YouTube Videos
October 19, 2009
kwhitcomb
I thought that all three videos were really interesting views on education today, as well as the technology that occurs in our education system. My favorite video was Design for Today and Tomorrow: A Vision of Students Today. I have included the link at the top for anyone who would like to enjoy it.
The first video, called Creativity: Design in the Making, was a really incredible speech done by Ken Robinson about creativity and the importance of it in every individuals’ life. He discussed how the arts are always put in last place in schools, which is ridiculous because it is so important to the growth of humans. Without creativity, we can not invent new things or progress as a culture. When it comes to designing instruction, I completely agree with Ken Robinson. We have to recognize the gift of the human imagination and integrate that into everyday instruction in school. Teachers need to find new ways of allowing students to explore their own minds, without being influenced by the media or the wonderful minds of others. Technology integration in instruction can be a wonderful thing, if used correctly. Teachers must find a way to utilize the wonderful tools available today to allow maximum use of creative student minds. He made a great point at the end of the video when he discussed the dancer. He said that she could have been prevented from becoming a dancer if someone had just given her medication to calm down. People in the educational system must learn how to recognize the creativity of students, instead of become inconvenienced by each individual personality and energy of the students that exist today.
The second video, Design for Today and Tomorrow: A Vision of Students Today, was my favorite video out of all of them. After watching it several times, my mind still raced with thoughts of frustration with the world and hope for education. In short, the video featured students in a classroom holding up signs which described the educational system we have in place today. In my opinion, it really highlighted the issues we have in the system, such as cost, class size, instructional content, and many other things. I feel that designing instruction has endless possibilities nowadays, because of all of the available resources instructors have. Instructors need to make sure they are utilizing videos, music, and any other tool out there in their instruction to maximize their lecture time. I feel this video would be a perfect demonstration of designing instruction. Teachers could add this video to their lecture, just as our instructor did, to start up a discussion in class about some of the issues in education today. That discussion could lead to other discussions about how we could improve the system and truly have an impact on designing instruction in the world. This goes hand-in-hand with technology integration. As long as teachers are using relevant technology, technology can have an extremely positive impact on our educational system. One thing to keep in mind is that it doesn’t always hurt to go back to basics. Teachers musn’t get carried away with the technology available. Sometimes a lecture without technology, such as just on the chalkboard, never hurts.
The third video was called Web 2.0: The Machine is Us/ing Us. It discussed how websites have progressed over the years. Web pages started out in HTML format, and now use XML format, allowing form and content to be separate. This makes it so that people can transfer content from page to page seamlessly, without having to use codes, such as in HTML. What this means for designing instruction is that it is very easy for teachers to utilize information off of the internet, without having to reformat a bunch of things. On the other hand, this is where we run into issues with copyright laws. It is very difficult to track who takes what information. Along with this concept is the idea that teachers can integrate many forms of technology into their instruction, without many problems at all. Instructors must be sure to do it legally, and give credit where credit is due. The use of Web 2.0 really opens up new avenues of instruction that were not available ten years ago.
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aTechnologist |
October 21, 2009 at 7:30 pm
I agree with you on the first video. If there is no creativity then there are no inventions. Thats a great way to look at it. People need to understand the importance of creativity and what is has to offer the future.