Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Lessons Learned

Videos:Millennial Generation - In this video, high school students are asked questions about technology.  They are asked what they would like technology to be, how their parents deal with it, and what it would be like in the future.  Some of their ideas about the future were really amazing. The idea that their could be no identity theft because fingerprints are used for everything is really cool and amazing.  It would be awesome if some of their ideas actually came true.  Some of them are coming true now.  One student suggested that we will be able to control things with just the movement of our bodies.  Now companies are coming out with gaming systems that react to your bodies movements without a controller.
Wow this movie was really eye opening.  The fact that China is one of the smartest countries in the world and one of the biggest is amazing.  It is amazing at how much is going to change over the next fifteen to twenty years technology wise.  It’s kind of scary thinking that the students I’ll teach will have jobs that haven’t been invented yet.  It was also interesting to see how much the job turnover rate was in the United States.

Create learning experiences that are realistic, rich, and relevant.  We are now using what is known as 3rd generation or 3G networking.  It will soon be changing to 4G.  Getting whatever we want, whenever, and wherever we want to is making our society enter a downward spiral of lost expectations.  May put assembly line education out of its misery.  Using a ClassAct Portal or a classroom website will help the students learn about a specific topic.  There can be links to sites about the topic, student work on the topic, and even a blog.


There is more technology in our homes than in schools.  It makes learning more enjoyable and keeps the students focus for longer periods of time.  It also helps with management issues.  It is a great way to get current accurate information and talk to experts.
Many teenagers do not believe that writing with technology (IM’s, email, texting) is connecting to their writing for school.  Many say that they do not see a difference in their writing if they do it on a computer.  Many do, however, edit and revise more.

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