Blog Assignments Week3

1.Michael Wesch: A Vision of Students Today
This video definitely grasped my attention right away. Instructors are issuing assignments on a daily basis that is not relevent to our profession. College students spend hundreds of dollars on textbooks that we may may open TWICE during the semester. It is time for everyone to understand what goes on iin the mind of students.

My college experience is similiar to the students in the video. I am guilty of being on facebook during all of my classes. It's hard to sit and listen lectures that come from teachers because most of them are dull. I believe that every educator should take a public speaking class every so often because it's not as easy as it seems to grasp and keep the attention of others.
Technology has become addicting. I believe that in order to maintain students' interest, technology has to be involved some point throughout the lesson. The tradition of learning is school is gone. Times has changed.


2. Kelly Hines: It's not about the Technology
This article is somewhat opposite if the Michael Wesch video. This article teaches that learning is not all about involving technology. An instructor may "teach" a lesson but students are not always learning. I believe that teachers cannnot be left behind in the tradition way of teaching. Technology is not always necessarily. Teachers must be able to present a lesson using their personal creativity.

Technology is useful in the classroom, however it is not always needed. I believe that in order for students to become creative, they do not need to abuse it with technology. A great teacher can teach their students a lesson without the use of technology. Many people beacome instructors, but it takes a great motivator to become a teacher.


3. Karl FishL: Is it okay to be a Technology Illiterate Teacher?
It is definately not okay to be a technology illiterate teacher. As I mentioned earlier, "Times are changing." In order to relate to the modern ways of learning, teachers must know more than the basics of the usage of technology. One should think that it is embarassion for a teacher to ask a student for assistance with a computer.

Technology can be used for more than just surfing the web. Additional homework assignments can be found on the web as well as online tutors. Many researh papers are done on a computer. Teachers should be able to help their students search the web for effective articles when they assign their students research papers.


4. Gary Haye: Social Media Count
It was scary for me to look at the numbers add so quickly. All throughout the night people all over the world are creating new accounts.They are introducint themselves to rely upon technology more and more.