Don't Teach Your Kids This Stuff. Please?
I really liked this blog post. I can not tell you how many times I have heard people make comments like this. The reality of the situation is that this is INEVITABLE. If you don't allow children to use the internet, cell phones, etc. at home; they will use it elsewhere. I think that there are just as many positive things about technology as there are negative things about technology, just as with life you have to take the bad with the good. If people do not see how great it can be they will fall behind in a very rapidly changing society. Dr. McLeod is a professor at Iowa State University and he helped establish a national technology program, CASTLE, for secondary and college education. He did this to help make sure that schools were meeting the technological requirements that had been set.
The iSchool Initiative
I love this. What a great way to save money and better budget our schools money. We spend so much each year copying papers for our students. If we could cut down the budget as much as Travis was saying, then we would be able to better compensate our teachers for their hard work and they would have something to work hard for!
I feel like if this were done the correct way it could be an outstanding opportunity for children now and in generations to come!
The Lost Generation
After I watched this the first thing I said was, "Cool!" The way that this was presented to the viewer was amazing. I do believe that we can change the view that our society and the younger generation (unfortunately, my generation) has about life right now with just some effort. I find it very maddening when I see so many young people not working, not going to school, and not trying to do anything that would better their life. The problem with our society right now is that it as a whole is lazy. I think that with a little effort and concern for our countries well being we could turn it around and prove all the "experts" wrong about their predictions for the future. I do think that if we keep living and acting the way our young generation is right now that the experts will be right about their predictions.
Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir
WOW! How amazing! I would have never thought that something like this could happen. To think that such a beautiful song could be created by so many people who had never practiced, or even met before! I think that this just goes to show the path that technology is taking, the opportunities are endless. If you can think it...you can do it with technology!
I can understand some of the comments and thoughts about how the use of techonolgy is taking away our social skills. But I think that no matter how much we use technology we are still having to meet and interact with people in our everyday lives and I do not think that that will ever change, no matter how much we depend on technology.
Elizabeth,
ReplyDeleteI loved the analogy you made in the first assignment, when you said that there are negative and positive things with technology, just like there are negative and positive things with life. People just have to take the bad in with the good.
I also agree with the iSchool too. My only issue with it is how we be sure that the students would take care of them. Other than that, I am all for it.
As for the lost generation, I love how you put it so bluntly. Unfortunately, it is so true. The younger generation needs to kick it in high gear and start making something of themselves. They need not to depend on others but stand up and make something of themselves. I have been telling my brother that is in high school right now that nobody is going to help you get out of the whole he is in with his grades, that he is the only person that can do it.
Thoughtful, well written and Travis would be glad you are supportive of his idea!
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