- The issue with this video is it really isn't all that plausible. If you look at classrooms today and how students use their technology, yes computers and phones are sometimes used for notes and for homework assignments however, at the same time there is other websites like facebook or twitter open, and the phones are constantly being checked for texts or other information. I do believe that the creator of this video is correct about technology is going to become more and more integrated into the classroom but the fact that everyone is staying on task? Highly unlikely. I think what will probably happen is the teacher will use technology more and more as a teaching tool but I doubt the students will be able to use technology that freely because they will not stay on task if they do.
Video 2- The Voice of the Active Learner
- This video is extremely accurate. Students now a days are constantly hooked to their technology and most of the information that they learn can be found at their fingertips. When you look at the world and the road it is going down, the creator of this video is right and most of the classrooms will probably transfer to online studies. The issue with this though is that even though technology is great, it can't replace a classroom. If a student has a hard time comprehending a problem or a concept, they can google it all they like but probably will never truly find the answer they need. Students also need both peer interaction and teacher interaction so they can learn social skills and many other skills that they will need to take into the work force. Technology SHOULD be integrated into the classroom because of how students are learning today, but it can not replace the necessary interactions a student needs. I have been the student doing just online schoolwork and it took me a while to catch up to everyone else.
Video 3- The Future Starts Now
- This video is highly plausible. As mentioned before in the other two paragraphs, students today are hooked on their technology. This can be a good or bad thing. If teachers really started to prepare lessons with technology incorporated in them and use those tools to interest the active technology learners, then students will really start to enjoy it more. Just like the creator, I agree with everything she has said. It's more of a combination then strictly doing one or the other and this is the way I believe the future is heading. Technology is necessary, but it's up to teachers to show students how learning can be fun through it.
Video 4- Designing Schools for 21st Century Learning
- I have mixed feelings about this video. I think it's a wonderful idea to have a school open like he did and to really sit down and let the students be hands on and just the environment is so much easier to be relaxed in. If all schools could be like this that would be great. Open up those windows, let those students feel like they aren't in prison, however, his reasoning behind this construction is because of the school experience he had. Schools today (or at least not the school I graduated from) were like that. They never just stood their and lectured. They gave us visuals and some gave us hands on experience. I think him judging schools across the board because of his bad experience almost makes his argument invalid. I do however, love his idea and some of those ideas we could really bring into the normal classroom to really enrich those students as well.
Video 5- Tools and Resources for the 21st Century Education
- This video is just a resource video for teachers. It provide several helpful learning tools to be used in your classroom and also tools that can help a teacher grow professionally. The only way I could really give a review on this is if I go and look up every site that was on the video which I will probably do at some point in time however the ones I did recognize I know for a fact they are good resources for teachers to use in the classroom and outside of the classroom. Based on that, I believe the creator of the video can be credited with giving good resources for teachers and his resources are valid.
Video 6- A Vision of 21st Century Teaching
- It was really great to read how actual 21st Century Teachers are teaching in their classrooms and the impact they are having on their students lives. I think we can say this is plausible considering these are actual teachers telling their experiences. One thing I noticed in the video, opposed to the first video, is that when they use their phones for things its a very strait forward thing and the students don't have time to roam with them but also gives them the opportunity to take it out and use it. The teachers in the video really showed how they are integrating technology in their classrooms and is a great was to really look at it because I will be a teacher in that setting in the future.
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