Wednesday, October 21, 2009




This video which was the first video was my favorite. Even though all three videos were very interesting. The video is a speech by Ken Robinson who is an internationally recognized leader in the development of creativity, innovation and human resources. He is also a New York Times Best selling author. His speech emphasized the importance of enhancing creativity in schools, he made it interesting by mixing humor in with his speech. This kept the audience engaged and interested. The speech touched on a lot of importance issues regarding creativity in schools, for example the fact that arts are placed at the bottom of the barrel in schools, and also the stigma that goes along with being "artsy" not to mention the amount of government funding that support the sciences and the lack of funding for music or art. As far as designing instruction goes, it is important that instuctors are able to design instructions that will enhance imagination and creativity without bias and in some way make it easier and okay for kids to explore their minds and express their creativity. He told a couple of stories that inspired me to help with enhancing the creativity in the kids that i work with, my favorite was the dancer story who supposedly had ADD, but in reality she was a dancer. As far as technology being intergrated goes, i feel that the advances that have been made in technology has made it easier for kids and adults to express themselves and i can only imagine waht the future of education will be like with further advances in technology. My question is where would the world be without creativity? Imagination is such a powerful tool in the human development that the lack of it would mean a very boring and uninnovative world.

The second video was the video about different students giving their opinions about the importance of sitting in a classroom and listening to a professor teach. Basically the students question the importance of the education received in schools especially college. I was able to definately relate to a lot of the students because i think about it almost everyday especially now that i am about to graduate. As for designing instructions, professors need to intergrate interactive means that will help stimulate the students in hopes of increasing knowledge. Most of the time students complain about how the traditional way of teaching makes it difficult for them to concentrate in class, what teachers need to do to add more discussions, presentations, group activities that will help the student not only gain an understanding of a topic but also keep the student involved and interested. Some of the students were complaining about how majority of their time in class is spent on facebook as opposed to listening to the teacher, the teachers can intergrate technology like the computer to help keep the students engaged.

The third video was actually my least favorite, however, it shed some light on how technology has progressed from back when form and content were inseparable to now where it is separated. This makes it easier for information to be passed on from source to source, it also makes it easier for people to be connected as far as, ideas shared through blogging or daily activities shared through twitter, or pictures shared through flickr, all these makes it easier for information to be retrieved and shared. As far as designing instruction goes, teacher are about to share more information and communicate better with the students. As for intergrating technology, the internet especially google is the most commonly used search engine for information and teachers are able to assign tasks that can be accomplished effectively and efficiently through the internet.

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