Comments on: A Vision of Students Today (What Teachers Must Do)

By: Matthew

Matthew — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:17:08 +0000

With the addition of new technology in our daily lives, the youth or students embrace it and follow their instincts regarding getting what they want. All the parent can do is to guide them, educate, and love them.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:51:54 +0000

there are advantages and disadvantages with the advance technology, but this the trend now and we have to embrace it. What we need to do is to always remind them of the good values and traits that are parents taught us. it is still very important. Just dance to the beat. Excellent article.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:53:53 +0000

I believe that media now is the most powerful tool in learning. It does not only connects students with the new technology but the technology itself will help students. Like the use of internet wherein they can do research. But strict guidance should still be enforce within the school where there is a limit for usage of such technologies.

By: Lorraine Anderson

Lorraine Anderson — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:14:46 +0000

With the advancement of technology, students of today are indeed different from yesterday’s. While we can “go with the flow” and let them be, chances are, they’re going to abuse it. If we let them bring Ipods and laptops at school, it may be hard to regulate it considering the number of students in one class. As a trainer, I would suggest that getting students to be interested in a subject will make them better students. It’s challenging, but hey, that’s what we’re here for.

By: J.K.

J.K. — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 05:19:48 +0000

VIDEO TRANSCRIPT:

“Today’s child is bewildered when he enters the 19th century environment that still characterizes the educational establishment where information is scarce but ordered and structured by fragmented, classified patterns, subjects, and schedules.” Marshall McLuhan 1967

If these walls could talk, what would they say?

If students learn what they do, what are they learning sitting here?

The information is up here. Follow…

Of course walls and desks can’t talk… but students can.

A Vision of Students Today
What is it like being a student today?

200 students made 367 edits to this document…
and surveyed themselves…
to bring you the following message.

My average class size is 115.
18% of my teachers know my name.
I complete 49% of the readings assigned to me. Only 26% relevant to my life.
I buy hundred dollar textbooks that I never open.
My neighbour paid for class but never comes.
I will read 8 books this year, 2300 web pages and 1281 Facebook profiles.
I will write 42 pages for class this semester and over 500 pages of email.
I get 7 hours of sleep each night!
I spend 1 1/2 hours watching TV each night.
I spend 3 1/2 hours a day online.
I listen to music 2.5 hours a day.
I spend 2 hours on my cellphone.
Spend 3 hours in class.
2 hours eating.
I work 2 hours every day.
3 hours studying.
That’s a total of 26.5 hours per day.
I am a multi-tasker. (I have to be.)
I will be $20,000 in debt after graduation!
I’m one of the lucky ones.
Over one billion people make less than $1 a day.
This laptop costs more than some people in the world make in a year.
When I graduate I will probably have a job that doesn’t exist today.

[Student displaying a pencil-based survey card.]
Filling this out won’t help me get there or deal with… [Various students holding out cards showing different problems, e.g. Ethnic conflicts]

I did not create the problems. But they are my problems.

Some have suggested that technology can save us…
Some have suggested that technology alone can save us…

I Facebook through most of my classes.
I bring my laptop to class, but I’m not working on class stuff.

“The inventor of the system deserves to be ranked among the best contributors to learning and science, if not the greatest benefactors of mankind.” – Josiah F. Bumstead 1841… on the benefits of the chalkboard.

Writing on the chalkboard… forces the teacher to move.

… To be continued

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