is not a good thing to do with the gifts God has created in you. I can relate to my opinion because it has happened to me several of times. Throughout the video, Ken Richardson says many jokes, which I thought were funny yet very interesting to think about. I do agree with the fact that schools demolish creativity for students.In the future, I believe that schools will more able to make creativity better for students. Most students that I know love to be creative in everything they can do. Creativity is the most important thing in education because without it students cannot be imaginable with their thoughts and feelings. I highly agree that women have the ability to multitask more than men because my grandmother,my mother, my sister, and I multitask on a daily basis, especially my grandmother and my mother. I believe that our job is to better the education of children in the future so they would enhance a better than that of today's education. I believe that the education world will become better.

A Vision for 21st Century Learning                       
4.In this video, the main arguments were as follow:

  1. Digital Technology
  2. Cons to Networking                                                                            
  3. Instant Gratification
  4. Global Connectivity
Altogether, with the arguments included, this video was a summary on how to make children learn when in fact they do   not. The solution to this is to make educational games on computers and on gaming systems. In many classrooms, the children are just taking notes on what the teacher is lecturing about. Most classrooms barely use textbooks.When children are just sitting in class taking notes, they become bored, and come to the conclusion that school is not fun. But with educational games, the children will get incentive to play  and learn from the game. When I was little, I had a series of  CD games, such as KidSpeak (learn different languages) and Cluefinders (mainly different math skills). I played Cluefinders the most because I love games with a mystery behind them. Using learning games for children will give the children the incentive not to give up on their education. When I graduated from a junior community college, I was afraid to make the transition to the University of South Alabama because the college experience would be different. The reason why  I felt this way because the community college was smaller compared to the University of South Alabama, and because I had the feeling that the instructors for my classes would not like me. Most of the time, I define myself as a person that is judgmental because I judge people before I get to know them, which is not good.As of now, I am not the judgmental type of person.

Harness Your Students' Digital Smarts
5.In this video, I love the way the teacher gives her students the chance to teach for a day.I found it interesting when the terraform students taught the teacher how to terraform. The teacher uses different terminology everyday, which she expects her students to know what they mean.I strongly agree that students do better in classes when technology is involved through the class.In elementary school, I was type of student that did not do so well when it came to doing book work for homework and classwork. As I progressed my education, I became more technical based to my education, which is an accomplishment for me. I love to accomplish the goals I set for me. For awhile, my mindset is to get my education to help educate the future of the world.When I am at home, I try to help my little brother and little whenever they need help. Most of the times, they will go to our dad because they believe that our dad knows everything.Sometimes, our dad sends them to me when he does not know what to do in that subject.