Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Blog Post 8

This is How We Dream Parts 1 and 2
I liked how Richard Miller incorporated Martin Luther King in his videos “This is How We Dream.” To me this sent the point home that changing from the reading/writing culture to a listening/watching culture is a big dream. That it is not something that can be done overnight but it is something that can be accomplished with a lot of hard work.

Richard Miller touched on some very good points about why this is an important idea. The fact that you can now buy is book for $.59 on Amazon.com was a great message. It shows how quickly technology is changing. That printed books are soon going to be obsolete. We are going to continue to move forward to find new and better ways to get information out there.

Whether I am prepared to write with multimedia, I am not sure. I am not really sure I completely understood the whole concept of it. To me in some ways it looked like a wordle. Whether my students are going to be able to write with multimedia, I think they definitely will. I think if that is how they learn from the beginning that is all they will know.



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The Chipper Series
EDM 310 For Dummies

If I were going to create a video for this class, it would be a video on how to filter all the information that is available. As I have said in previous posts, I struggle staying on task with so much material out there. Some of it is necessary but some of it is not. It is almost like when cable TV was first introduced. People became like crack addicts with all the different channels they could access. Gone were the days of 10 basic channels. I think a lot of the programs we can now get are pretty useless as well but it still easy to get sucked in and lose hours at a time.

These videos send me the message that I am basically not alone. In being overwhelmed or understanding the class. If I can learn to manage my time successfully I should be able to master the class. This unfortunately is easier said than done with all that crack, uh I mean information waiting for me.



Learn to Change, Change to Learn
I think this video made some bold statements. The last statement “the death of education but the dawn of learning” really summed up the video. The only thing that concerns me is that when something dies to make room for something else, SOMETHING is always lost. The death of the small town is a good example. When small towns died, a lot of people felt that the closeness of a community went with them. So what will be lost with the death of education? I think as educators, parents, and students this should be considered before completely killing off the education system as we know it. It may not be visible right now but I guarantee something will be lost.



The Secret Powers of Time
Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us

I really liked both of these videos. My way of thinking I think is pretty obvious from some of my previous posts. I am a past thinker. I am pretty sure I am a past positive thinker. I struggle with moving from the good ole days. I think this can definitely effect how I think about things and my drive for success. If I am content with what I already have it is harder for me to move forward and accept change. I feel I am already successful so why change what is working. I need to be willing to look at new ideas and listen to them with an open mind.

I found it amazing that people really are not motivated only by money. In actuality I think it is great that people are motivated by something else. I really don’t find it that hard to believe that people are motivated by other things. I don’t think that being motivated by the feeling that you get when you succeed is a bad thing. To me it also promotes a sense of self-respect.

3 comments:

  1. I agree, books are slowly but surely becoming obsolete. While I'm one of those people who prefer to have a physical book and write my notes on paper, I'm also excited to see that books can now be read using things like the Kindle and Nook.

    As for you not necessarily being prepared to write for multimedia. It's a hard concept to grasp and accustom yourself to. I think, if you just keep working at it, you'll get to a point to where you'll be comfortable with it.

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  2. "If I were going to create a video for this class, it would be a video on how to filter all the information that is available." This is one of the most important things for anyone to learn. Project 16 maybe?

    "So what will be lost with the death of education? I think as educators, parents, and students this should be considered before completely killing off the education system as we know it. It may not be visible right now but I guarantee something will be lost. " And your time zone is...? You got itt right: "I am a past thinker." It's time to change if you can.

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  3. I like the way you compared your vision of writing with multimedia to a wordle. I took this to mean that you recognize most of the words, but you don't understand why they are arranged the way they are. I think many of our students are going to feel the same way, and it is our job to help them navigate through the mounds of irrelevance to the reputable and interesting information that the web makes available. I think this is how we can help them make sense of their tech journey, and where all these wordles of words fit into their learning journey.

    Haha, your second response is funny-- and certainly relate-able for all of us. I think we (the staff) especially try to emphasize the significance of what you are saying when we explain to y'all how we use twitter. It is a plethora of information, but the trick is subscribing to the information most beneficial to your professional development or interests. The rest of the web is the exact same way. It's all about navigating with savvy. EDM310 tries to expose you to as many resources as possible so that you can determine for yourself what is most relevant to your learning and development experience-- think about this when you do your Cassidy assignment. In her interview, she gives a good recommendation on where to begin integrating technology into your classroom.

    Once again, your analogy in regards to the small town proves a valid point-- but for future blog posts, be sure to give a reason to support your argument. In this case, you should include what you predict may be lost, that way it's not left up to our very tech-to-the-rescue imaginations.

    It is great that you recognize your room for growth-- so long as you make an effort to bring about that change. I think you are doing so with your thoughtful, and often critical reviews of these assignments. Now, I challenge you to think about them free from technology. What is the head fake all about? What are we really trying to expose you to?

    I think you answered your first conflict, "If I am content with what I already have it is harder for me to move forward and accept change." with your second paragraph, "I don’t think that being motivated by the feeling that you get when you succeed is a bad thing. To me it also promotes a sense of self-respect." You are right, that feeling is a good thing that should be augmented. In a global sense-- we have to find ways to become more creative, collaborative, and inventive (***note I did not say more technological). Now days, technology helps us to expand on others ideas, share our ideas for others to develop, inspire others with encouragement, and be inspired from the support of others world-wide. The innovation and progressiveness that the United States was once known for, is taking a bench seat in comparison to our international communities. That self-respect that you said comes from that feeling of success is fading with our lack of competitiveness in the world market. Right now, the world is be vaulted forward thanks to technology, but we are not keeping up because our school systems are not making room for expression, creativity, and production. I think we should use technology to learn from those international communities and their school systems so we can succeed, so we can regain our self-respect.

    You are on top of these metaphors and analogies in your post reflections, WAY TO GO!

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