Blog Post #8

This is How We Dream This video had a whole lot of information that you don't really hear anywhere else in the world. The most amazing thing to me that I never really think about is the fact that anyone around the world can communicate with anyone else around the world. Someone being able to communicate in different countries is so surreal. Laptops can be used for so many things it is insane. Word processing is becoming a part of everyday life and there is just no slowing it down. Anytime anyone needs any type of information all they have to do is get on the web and it is right at their fingertips. The fact that anything ever put on the web will always be reachable is another thing of the future. Textbooks will be a thing of the past and it will be a much cheaper way to get an education. The presentation on Martin Luther King Jr. was very interesting to me because it is just amazing how sounds and visual aids can all be on one page. The web is more of a culture type of deal instead of just an individual which just provides even more information. There are always alternative versions to a story also and that just helps open the minds of everyone. It made me laugh whenever he said anyone can determine the emotion of the world just from blogs. We really can see who is the happiest city in the world just from reading blogs.

Carly Pugh
Carly related to Dr. Miller in many ways. The main thing that I noticed about these two were that you must feel some type of enjoyment for everything that you do. There is always more out there and it is never out of reach when a computer is around. You should always thing for yourself and motivate students in anyway possible. The video was very motivational to me and I enjoyed watching every second of it also.

The Chipper Series And Edm310 For Dummies
Chipper is a very interesting character to me because she is a typical student. Dropping out of school is never the answer no matter how tough the work may seem to get. You will never be successful if you make up an excuse for everything that you do not do correctly. In EDM310 For Dummies, these students are also just like every other student around the world. When work is mentioned most students just give up before even trying. Most students might enjoy the work if they actually put forth the effort. You really do learn things more whenever you take time to do the work that is expected of you.

Learn to Change, Change to Learn
Schools really are changing every day and it's something that not everyone realizes. This video put a great emphasize on how schools are becoming just another place for kids to come together and do work. The 21st Centure education isn't just in a classroom anymore. Learning takes place everywhere a students goes while they have a cell phone or computer. Technology has showed students many ways to multi task while learning during the process. Every kid around the world at a certain age now knows how to find and validate data in ways that they never could before. Teachers now have children that care about the information that they are learning.

Scavenger Hunt 2.o
PollEverywhere.Com is a tool that any teacher could use in their classroom to keep up with their students. The students could use their cell phones anywhere at anytime to send in their answers to any questions I may want to ask. Quizzes could be done while the kids are at home and I could just ask random, valuable, questions while I'm getting a test together to see what does and doesn't need to be reviewed in class.