Next Generation Learning - UK

Very cute kid. Great points. The technology that connects the parents to the school is good. Wiis in the classroom that promote fitness and "improve concentration" are incrdible tools. And using the technology of voting to encourage shy children AND help teachers keep track of progress is brilliant.

Vicki Davis

I think its an incredible opportunity for children from Georgia to interact and even visit people from other cultures. I like that Vicki Davis admits that she doesn't know everything walking into the classroom. She allows her students to learn more in depth by teaching her. Her views and the views of edutopia.org are ones that I would like to take into my own classroom one day.

Ken Robinson on Education and Creativity

As a high school senior about to graduate, I was asked to come up with a senior quote. A saying that would read only under my senior yearbook picture "forever". Five minutes before quotes were due to the yearbook staff, I chose a quote by Albert Einstein, "It's a miracle curiosity survives formal education". This talk actually brought two things to my attention about this quote; that it is true and false.
First, this talk proved my quote and Albert Einstein wrong; because curiosity, creativity and originality do not survive formal education these days. The priorities in the education system are gravely mistaken as accurate and well thought out. Classes and activities that would expand children's' minds creatively, are stifled by academics. It's true that creativity should be seen as just as important as literacy in education, but it clearly is not.
Secondly, after watching Ken Robinson speak, I do believe that Albert Einstein was right. It is a miracle, but it does seem that curiosity has survived formal education. With the technological advances that this world has seen in the past 20 years there's no way its not true. However, I agree with Mr. Robinson, a balance needs to be found.

Did you know? 3.0/ Mr. Winkle Wakes

The movie Did You Know? 3.0 was very enlightening, and believable. I'm not surprised that technology and the Internet has come so far in the amount of time it has been around. However, some of the points were shocking. The statistics that it took radio 38 years to meet a market audience of 50 million, TV 19 years, Internet 4 years, iPods 3 years and Facebook 2 years is astonishing to me. It's also funny to me that India has more honors kids than the United States has kids!
The sequence of watching Did You Know? 3.0 before Mr. Winkle Wakes made the first movie more relative to my life as a teacher. I believe that as much as technology has taken and is taking over our lives and society that teachers are still relevant and necessary.

Hey Class!

Hello, class. My name is Lacey Musgrove. I'm from Gulf Shores. I've lived there my whole life and graduated from Gulf Shores High School. I finished at Faulkner last semester where I was majoring in Education and now I'm at South to finish my degree. I have two sisters. One that is still in high school and one that graduated from Auburn University in 2008. I love my dog, Jackson. I currently do not have a job. I babysit and take out student loans for money. I enjoy school and learning. I would not be in school if I didn't. That's me, mostly.

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