Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Blog Post 2: Welcome to the Social Media Revolution.

 As you have probably guessed by the title of this post, the first video I watched was The Social Media Revolution. All I can say is wow! I can not believe that some universities are not even giving out E mail accounts anymore because e mail is becoming a thing of the past. Back in the '90s E mail and instant messaging were the latest in communications. Also, Justin Bieber has more followers than the population of Sweden? I got a nice little chuckle out of "What happens in vegas stays in Facebook Twitter ect." I agree that peer reviews on yelp are more trustable than advertisements. Obviously a business will use advertising to get you to use their product(or eat at their restaurant or what have you) but a peer review is an actual experience.
 I also watched The Future of Learning. It was eye opening(yet made a surprising amount of sense) to find out that the school system was modeled after a factory or an army in which "identical people" were created. It is true that schools today do not cater to individual learning styles. I don't necessarily agree that anyone with access to technology can become educated. Although there is a lot of information now at one's fingertips, it still requires literacy and other fundamental skills to be able to access this information.  I believe that it learning to use technology  to access this information should be included in education.  Speaking of which,where was knewton when I was in school? I would have loved to know how and when I learned best. Maybe had I had access to something along that line I would not be as bad at math. To conclude, this video gave me hope that my children will go to school in a world where standardized tests don't dominate.

4 comments:

  1. I think a classroom is a good place to learn literacy, but from the apps I have seen my grandchildren play with at ages 4-6, I wonder how they would have done on their own.

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  2. I watch the social media revolution video too. It is amazing! The statistics they give about the social media are awesome! Yes, I rely a lot on Yelp when I go out to eat .

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  3. Hi Briana. I was also shocked about some universities no longer giving out email accounts! It's hard to believe email may one day be a tool of the past.

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  4. Hi Briana! I really agreed with your statement "I don't necessarily agree that anyone with access to technology can become educated. Although there is a lot of information now at one's fingertips, it still requires literacy and other fundamental skills to be able to access this information" There are really multiple literacies that students need to be educated in and technology is one of them!

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