Blog Assignment #2

The Present or History

     Did you know? 3.0 and Dr.Strange's EDM 310 version both highlight the constantly increasing impact technology has in the world and the role it plays in education.
     As a history teacher the increasing impact technology has in the world definitely puts on more pressure because as quickly as an event went happens it becomes history. Therefore, it is even that much more important that I help my students understand the concept of history and the role it places in their life so that they are educated, and they do not allow history repeat itself. This because with everything that is happening all over the world it would be impossible for me to teach them about every single thing in history.

21st or 12th Century?

    In the video Mr.Winkle Wakes focuses on the lag education has on technology in the rest of the world. How can we expect students to succeed with an education system so out of date? Is technology really that important to education?
     It is absolutely necessary that teachers implement the use of modern technology in their lesson plan. This tools assist students in understanding what is being taught and creates a better way of teaching that was never available before.

Recreating Creativity

     In The Importance of creativity, Sir Ken Robinson speaks about how the education system is killing creativity. My absolute favorite quote from this lecture is: if you are afraid of being wrong you will never come up with anything original. Robinson talks about how through the system of right or wrong grading teachers have destroyed children's creative minds.
     It is not acceptable for us to continue on is this same pattern. We are in a time that everything changes so quickly that students need that creativity more than ever. because the places we are setting then up to succeed in now will no longer be there. They will be left with their knowledge and creative to find where they fit in.

An Interest in Pinterest

     Pinterest is literally a hub of ideas just waiting for you to click them. It is a source teachers may use for anything from what to put on a bulletin board to how to help a disruptive student learn. It is a tool for all and any teachers with a question of how.