Video #1
Did You Know?
I watched the video "Did You Know?" 3.0 A John Strange 2012 Version based on a Karl Fisch and Scott McLeod version. It talked about how India has a large percentage of honor students and how China is becoming more of an English speaking country. It talked about how technology is the new future and how teachers need to be up to date on technology and prepare their students.
I have used Google to search for many different things and I now have a gmail account and youtube account. Technology is the present and the future!
Video #2
Mr. Winkles Wakes
I watched the video "Mr Winkles Wakes" by Matthew Needleman. In this video there is a man, Mr. Winkle that wakes up after 100 years and things around him have changed! I understand some of what he felt. When I was in high school it was not expected of the students to have labtops, twitter, facebook, youtube, email accounts, and to have blogs. When I was in school we learned to type on the old fashioned type writters. Most students these days have know idea what a type writter looks like unless they google it! Technology is growing at a fast rate and for the older generations (except the few like Dr. Strange) it is a scary thing. There are many good things that come from the new advances.
Video #3
The Importance of Creativity
In the video "The Importance of Creativity" by Ken Robinson it is important to allow children to become creative. This needs to be embraced. Growing up with a mother who was and still is an artist she always taught us to be creative. Many kids aren't good at everything, but may be really good at something. I noticed a lot of the times with children with learning disabilities that they were not good at learning English or Math, but they were exceptional at art or athletics. Everyone is born with special abilities they just have to realize what they are and embrace them. Being creative in art allows this.
Video #4
A Day Made of Glass
In the video "A Day Made Of Glass" it allows us to see how advanced the classrooms could become. The schools would be ran by solar panels and everything would be glass touch. It is hard to imagine that school classrooms could come this far in the near furture. I think there are some really neat benefits to some of the technology, but I am still a fan of some of the old school ways.
You need images and links. You did a good job making connections with the videos but I would like to see a little more reflection on the assigned videos and/or articles.
ReplyDeleteAmber,
ReplyDeleteYou did a great job summarizing what each video was about. Next, time, in addition to summarizing, maybe write some more about your own thoughts on the video like you did for "The Importance of Creativity." I bet it was so much fun growing up with an artist for a mother! I agree with you that a lot of kids aren't good at everything in school, but probably are good at some things like art and sports.
Also, make sure you include links to the videos as well as a picture in your next post. All of your spelling and grammar look great!