Blog #6

The Networked Student
This video hit really close to home. It made me think about how much we really use the computer these days in school. It also made me think about what Doctor Strange is doing with us. This video gives a great look into the fact that we as teachers will be teaching this one day. Weather we realize it or not this is our future and we have to ask ourselves where we would be.
Until we look at how much a week we use a search engine or we have to do research on the internet we do not realize how much this technology connects us. We do not realize how many people possibly look at the same thing we do. We are all connected by this world we like to call the internet. We all can help each other out and make things a lot easier with sharing.
When I first started this class I was wondering why we did the majority of our work online. Well After watching this I now understand why Dr. Strange does the class the way he does. He makes us teach ourselves so that we will learn to use connections and not always depend on the teacher. Sometimes we have to depend on ourselves and find the information for ourselves and build life long connections on the way. Makes us better students.
As teachers we will have to teach our kids the same thing. How to be independent but at the same time we have to help them. We have to give those little tips to make our kids think about what they have to do to make those connections. So they like us will be able to make those important decisions and be able to make those much needed connections with the outside world. The next generation will be completely done on the computer so we are going to have to help them navigate their way around this new world. The sad thing is most of them will be able to do more than we think.

In This 7th graders PLE She has a good point that as people we have th choice to do our work or look at the distractions. I know one of the first things I do is look at my email, then I go to the class blog, and then finally I go to mine. I check this stuff everyday to make sure I'm up to speed and I know what is going on. I even check it before I go to bed every night to make sure I don't miss anything. I will admit that I do procrastinate and take my time doing my work and sometimes I go to the wire with my work. She talks about doing a lot of things on Google docs like we do. I think ours are a lot more involved because we are learning how to do this for our kids but it is still very beneficial in the end.

In this last video it makes me look back at my childhood and how much has changed since I was young. When I was young a computer was something we only used at school and they were big and bulky. We used them for reading activities and other things. Now the "Machine" has changed so much. So much that even people that never thought they would use a computer are using it. He talks about about a 92 year old man singing about Youtube. It is used a social community and a way to be discovered if you have a talent. The way we used to say things and how they have changed due to media or the internet. We do live in a world of instant replay because everything we do now can be re seen on the internet. You miss your favorite show no worries You can watch it on many places online. The "Machine" has changed so much in our lives. How we talk and how we think.