Did You Know 3.0

The statistics in this video were very interesting but not suprising. The fact that China will have more english speaking people than America was inevitable. Hell, during the video they produced 200 more babies than us! I am concerned about the hustle though. We are getting out hustled in the classrooms and on the job. Let's take the bull by the horns.

The stat on Shakespeare's time interested me. The fact that a man with one-fifth the word bank we got today wrote the way he did; that's something else. Where's the inspiration?
I liked the video but a lot is based on prediction of things staying the same. Can never know what's next but can always be prepared.


Mr. Winkle Wakes

Rip might as well have come from the stoneage with the technological advances we've made in the past 100 years. The progress of the cities was too much for Rip so he took off to the hospital. Then he got shocked at the lasers and x-rays of the hospital and headed out. And where did Rip end up? School! of course. That was the whole point of the video was to show how our school's are stuck in the stone age. Technology is constantly changing our world and if the schools don't make proper changes then they will never catch up.

The Importance of Creativity

I liked this video and thought Sir Robinson was kind of funny. I agree that we push the arts to the back of the bus, but think that the duke took it a little overboard with:"Mining minds like stripmining the Earth." I did like "we are all born artists".

This is a problem that we are already being forced to deal with. I saw a special about a town in Texas that has already cut the arts and sports programs for all schools in it's system. It won't be long before it makes it to our town. I think it's important to encourage creativity and learn about the arts. Everyone has something unique about them, and they deserve a chance to find it.

Digital Smarts

The teacher in this video puts her students in a position to interact and in some cases become the teacher. I think this process works and liked the teacher in the video. My only worry is who's gonna buy all those computers? Being technologicaly advanced also means more costs. The class in this video was in south Georgia; where they are the beneficiary's of the lottery. Which gives millions to schools and the Hope Scholarship for students who make the grades.

I think its a good idea and liked the teacherpeneur. The kids learned and experienced the trends. With the acceleration of the world at an all time high then educators must use the digital world to keep up.