Wow, this video was powerful! 2011 had the lowest SAT reading scores in history?! That’s POWERFUL! To me, it shows me that I have my job cut out for me. I think this video related to my generation the most, especially teachers in college. I cannot stress this enough, the world is on the brink of another revolution. Not revolution as in war, but something similar to an industrial revolution. So much in society is changing everything from social relations, to how governments operate, to how we educate our students.
I think this is in relation to how much the world changed during the 1950’s and 1960’s. Not just for the civil rights movements all over the world, but the change in televised media, telecommunications, the automobile revolution; so much changed during that time. I feel this is the time when it is going to happen again. Some stats from this video show that, Lady Gaga has more followers than the population of Sweden and Israel combined?! Students spend 31 hours a week on the internet?! These are staggering statistics! Times have really changed!
As we as teachers step into the classroom, we need to know this and implement this into everything we do. Only 2% of students resort to books for answering questions?! This does not mean they cannot read, it simply means they have faster, easier accessible sources available like Wikipedia! We should cater to out digital natives, these students who grew up playing games on their parents iPhone, and those who had there own in the 3rd grade.
I agree with you completely and was shocked at the statistics; they are truly showing how badly our schools have failed students. I think it's awful how schools fear technology and fighting against having phones or laptops in the classroom at all times and using them to teach for fear that students will get distracted by them. If the teachers are actually teaching a lesson in an entertaining and fun way on the technology, the students won't misuse them and actually be able to learn something.
ReplyDeleteI agree with both of you! Even though on my blog I took it on differently, I still see it the way you both have interpreted it. It is just crazy how low test scores have become now that technology has become so advanced. You would think that would have done the opposite, but who knows. Now that technology has taken over, it makes the statistics in that video so real. For example, your example about Lady Gaga having more fans that some countries or Facebook would be the 3rd largest country if it were a country. Statistics like this is so crazy!
ReplyDeleteIt amazed me that students spend 31 hours a week on the internet, yet it is rarely used in classrooms. The SAT scores stat was staggering, as I believe students today are smarter than ever. It is the fault of adults for not creating an environment suited to their learning styles and interests.
ReplyDeleteI have to disagree with the idea of our "schools failing" the students. I feel that we have not done the best for them in reading (it does only mention reading). We have no idea about the stats for any of the other subjects. The fact is students are not reading books and so we need to stop teaching with books. Have the students read blogs or even digital books (ebooks). Small changes like this I feel can completely change those test results.
ReplyDeleteYes, this does seem overly simplified but small changes can have big results.