Hi Mararoa. My name is Pauline and I am a student in Dr. Strange's EDM 310 class. It is a class at a university in the United States. In this class we get to see other class blogs. I have one too: http://brownpaulineedm310.blogspot.com I liked your story. It was creative how you were able to use such words from your picture. Keep up the good work.
This video had some good points. I think it depends on the type of learner the student is to be able to do something like that long term. I can admit that I have a problems with organizing information, that's why I prefer textbooks b/c it's all there at my finger tips. Of course I sometimes supplement my notes with some things offline, but it's very few and far between b/c when i search for stuff it takes hours and hours to find what I'm looking for. And of course I wouldn't mind listening to other professors in their areas of expertise for free, not sure how the people paying to go to those elite universities would feel about that though. I also think it depends on the subject area you're studying. For example, I'm a science major, but a lot of science journals cost money to see either way. A lot of them are free too, but the free ones are like looking for a needle in a haystack. And I know there are a lot of psyche classes, but I'm not sure how I would feel if someone who had all psyche classes like with no textbooks or tests as far as I know, to diagnose someone. But overall, connectivity and seeing other point of views is a good thing.
A symbaloo is a cool thing. I have one, but I don't use it that much. But I think it's a good tool for something like that. All her assignments and blogs and responses and tasks and homework were all in one area for her instead of going through numerous web pages, clicking link after link to find stuff. It's great that she felt the responsibility of having to complete all her work. After all, the Word says not to despise youth. So as teachers we should be able to trust them with more things. Plus learning time management at a young age will definitely help them for when they get to college. My lack of time management is one of the reasons I'm repeating this, after all.
I think his speech reached people. I'm sure whoever watches this video would do an introspection about their own view of self. There were a lot of quotes he used from other people that I'm sure are echoing in everyone's mind by now. The lack of community, people becoming fragmented and people being narcissistic has already been written: "But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves..." 2 Timothy 3:1. If you continue to read through verse five, a lot of what is written is displayed throughout the world, throughout media and social networks. Near the end of the speech, he was showing all sorts of people making videos to anyone who had access to it. For it is written: " 9 Two are better than one, Because they have a good reward for their labor. 10 For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, For he has no one to help him up. 11 Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; But how can one be warm alone? 12 Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly broken. " Ecclesiastes 4:9-12. Yes, youtube is a community of sorts, but even with youtube videos, the video about free hugs still stands out the most. But why? Because we need each other. All those hugs made more of a difference in people's lives versus talking to a camera. Praise G-d we can see others sharing love, but that's my point. It's love what people are looking for, what they are crying out for. And yes, it would be awesome for people to respond to video posts and things like that, but for all those people making the "confessional" ones, I promise a real hug, a genuine act of love that they could feel would have changed their lives. And I posted this last time, but I believe it would be good to post it again, regarding a new definition for "whatever."
The Fellowship Committed to Doing WHATEVER It Takes
I am part of the fellowship committed to doing "Whatever It Takes." I have the Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit). The die has been cast. I've stepped over the line. I am out of the comfort zone. The decision has been made. I am a disciple of His. I won't look back, let up, slow down, or back away. My past is redeemed, my present makes sense, and my future is secure. I am finished and done with low living, sight walking, small planning, smooth knees, colorless dreams, tame visions, mundane talking, chincy giving, and dwarfed goals. I no longer need pre-eminence, prosperity, position or popularity. I don't have to be right, first, tops, recognized, praise, regarded or rewarded. I now live by presence, lean by faith, love by patience, lift by prayer and labor by power. My face is set, my gait is fast, my goal is heaven, my road is narrow, my way is rough, my companions are few, my G-d is reliable, my mission clear. I cannot be bought, compromised, detoured, lured away, turned back, diluted, or delayed. I will not flinch in the face of sacrifice, hesitate in the presence of adversity, negotiate at the table of the enemy, ponder at the pool of popularity, or meander in the maze of mediocrity. I won't give up, shut up, let up, or burn up -till I've preached up, prayed up, paid up, stored up, and stayed up for the cause of Christ. I am a disciple of Yeshua HaMashiach (Jesus the Messiah) I must go till He comes, give till I drop, preach till all know and work till He stops. And when He comes to get His own, He'll have no problem recognizing me because I have dedicated my life to being part of the fellowship committed to doing... WHATEVER IT TAKES!!!
Eagles' Nest Radio & Class Blog This presentation blew me away. I know the kids had to have had fun while making it. The whole newscast angle really made it creative. I think the kids did an excellent job in playing their role in the script. I like the idea of podcast become some people are camera shy, but are just fine when it's just voices :) And still being able to play dress up is always a plus. Costumes are always fun fun. A fantastic job, indeed.
This video was very helpful. I was having a hard time with my embedding my podcast in my blog. I thought I exported it and saved it the right way and things like that. But in the end, I just ended up recording my screen with my recorded podcast playing, so technically I still embedded a video. So I'm going to try again to embed it as a regular podcast. I think this was a great tutorial.
This was a very useful article. 100 ways is a lot of uses for something that a lot of people only think plays music and some videos. I used to be one of those people who thought it only played music and and some videos. I can't honestly say how proactive i will be in trying to understand and use all these tools for my ipod, between my smartphone and my laptop I get along pretty well. But for young people who might not have laptops or smartphones, but do have an ipod, I think learning these techniques would be good for them and even for us teachers to learn so we can share then with our students. I would be the coolest biology teacher on campus if I encouraged them to study and recite memory things using their ipods! lol
Hi Yolanda. My name is Pauline and I'm a student from Dr. Strange's EDM 310 class. Your blog was very informative and well written. Family is one of the most important thing in my life also, only second to serving my G-d the best way I possibly can. I have two dogs also, Spudnik and Oynx. They make up a lot of colorful memories in my life. You seemed to be a quick study and well-versed in all your subject areas. Math was never my strong suit, but if I had your attitude when it came to the subject, I know I would have done a lot better. It's awesome how confident you are. I'm glad you are blessed with a spirit of excellence and that you always strive to do well in everything. Keep up the good work. Effort goes a long way.
Hello, I'm in Dr. Strange's EDM 310 class. I've read your poem before over the summer session. Even after taking this EDM 310 class and realizing that there is a lot I still need to learn just so I can recognize what my future students are doing, it doesn't change the fact that I still consider this particular poem of yours ostracizing.
I was told that sarcasm works. Most mature adults find this sort of sarcasm beyond foolish and just plain mean. Deliberately calling people out, especially when it comes to their children and their child's future, seems like it would tick people off more so than get them to see your reasoning on why teaching all this new digital technology is vital.
Yes, there are safety measures people can take and teach their children about working the web and going to websites and things like that. But if a parent's genuine concern for their child trumps "the need" to learn all the ins and outs of the digital world, who are you to say that they are wrong? And who are you to ridicule their methods? And who are you to say what is more important?
You don't know who I am. And you may or may not know what Adonai says about safe-keeping and stewarding over children. But I will let you know that my fear of Him trumps whatever you may write.
I'm not that old, but most of the time from what I've seen, being pushy and sarcastic has the opposite of effect. But then again, a lot of things have changed in a very short time, a lot of things and tones people use are totally accepted today as normal vs. 5 or 10 years ago when the same inflections would have been considered rude.
The iSchool initiative video was certainly a convincing idea. If there was a way to totally prevent cheating, I would consider using the iTouch for some things. But on the other hand, I thought my generation had it easy with calculators and word processors. We still had to memorize formulas and other things and the older generation thought we were getting away with murder. I can only imagine what those same people would think about all these applications young people can now use instead of their own brain. This generation is our future, they are going to be running the country one day and none of them will know how to do a lot of basic skills that previous generations know how to do. Everyone is screaming for innovation, but how can innovation come with you have all sorts of machines doing all the thinking for you?
This video is one of my favorite in this class. It is written that, "the power of life and death is in the tongue." And this young girl is speaking life over her future and the future of her generation. It sad that so-called experts are so pessimistic. Can we have some experts in optimism? I read some of the comments other webusers have posted on the video before and lot of them ridiculed it. Which makes me sad because that means they already gave up the fight and will settle for whatever the government or so-called experts say about them and their future lives.
And a lot of others took a stand with this train of thought. For with man this is impossible, but with Adonai (G-d) all things are possible, including changing those dreary statistics about this "lost generation."
This blew me away. I have no idea how this was done. But it sounds and looks amazing. I can only imagine what this would sound like in a real opera hall with all the acoustics going on. It would be breath-taking. But this is no little feat either. The voices and the presentation itself with how they clipped together all the different videos was really nice. Despite what some people may think, I give credit where credit is due ^_^ and I think they did an excellent job.
This is my first Google presentation that I did over the summer. I messed up at first, but this one has music playing instead of me talking, which I like MUCH better ^_^
I believe this video represents an accurate depiction of students in universities in this day and age. There are a lot of classroom sizes that are just huge. Some people fall asleep, some people pay attention, and now with technology, others are surfing the web while in class. I'm guilty of answering to a few responses over the internet while I should have been paying attention in class. But at the time, the questions I was answering or asking via email or facebook, seemed more pressing than whatever the teacher was talking about at that exact moment in time. A lot of questions that people have are not answered in the front of a classroom with someone lecturing to a power point and referencing a textbook that everyone had to buy but nobody uses.
I do believe knowledge is power. For it is written that, "...a man of knowledge increases strength." But what do people define as strength nowadays? I think a lot of people have knowledge about a lot of things, but they don't know what to do with it. Teachers pass on a lot of knowledge and facts and opinions and then test us on it. In turn, what do we do with what we just got tested on? Most of us just brain dump it.
Incorporating knowledge into everyday life is a foreign concept to most of us. Everything in our lives is compartmentalized into our school brain, work brain, faith brain, relationship brain, etc. Most of what people classify as knowledge as in textbook facts are registered to our school brain and therefore dumped at the end every semester.
Yet there are problems such as wars, ethnic conflicts, etc... that were mentioned in this video that require our knowledge and wisdom and our strengths all working together to solve, but we don't know how to do that because the way we are "educated" has nothing to do with being educated for life on a grander scale.
It is also written, "Where there is no vision, My people cast off restraint." I say the video above pretty much showed that we are lacking vision and therefore do seem like we are aimlessly wandering around in universities with open laptops, closed textbooks and no one to say who's the wiser.
It was also mentioned in the video that some thought technology could save us, or was supposed to save us. Only One saves, and He isn't a mac or pc.
Hello Mrs. Hines. I am a student from Dr. Strange's EDM 310 class, here at the University of South Alabama. I agree with you on a lot of points. There must be a change in our mindsets to be effective teachers. A lot of teachers shy away from all the new technology, and a lot of teachers rely too much on technology. Believe me, I've been in a classroom that if it wasn't for the power point or videos, I can honestly say that the teacher had no idea what even they were supposed to be talking about. There needs to be a proper balance in this classroom. Teachers need to have teachable spirits, hence, not ashamed of being the student themselves and continuing their own journey of learning where in turn they can teach others.
Hello. I'm a student in Dr. Strange's EDM 310 class. I do agree with you that there should be some minimal requirement of basic tech skills for all teachers to have.
I also think how tech literate they must be depends on what age they teach as well as which subject matter they teach though. I'm sure a teacher teaching an a.p. physics class at a high school would know much more about certain computer programs and tools for the sake of their class versus a first grade teacher who is still trying to teach their kids how to write neatly and read.
I'm not saying teachers should limit their own knowledge regarding technology based on their classes, that's absurd. But if a teacher only knows the basics with a couple extra tools in their arsenal for their particular class, I don't think they should be looked down upon.
This chart certainly has a lot of mind-boggling numbers. And I believe it furthers support the fact that we are living in exponential times. And as stated in an earlier blogpost, it is written, "...the time of the end. Many will rush here and there as knowledge increases." If people aren't rushing here and there physically, we are certainly rushing to a lot of place electronically. Even if it would take my physical body 14 hours on an airplane to get to Spain, it would take one my text messages or facebook posts a matter of seconds to reach someone in Spain. Our bodies don't have to be in any one physical place to pass on the knowledge from our brains or the wisdom from our hearts.
This is my first google presentaion I did for this class in the summer. I still wanted to share it with all of you this fall semester. I am still working on my google presentation that is due tomorrow at midnight, and prayfully I will have it done by then. It will be listed as: Project #5 part 2. Thank you for watching.
There were a lot of things in this video that I didn't remember since the last time I watched it. I can easily agree that the times we are living in are exponential times. Did you know that G-d revealed to Daniel in a vision that in “the time of the end,” travel and knowledge will increase:
"But you, Daniel, keep this prophecy a secret; seal up the book until the time of the end. Many will rush here and there as knowledge increases." Daniel 12:4 (CJB)(Complete Jewish Bible)
According to the book of Daniel, two things will increase in “the time of the end” – travel and knowledge. Thanks to technological advances, people are more opt to hop on a airplane than a horse or a bike and the internet alone has created a world wide archive of human knowledge.
Did you know that other facts portrayed in this video, like the population explosions in China and India also fulfill prophetic Scriptures?
100 years ago Mr. Winkle would have been blessed to be in a school building with light bulbs. And now he has awaken in a world where light bulbs are old news and if it's not touch-screen then it's out of date. A lot of technological innovations have been developed over the last century that has literally shifted the entire world. All places in first world countries have been innovated from daycares and corporate businesses to medical research and space exploration.
In most cases, the school buildings still look the same, but the students sitting in the desks have changed. These students have access to all sorts of tools like the internet, smart phones, mp3 players in and outside of their classrooms. 100 years ago a family would have been blessed if there were a couple books on a shelf vs. today where having a multitude of books and video games and the such in a house are the norm.
I agree with everything this man said. In the beginning, G-d created the heavens and the earth. And He created all of us, we are made in His image. He is a very creative G-d, so why wouldn't we be creative also? Creativity and imagination are practically innate in children until it's whittled away by grown-ups who have forgotten what it was like to look at the world through innocent minds.
I also believe that the whole academic world is slightly biased in what they train young minds for.
This is the second time I have watched this video. The first time I watched it, the story at the end stuck out to me the most, about the dancing little girl who is now world renowned. But this time around I heard him say that children aren't afraid to fail. They are programmed over time that mistakes are the worse thing that can happen. From my experience, it seemed that being a perfectionist is what everyone wanted or expected of you. But being a cookie cutter in society doesn't leave much room for creative innovation.
Teaching students how to teach themselves seems more exciting than spoon-feeding them knowledge. Encouraging young people to discover and learn some things on their own makes way for innovation. I believe that as young people are learning and sorting through things, if they come across something they don't really like, if no one is there to say, "too bad, that's just the way it is," then they are free to create something else. The thoughts of impossibilities aren't there until they are planted. Unfortunately those seeds of doubt are planted at very young ages and people give up before they even try. Learning technology in classrooms is just one way to be creative though.
