Unfortunately, many school systems in America are behind times and still operating in a factory style setting from the industrial era. We pass students along in groups based on age and not capabilities. We limit their ability to learn by limiting our teaching styles one way instead of finding multiple ways to teach children with different needs. This video is important because it targets why education in this country is outdated and how it needs to evolve from the one way direction. We must be open to creating a curriculum the revolves around technology and collaboration if we want our students to grow and be successful in this technology driven world.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Entry #3 Media Quest
In today's world it is easy to see the major improvements in technology. When I was a young child a cell phone was the size of my shoe which required an exterior antenna and a computer required a floppy disk that was actually floppy. The children of today live in a world where technology advances every day and their whole lives revolve around the internet.These children are so far advanced in technology that they are operating an iPad at two years old. However, with all these improvements we are not seeing an improvement in educating our youth.
Unfortunately, many school systems in America are behind times and still operating in a factory style setting from the industrial era. We pass students along in groups based on age and not capabilities. We limit their ability to learn by limiting our teaching styles one way instead of finding multiple ways to teach children with different needs. This video is important because it targets why education in this country is outdated and how it needs to evolve from the one way direction. We must be open to creating a curriculum the revolves around technology and collaboration if we want our students to grow and be successful in this technology driven world.
Unfortunately, many school systems in America are behind times and still operating in a factory style setting from the industrial era. We pass students along in groups based on age and not capabilities. We limit their ability to learn by limiting our teaching styles one way instead of finding multiple ways to teach children with different needs. This video is important because it targets why education in this country is outdated and how it needs to evolve from the one way direction. We must be open to creating a curriculum the revolves around technology and collaboration if we want our students to grow and be successful in this technology driven world.
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I know what you mean about little kids operating technology at an advanced level. My 3 year old cousin figured out how to work my 24 year old brother's phone more quickly than he did. Within seconds she found games that he didn't even know existed.
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