Blog Assignment 8

This is How we Dream, Parts 1 & 2 by Richard Miller:

I really enjoyed listening to the presentation. The more I watch presentations dealing with the advancement of technology, the more I become scared and excited. I am exvited about the future of technology. We can already do so much with technology. Its hard to believe that there is even more things we can do.
I feel that I will be prepared to write with multimedia. I also think my students will be able to as well because they are growing up with technologoy more than I did as a child. I actually think that my students will be able to tell me a thing or two about technology that I will not even know!

The Chipper Series and EDM310 for Dummies

The Chipper Series is a very good video. My favorite part was Chipper saying she wanted to go on Wikipedia and change the definition of Wikipedia. Yes, that can be done, but that doesn’t mean it changed the definition as a whole to everyone. Chipper thinks she can procrastinate and wait until the very last minute to get her work done and still pass EDM 310. Sadly, that is very untrue. If you wait until Sunday afternoon (like I did today) you are in a hurry to get your assignments done. If you are like me, waiting until the last minute results in sloppy work that doesn’t make sense. By then end of the week you are tired and more than likely; don’t want to do your work so you half do it, which results in a not so good grade.
In EDM 310 for Dummies, this video was very true. At the beginning that was how I felt. However, instead if procrastinating, I learned very quickly to manage my time and I am able to get my work done 2-3 days before the actual due date. This is the week of Spring Break and this assignment slipped my mind. Luckily, I remembered in enough time to still be able to complete it before the deadline. As Dr. Strange said in The Chipper Series, "If there’s a deadline, you must complete your work by the deadline in order to get full credit.” So to all readers and future readers if this blog, take a deep breath because you are about to embark upon an incredible intellectual journey. You will become frustrated at times. If you do not procrastinate, you will succeed in this class.



Learn to Change, Change to Learn



I really enjoyed this video. I 100% agree that we need a community system. The classroom really is just a place to do a project or watch some video that no one pays any attention too. I feel that people need to realize that everything is changing. With technology being able to do so many things, our jobs are going to change. Our classrooms are changing drastically. I’m sure as much as people would love to see the classroom the way it used to be where they teacher spoke and then the students went home to do homework. They even have to realize everything is changing and that includes in the classroom.

The Secret Powers of Time by Philip Zambardo
There are six main time zones people live in. Two focus on the past, two on the future, and two on the present. Past positive remembers the good, such as Successes, happy birthdays. The people that focus on the past focus on the negative are past negative. To be orientated, you have to trust. If you make a decision of the future, you have to trust it’s going to carry out. Closer you are to the equator the more present oriented you are. La Lega in Italy basically cuts country in half. South wants children. North says all they do is work. In a book written by Robert Levine, he talks about pace of life. Think about how much time has expired when you’re sitting in the dentist office before they start drilling, or waiting in line? Time duration is about whether you’re bored or excited or not. In U.S, you can rank 60 cities according to high or low pace of life. High pace has more coronary problems. In US, a child drops out of school every 9 seconds. By the time a boy is 21, he has spent 10,000 hours playing video games alone. Add more hours if they have watched porn. They haven’t used social skills, because they live in a world they create. They will never fit in a traditional classroom because their brains are being re wired. The statistics in this video are unbelievable. This is a very interesting video and I invite everyone to watch it.