Post # 3

Response to:

Scott McLeod: Don’t Teach Your Kids This Stuff. Please?

I like this post! It is so true that parents, teachers, and faculty believe that only bad things will come from letting students use the internet. The author makes a good point at the end when he uses his children as an example that kids who are allowed to use multimedia tools will surpass kids who don’t.

Some information on Scott McLeod: He is an Associate Professor of Educational Administration at Iowa State University and the Director of the UCEA Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE). He is also the co-creator of the Did You Know? (Shift Happens) videos. He has received numerous national awards for his technology leadership work, including recognitions from the cable industry, Phi Delta Kappa, and the National School Boards Association. Information gathered from the Web Site Dangerously Irrelevant.

The iSchool Initiative

After seeing this PowerPoint presentation, I was very excited about the future of school and teaching. To be able to reduce the cost of education to a school while saving the environment and allowing more accountability on the students, teachers, and parents is exciting. I believe that this form of education would greatly improve student’s success rates not only in high school, but in college and the job market as well.

I think that everyone is scared of change. Yes, it will have flaws but all of them are correctable. The one comment that stuck out to me was “what if the teacher’s ischool crashes”? The beauty of this application is that she would only have to get a new Ischool because all the information will be devoted to a server, not limited to her phone. In the end, I believe this program could help education greatly.

The Lost Generation

First, I would like to say that this presentation is spectacular. The way the author gets her point across is amazing. This is a true masterpiece. That being said, the point the author is trying to make is that our generations values and ethics are on the downslide. When we care more about money and work than our own family we as a society are in trouble

It is up to the next generation of workers to establish that money is not everything and that true happiness can come from having a family and values that are appropriate to that person’s life. I personally will not let money run my life. It is important that my family lives without want but I will not sacrifice my values and beliefs to make this happen.

Eric Whitaker’s Virtual Choir

After viewing this work of art, I cannot express how amazing technology is. To see Mr. Whitaker take several web-recordings and mesh them together to form one beautiful piece of work is astonishing. It is amazing how technology can bring people from all over the world together. Imagine if this was employed in every classroom throughout the world.

Students would be connected and education would soar. Imagine if teachers could communicate 24/7 with other teachers from around the world. I could not imagine how would change if this was implemented. Imagine a united network serving one goal, to educate the next generation. That would be the best gift any child could ever receive and would create endless possibilities