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I want future classrooms to be full of creativity and open-ended discussions. It's important to teach kids at a young age that they should not only create their own opinions, but also be open to listening to others. I think it should incorporate both technology and pencil and paper because realistically, they both are necessary in this day and time.
We need to focus less on teaching children how to test well and more on how to advance themselves in todays society. Kids need to learn how to study and what technology should and shouldn't be used for. We need to teach kids that you won't succeed in anything by being lazy and not using the technology at hand to further your education. Teach kids to balance a check book or how to not memorize but actually learn.
Kids need to be able to work in large groups with others who they don't know and maybe don't like. We need to focus more on pushing kids out of their comfort zone and less on making sure they don't attempt anything that they're afraid to.

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I would want it to look inspiring I would want the field of Education including the classroom and outside of the classroom to be inspiring to everybody on the outside and within it.
I would also like to see a healthy balance of traditional and technology-based teaching. I don't believe a classroom should go all one way or the other.I like to see teachers presenting projects and assignments to children that will require the use of Technology.
I would like to see more theater within the classroom as well. These are just a few ideas of what I would want the future of education to look like.

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the advantage and disadvantages of technology education is shown. advantages can be were able to use educational learning such as reading, games, etc. I believe its a leading way to a whole another way of being more educated. disadvantages can be it can be a distractment easily knowing how our attention span is. I also believe it can make a teacher lazier if they use all their teaching through technology.

media has its own special way into leading us in the right way into education. were able to connect to others from all over the world who can give us special advice and new teaching techniques to educate our upcoming generations.

a role that technology can be used is for our society to be the best it can to help our careers more effective and to send out into the world more leaders is how I see it .

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The future of education is something that can be imagined in many different ways. One way that future education can be looked at is more of culminating  creativity, more technologically advanced and schools will also have equal funding for all subjects. Education today has many positives, schools and teachers are focused more on creating team players ready to join a constantly collaborating work force. Students are inspired to embrace their personal strengths through clubs and organizations. Some of the cons this education system produces are students who accustomed to memorization and regurgitation of material as opposed to using problem solving mental processes. Another issue with todays education system is that even in a system where funding is supposed to be equal students living from high income geographics tend to receive a much higher quality education that those from low income areas.  Media does affect what is being taught in class with the use of technology. It can be a distraction from learning in class, but teachers can use it to help give information to parents, like through Facebook.

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The future of education is going to be impossible to predict. With the ever growing age of technology, we will always have to keep up and adapt to the newer generations of students. With that in mind, we must ask ourselves what is the best way to teach students to learn in an ever changing world?

Teaching students fundamental skills, such as the ideas Daniel Pink touched on. We continue to focus on teaching students advanced tasks to prepare them for the various STEM fields in our world today, but eventually those jobs will become obsolete. We move closer towards a fully automated society, where machines can handle any complex algorithms or mathematics we throw at them.

Instead of treating STEM as the end all be all for our students, we should focus on using the technology set in front of us to promote empathy, critical thinking and practical life skills that students can use every day, in any job field.

By introducing students to new ideas and teaching them the best way to actually learn in a new environment, we provide them with the tools needed to succeed in any field they decide to go into. Learning how to learn in an impactful way is much more useful than memorizing facts for a test so that you may simply graduate and get into a good college. Critical Thinking and complex thought process outweighs memorization of facts any day.

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I would love to see a future in education where every student has equal access and opportunity to education, despite the chaotic system established by the tensions between economic opportunity and intellectual opportunity.
Some positives in education are certain programs that are designed to benefit the actual education of our youth, like free lunches across NY State, designed to fuel kids and promote better learning. Another positive is the access to newer technologies that can stimulate growth and promote learning. For example, in the video A Vision of K-12 Students Today, though it is a little dated, shows how far we've come since 2007, with 76% of teachers never using a blog, and in modern education, we incorporate more technologies and allow students the opportunities to create.
Some negatives in education revolve around money and access. Like the RSA Animate video discusses the tension between economic opportunity and intellectual ability. There are students with financial resources that can buy their way to better opportunity, and students with exponential intellectual ability but no financial resources to excel. Money is a huge problem in education, and students are suffering because of a lack of resource and opportunity. One thing to think about as teacher incorporate more technology is how many kids will have access to the same technology at home. Some students in lower income schools may have internet to make a blog at school, but no internet, or a shared computer at home to finish the project. Technology shouldn't be a hindrance, it should be a helpful tool.
Media influences what we learn in class because as media and technologies advance, we always have new current events to study. Also, without these wonderful technological advancements, I doubt we would even be able to take this course, Teaching and Learning in a Digital Age! As media evolves, it redefines how students connect and interact with each other, which affects interaction and learning within the classroom. As teachers, we need to be adaptable and flexible, and willing to meet our students on their level to promote positive learning. We as teachers need to be willing to redefine our own ideas of interaction, and if we are unwilling to do so, we need to create an atmosphere in which we can facilitate change within the students.
Technology plays a huge role in education because it offers so many more resources, but for every wonderful resource, there can be a distraction. For example, the internet; students now have access to Google Scholar, which is an amazing tool! But the internet can be extremely tempting to distract oneself with Facebook and other social media online.

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1.The future of education will hopefully involve desegregated schools with equal funding. The funding of public schools with property taxes with minimal federal intervention shows that our government doesn't care about education. Not only is this separate but equal policy morally wrong, it also hurts the economy by leaving vast poor swaths of this country under educated, economically stagnant, slums.
2. The most negative part of the current american education system is a lack of teachers, and proper funding for things like breakfast, lunch and textbooks. We are only able to talk about this technology explosion in education because some schools have so much more money than others. the worst thing about education today is the absence of equality of opportunity.
3.Media effects what is taught in so far that it is brought up in class. with internet, this all changes so that we have instant access to media from inside the classroom. Media, just like the teacher and the textbook, effects students opinions on the material being taught.
4. Digital instant communication media can effect what is taught by giving teachers another way to present a lesson. other perspectives besides that of the teacher or the text book editors are likely to be shown to students because of the ease of acess; caused by digital instant media.

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I think that the future of education is going to be a lot more innovative than what it is today.  If you look at what education looked like even when I was in elementary and middle school it was really much different than what it looked like when I was in high school. I thought the idea of Facebook for your class was a really great idea. Most parents are on Facebook multiple times a day anyway so it's awesome that they can check in with what and how their child is doing. I think this also helps gets your parents involved in addition to getting you students excited to do an activity so they can post it on Facebook later on.

I want to teach high school history and one of things I want to do each week is talk about whats going on in the world. Give the students and opportunity to see all the things on media and then have a safe space to ask questions or share their opinions on whats going on in society. You don't see a lot of opportunities where kids can ask questions about different things that media is talking about, so how can we criticize them for not really knowing what is going on around them.

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After viewing the information provided to show insight towards the future of education and how children are adjusting with the technology given in a modern world, I believe that technology does have a role to fill in the realm of education.

The Prezi documenting a First Grade classroom through Facebook was something that did hold interest. I thought it would be odd initially reading about social media being used to acclimate students to a functioning social environment, despite it being done online. The rule of engagement and seeing the responses of parents on posts did make it seem more of a real teaching method, rather than how most people use social media to just kill time. Even though I don't personally use social media, I do see the value of integrating kids into a world that they were already using and familiar with.

That thought does follow up with how children are steadily being more commonly diagnosed with A.D.D. and one way to combat it. Since we now live in a world where everything is given to us at a drop of a dime, sitting in a classroom just taking down notes seems rather dull and pointless. The use of Facebook, or other social media sites, could potentially help students retain focus and learn more efficiently. At least, that is what I would like to believe. However, I still find that even college students tend to be distracted with their laptops out. Sure, they have a tab open for notes or a tab open for the document currently being reviewed in class; but, there is occasionally a time they get side-tracked and begin doing something else. This idea was discussed in the Digital Nation documentary and how school administrators are able to monitor what their students are actually doing when provided laptops and the like for class. Perhaps this hiccup in the thought of fully integrating technology into learning will be hashed out through future years of trial and error. After all, Rome wasn't built in a day.

On a side note of whether or not learning/knowledge should remain as who remembers the most: I believe that the idea should be learning to create versus recite would be a step in the right direction. "Right Brained Thinking" should be a common example of what teachers should strive for. Rather than treating children/young adults as drones to give out information, verbatim of what they were "taught," we should strive to enable students to think for themselves. Come up with critical analysis skills to better help themselves in real world situations, and potentially be the next big inventors of our times by encouraging free thought.

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1. I would like the future of education to become less broad and more specialized. The learning system we have in place today does not seem to be the best solution anymore. We have established new learning styles and options that work better for each person. It is not fair that we teach kids in batches and group them together based on their age rather than their intellect. No child is the same and I hope that in the future there will be a variety of teaching and learning methods that reach the needs of each individual.
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*Positives:

-School is required by law

-Convenient

-Advancements/ inventions/ discoveries

-Baseline means of education

*Negatives:

-Teaching in groups based on age

-Outdated

-Teaching everyone the same thing the same way/ not individualized

-College is overpriced/ not affordable for some

-Destroyed originality

-Not enough time to actually educate

*Both:

-Standardized testing: Positive- everyone nationally is getting the same baseline means of education; no advantages/disadvantages from school to school. Negative- it creates competition rather than focusing on the success of the student and is not fair for those that do not test well.
-Simplicity: Positive- information on anything that one wishes to know is easily accessible and not difficult to find. Negative- one can find anything within seconds through the use of technology rather than taking steps to actually research and learn the material.
3. Media is a huge influential factor in today’s society as a whole. We live in an era where media is controlling most of our lives in some way or another. I feel as if media does not influence what is being taught unless it is dealing with events going on currently. I believe that the information being taught should remain the same within the curriculum no matter what is going on in the media. In terms of classes offered, I also feel as if media does not directly influence this matter. Unless there is a vast interest in certain subjects that are being expressed through media, I do not feel as if the classes being offered will change. On the other hand, I do believe media is influencing education in general in both positive and negative ways. It is positive for reasons such as effective communication, gathering knowledge, exemplifying different insights on information, etc. It is negative because of its misuse in today’s society. Rather than using media for beneficial reasoning’s within education, users have misemployed this tool. Media is seen more as a distraction than a beneficial tool in today’s time. As teachers, we must make sure our students are properly using media.
4. Most media sources nowadays are digital and require the use of technology. Technology has become a vital component of today’s society and seems to keep everyone sane. Without technology, media would not be as convenient and accessible as it is today. It can be used as a beneficial teaching/learning tool if used properly in education. On the negative side of media usage, technology is the source in which distraction arises.

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I personally would like the future of education to be much more innovative, and more involving. More than once I've been in a class that was more of a "sit down and listen" type of class than a "stand up and take part" type. I can tell you with 100% assurance I did worse in the sit downs than I did the take parts. I have always loved being a part of things, and thus I believe that helps more than the other type. This is also a reason I'm going to teach theatre, because there's is almost no possible way to teach theatre without involving the students.
I also believe that some positives in education now are:
how much electronics are used in the classroom. This helps some kids who don't do too well with reading, because now they can have it read to them, or it can help them understand it better via youtube video series like crash course
How innovative some teachers have become. I know I talked about it earlier that it should be more innovative, but there are some teachers who understand this and do it exactly. My high school physics teacher, for example, barely did any sit down and take notes days. Most of the time, it was hands on with either mythbusters videos, actual projects that showed us the real life applications of what we were learning, or something alongs those lines.
However, some negatives are the fact that many schools tend to look down on a kid who isn't doing well in class, without even thinking about how the kids home life is. Some high school students sleep all class because they work all night. There's also the fact of racism and similar in schools, and the ways that some schools deal with bullying. Whether it's the "it's just boys being boys", or "Girls can be mean, just deal with it", they tend to always shrug off bullying. As someone who dealt with it for 6 years, it sucks.
Social media tends to actually help people learn about different ways of teaching. I learned about a lot of different things through YouTube, Instagram, and even sometimes Snapchat. When you have friends who know things, sometimes it's easier to text them and have them explain it to you than meet up face to face, but this really depends on the person. All of this also goes into the ways of how technology helps kids, because it not only gives them a way to get in touch with their peers and start a thing like a study group, it also gives them websites like quizlet, which I can tell you from experience can save a students grave. Technology can help kids, but it can also hinder them. Whether they're playing games during class or checking their feed, there's always one of those kids in every class. Still, there's pros and cons to everything, and there's always going to be a person who finds a loophole in your plans. I believe the future of education will be more involving, not only of the student, but also of the internet. Whether it's giving them a certain task that they have to scour the internet for hours to find, clicking on 50 links until they end up on the right one, or just teaching them to code so they can learn how to manipulate what they're doing. Once you find a person strengths and curiosities, it's fairly easy to steer them in the right way to learning.

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What do you want the future of education to look like?
As someone who is going into Special Education, I want the future of education to be beneficial for every student. It is our job as teachers to give students the best possible education we can give. Not every student can be helped, but the best thing you can do is to keep on trying. You may fail more times than you succeed, however it is worth it for the ones that you can get through.
What are some positives/negatives currently in education?
There are a lot of positive things about education and there are a lot of negatives as well. A positive thing that has come of education is how much technology is constantly changing. It allows students different options when learning. A negative effect of education is it is expensive to have technology in the classroom and not everyone has easy access.
How does Media influence what is taught, classes offered, education in general? How do we tackle this as teachers?
I think the media has pros and cons in education. I think sites like Google Scholar and other library databases are easily accessible and are useful when doing research, etc. However, I notice that many people aren’t retaining a lot of the information because of how easy it is to access. But, media can be very helpful in the classroom when trying to reach out to parents, other teachers, etc. It helps everyone stay connected.
What role does technology play into this?
I think technology plays a role in this because without computers, cell phones, iPads, social media would not exist. Without technology, it would be difficult reaching out to parents, teachers, etc. We wouldn’t have as much access to research. Sites such as asUlearn would not exist and schoolwork would have to be turned in by hand. I think online homework allows students more leeway when getting their work done, especially college students.

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| For me the future of education is going to have to manufacture a certain balance that I think modern educations is struggling with. In class we have already read about or listened to lessons about the integration of technology in the classroom. Wether you agree or disagree with the amount and speed at which this integration is happening is irrelevant, because it is going to happen. Considering Prof Sherril's example of using Facebook in her elementary classroom, the TED talk example of the computer being installed in the Indian slum, and the article about the school that operates with little to no technology at all in Silicon Valley, the different viewpoints on the instillation of tech in education become evident.
| In the future i believe that technology should be introduced into the classroom and school curriculum at a controlled, mandated pace just like any other tool or subject is introduced. There should be an agreed level at which different devices are introduced into the classroom; children should start learning to type and compose literature on a computer at one age, while they are formally introduced to social media and other media outlets on the internet at a different stage. There should be levels to it and some sort of gradation instead of an early childhood flood of information and technology.
| Aside from the introduction of technology and digital/social media, I want the future of education (speaking rather specifically on elementary ed) to focus on collaboration and social skills rather than strictly academia. Elementary school is such an interesting, crucial time for the development of a child, and while we have talked about the abundance of information available at anytime via computers,  the social development that happens in a classical set classroom has no substitute technologically. There has to be more emphasis put on healthy social and psychological development equally as much (if not more) than academic development. We have to teach children how to be mentally healthy humans so that we can then build their academic skills upon that foundation.

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1, 2. I want education to be a process, not a goal. The problem with it right now is that administration and counties are so focused on finding some way to compete with each other and other nations. We are so focused on test scores that we forget that education is how students get to where they can have "acceptable." Education, in my opinion, is supposed to be how someone learns information and is able to apply it to them. Unless a person can find information useful, they'll just forget it when they don't need to know it anymore. Education should be the byproduct of an effective learning environment, established by a teacher passionate about helping others become knowledgeable. I want it to be discussion-based, but directed in the right way. It may not necessarily be tangible, but that's okay. One of the best things about today's education, however, is that I feel like we're moving in that direction. As I went through advanced classes in high school as well as classes my freshman year, I can notice that teachers are beginning to understand the value of letting students learn by interacting with each other as well as the curriculum. That trend has to grow in order for our students to be successful and knowledgeable.

3, 4. Media has the ability to polarize a classroom. Rarely is it just something that is used and has no effect on a classroom. Media is used in actual note-taking in the form of Power Point presentations and the physical recording of the notes. It's become so big in education that we are being educated on how to effectively educate students while using technology as well as understanding that they will be using technology. I've often heard that if you're not moving forward, you're moving backward. With technology, you will either advance a student's education, or it will regress. Knowing how to use it in the best way is absolutely critical to the education of student.

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1.I would like for the future of education to be more accessible to more people. Many people that want an education do not get the education they want, while some people that can get the best education don't take advantage of it. I think that everyone learns in a different way and this should be addressed instead of teaching every student that same exact way.
2. I think one of the positives of education is that it is easier for people to learn with the technologies and advancements we have in the classrooms. A negative side of education currently is that some of these technological advancements are costly and may not be accessible to everyone.
3.I think the media plays a negative role in education because instead of actually learning material it is easy to obtain information from the web for answers. In the end students may lean towards always having internet and may not feel the need to retain any information, when it's just one click away.
4.At the same time i think technology plays a significant positive role in education because some teachers may use it to enhance the way they teach or are able to teach a subject in a better way because of technology. I think everyone would agree that getting through college without a laptop or computer would be nearly impossible.

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The future of education. What does it look like in my eyes? I want students of all ages to be excited to go to school everyday. I want students to know that they are going to a safe place where they can vulnerable with their thoughts. I want them to know that they can be as creative as their mind lets them be. I want them to be able to learn by doing things and being active. But I also want them to learn new ways of technology. Technology is our future and I want our students to learn how to use it correctly and to learn through it. I want students to have a one on one connection with teachers. I want school to not only be a place where they are learning textbook material but learning great life decision making techniques. I the education in the future can be a positive outlook where kids want to go and learn. I want students to crave education, to crave learning new things; and using those new things to better themselves. I want children to not be scared to go to school because they might've not studied for a test or might've not done the homework/ project that is due that day. I want them to not be scared of bullying and of what people think. I want to portray themselves and not what they want people to think of them. I want them to portray love and passion for things. This is what I want for the future of education, students, and teachers.

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I want future education to be more creative, hands-on, and incorporate technology. I do not want the classroom to be extremely rule oriented, I believe it is okay if the class is a little messy and a little loud at times. I also do not want it to be pencil and paper all day, that gets exhausting and boring for children. I want children to be learning things hands-on too, such as more experiments and learning games. Technology does not need to be shunned away, it needs to be taught in the classroom and be taught how to use it in moderation.t

A positive in education is that technology is being used more and more and that some children are given laptops at school. A negative would be that some teachers do not believe technology is a valuable resource to achieving learning in students. Some teachers want to stick to pencil and paper.

Cyber bullying is everywhere and children need to learn how to use technology in a way that they are not harming other people with their words over the internet. Teachers can help teach students how to act properly over the internet. Technology is only getting more advanced and the new generations need to know how to use it.

Technology plays a big role in education and should be used more.

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I want the future of education to be creative. As a soon to be art teacher I want the children I teach to be fun and to use their imagination to convey messages through art. I want the next generation to be technologically savvy. I want them to know more than what I did when I was their age. I want them to be innovative. The future of education will learn more than their predecessors. Our society is coming to a day in age where the jobs we have right now will be outdated in 20- 30 years, I want students to learn how to work with that and always to be learning, not to get left behind.
Currently, in education, there are pros and cons. We know what our education system is capable of, but is it outdated? The first video claims we are teaching the children for the wrong age. We should be gearing up students to be a more technologically advanced society. Tracking needs to end. By teaching kids with a tracking method, we are setting them up for failure. Students need to be motivated when it comes to learning. I think teachers are starting to utilize technology more in classrooms and I think it's great!
Media effects everything around us. We aren't going to be teaching children for the industrial revolution, that would be silly, we are teaching them for now. We are teaching the next generation to be compatible with the new and ever-changing world. New and exciting classes are emerging every day within the field of technology.

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1. I want the future of education to be exciting for students. I want our children to love learning something new. It should be an enjoyable experience for our students to learn something. I am an art ed major, and I really want to bring creativity back into the learning. Everyone's work will be completely different and I want them to embrace those differences.
2. A positive in education is technology. I love that we can use technology to keep up with things better. Love the idea of the Facebook page. A negative is the standardized testing. This testing does not prove that students did or didn't learn something.
3. Media influences what is taught because we have to answer any questions that arise from media sources. So much knowledge is at our fingertips and we have to embrace that.
4. Technology's role is the same, that we have some much knowledge at our fingertips and we need to embrace it. It is so easy to find answers to anything.

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1. I want the future of education to be exciting and challenging. I want every student to feel included, and know that their education is important and that no one can take that away from them. I hope that in the future, we focus on actual learning and not just on getting the letter grade. Kids are forever changing, and we as educators need to know how to change our teaching to best get through to our students.
2. A positive in education right now is how much we have grown using technology. There are so many more learning opportunities because of this, and thankfully we've been able to take advantage of it the past couple of years. A negative would definitely be standardized testing. This has proven to not beneficial to a student's learning, and cause stress more than anything. There are many different ways to test a student's knowledge and growth.
3. Media plays a huge role in education. Media is what influences our society and so therefore influences what we teach. We have to educate students on what is being promoted through the media, and we have to educate students on how to appropriately use media. We as teachers have to be prepared to answer questions and know how media works in order for our students to understand it.
4. Technology is how we keep up to date on the media. With the click of one button, we have access to more information than we could ever retain, all because of technology. Technology is important for education, and we should embrace it and teach our students how to use it to their benefit. Technology is never going away so we might as well accept it and educate ourselves and others on it.

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1. I want the future of education to look like a combination of technology and creative thinking with all the best aspects of education today. This way the children with have the best possible future they can that incorporates their interests and learned skills.

2. One positive thing that is currently involved in education is the many teaching styles that are implicated in lessons. One negative thing would be that we do not teach children how to independently critical think. Another positive thing would be that we do not have standardized testing in grades k-2. The next negative thing would be teachers do not include a variety of different resources in their lessons.

3.  I feel like media influence education more so when something bad happens that is related to schools is shown on the media. The school feels more of a need to fix it then rather than when it is not acknowledged. Media influences education in general, because the need to teach children how to use media properly, how to check a media source out and how to make informed decisions. We have to teach the children about media and its uses along with everything else you have to teach.

4. Technology should and does play a big part in education. It will assist the teacher in teaching and the students in learning. Some of the roles that are inside the giant role is an informer, conductor and a recorder.

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1. I hope that when I'm a teacher it will be more common for testing to not be as significant in terms of grading the students. I don't think testing always determines what a student can and can't do. I want all students to have a balance of right mind and left mind thinking. I think that this will motivate students to do better in school knowing that there's a lot more than just testing.
2. I think that standardized testing is something that is negative. I say this because it doesn't measure everything a student can do. Something that I think is positive is that teachers are very accessible outside of class and willing to help the best they can for the most part. For example, in high school I had a teacher who was helping me with a paper but after that I had a two hour long conversation with her talking about things that didn't relate to school.
3. Media influences what is taught because it seems to be everywhere now. We have information about the world coming in through social media. Things we see in social media changes education because we see positive and negative things in the media.
4. Technology plays a role because it's the reason we have access to so much media. We can now find out things so quickly just through the use of an ipod or laptop. It is also having an effect on how people teach because technology is in the classroom more. However, I don't think that technology plays a negative role in education.

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1.       I want the future of education to be much more inclusive than it is right now. I really liked the video that compared the education system to a factory environment. I think there is so much truth in that. A lot of incredibly intelligent students never realize their potential because they don’t learn, interact, or perform well in the cookie cutter model of education that’s so common in American. I think there needs to more focus on individual students and less on standardized testing, benchmarks, age groups, and levels.

2.       In my opinion, the biggest negative in education right now is standardized testing as a measure of learning and intelligence. I don’t think it’s accurate and the focus on doing well on those tests hinders overall education. For example, one of my best friends always makes A’s, she’s the hardest working person I know, she graduated top 5 of our class, and she failed/ barely passed every standardized test we took from fifth grade to graduation. She’s incredibly smart but her performance on standardized testing/ test anxiety limited the options for which colleges she could attend. A positive is that education is starting to incorporate more technology/ alternate creative ways of accomplishing tasks, projects, and assignments.

3.       I think media influences most aspects of our daily lives so of course it affects our world as students and as teachers. Its education and entertainment. It’s such a phenomenon that I think as teachers it would be foolish to do anything but embrace it. If we can harness it as an educational tool then we can put it to a good use while keeping our students interested in what’s going on in class as well as the world.

4.       Technology is the tool in which most media is observed.  It’s in the pockets and households of the majority of people in the world.  It’s how we stay current and in a lot of ways tuned into the world around us. It’s a great tool for education because it’s captured the attention of society as a whole. I think it goes back to what one of the videos said about intrinsic motivation. People perform better when they have a vested interest in what they are doing as opposed to doing something because they have to.

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1. I want the future of education to showcase the different types of learning students possess. We all learn in different ways, and I'd like to be able to hopefully incorporate all of them into my lesson plans. I would also like to place a pretty big focus on the use of technology in the classroom. It's definitely true that students today are drastically different from students in the past. In today's world, students are constantly being stimulated in their daily lives by technology, whether it be their smartphones, computers, television, etc. In order to keep them interested and engaged in the classroom, I feel that it's important to include technological aspects in the learning process. The last thing I want to focus on is collaboration. I feel like collaboration is now more important than it has ever been before, and it's also easier to collaborate than it has been previously. Students need to be able to work together with people of all backgrounds, and so I believe we need to place an emphasis on this as well.
2. Positives: growing use of technology in schools, more diversity in teachings as well as students. Negatives: distractions posed by personal technology of the students, security issues caused by technology
3. Media influences us in that it has a much bigger presence in our lives than it used to. Not only are we exposed more to news from across the world, but we also have access to other users through social media. This effects education in that we have to now shoulder the resposibility of teaching students how to appropriately navigate the media, and how to find out the truth behind some of the questionable things they may find on it.
4. Technology plays a huge role in education. We have to integrate technology into our lessons in order to keep students engaged and willing to learn. It also poses certain complications, such as students using their cell phones in class when they should be paying attention to what you're teaching.

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1. I would like for the future of education to benefit the different needs of students. Students come from many different backgrounds and learning abilities. Students need to be challenged in the classroom. Also, there should be a fair environment for all students. Teachers should prepare students for future careers and push them to work harder. Teachers should also teach individuals to work together.

2. One positive thing in education is the use of technology in the classroom. Technology has taken students abilities to learn to a new level, however it shouldn't replace other methods of learning. Teachers have to teach students to work together regardless of the different backgrounds the students come from.
The negatives are that the state needs to cut back on testing. While testing may be necessary to show growth, over testing can have negative repercussions for some students. It can lead to anxiety issues for some students. Also, the lack of special education personal. Many districts lack special education teachers to meet the demands of special needs students.

3. Media plays a huge part in the lives of children. Technology can also help strengthen students skills and learning abilities. It will help students learn better when they are in the classroom. It will also help them as they get older and when they get to middle and high school.

4. Technology plays a vital part in influencing what takes place in the classroom. How advanced media is, educational technology has to keep up.

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1. I would love for the future of education to be more like the 'Arts' side of school, where each classroom has its own aesthetic experiences. where students come to class because it is a fun place to be and not because they have to be there because mom and dad said so.  I was always more of a hands-on kind of learner where I would learn better by touch and feel something like learning how to play a musical instrument or drawing a picture rather than sitting at a desk reading paragraphs out of a textbook or taking notes while the teacher wrote something on the plain boring white board. So I would love for the future classroom to be much more interactive.

2. The positives is that through the use of technology and videos like this one, I think that teachers are finally figuring out that when you place a textbook in front of a student and ask them to read it, the student almost immediately shuts off his/her brain. So the classrooms especially the lower grades are becoming more interactive. At least I hope so.
The Negative is that In the upper grades like middle school and High school that change is coming more and more slowly as technology advances and becomes more and more distracting.

3. The media contains an endless amount of information. Which can be very good because if you don't understand something you can just look it up on your phone. However, the problem comes when students are not just using their phone to look up information about what they are trying to learn and using their devices to play games or check social media. Currently, I am honestly not sure how teachers can overcome this obstacle of devices being useful and not distracting. Honestly I liked the idea about not having devices in the classroom at all like in the video we watched last week or the week before. I found it really interesting.

4. I completely agree with what Harris Craig III said about humans being social creatures and not letting devices overpower that. However, the trouble comes when trying to find that line between devices being helpful and devices overtaking the classroom.  But I would defiantly agree with him where he said "Therefore, as technology advances we need to focus on social skills." (Harris)

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I would like the future of education to look a little like the way, Sir Ken Robinson believed it needed to go. He described it as divergent thinking, which is necessary for creative thinking. I am struggling to even think abstractly about this concept because it doesn’t fit with what I was programmed to believe was best, but in ways it makes a lot of sense to me. I enjoyed the study on divergent thinking and showing how over time the students conformed more and more. Everyone is capable of being creative, but only some choose to express it. The difference between those who are creatively productive and those who are not are their motivations. As a future teacher who would like to cultivate creative expression this bothered, but it also made a lot of sense. We aren’t allowed any room for expressivity if we are solely seeking the best grades all the time. I don’t think there is anything wrong with getting good grades, but when it hinders a student from showing what they are truly capable of, that is where I see a problem. I believe the job of the educator is to give students a platform to show the best of who they are. Teachers should not tell students what to “memorize” to pass a test, they should inspire them to think. It is in this thinking where creativity begins to form.

People are beginning to realize things must change. Unfortunately, it was designed for a different generation. Public education is a good thing because it allows students equal opportunity. While this is good it is not exactly true, equality means everyone gets the same, what we need is equity which makes education fair for all. Technology is beginning to be incorporated into classrooms which is improving the learning of students. However, a lot of teachers are not trained in proper technology use and therefore, either use it improperly, or not at all.

Media opens doors for education. In some places in the country where there are not enough teachers, they can offer online classes. This is how students from the middle of nowhere can make it out of there. Media has changed what is taught because with all the info you could ever need at your fingertips, teachers have had to switch from testing facts, to testing theory. I believe technology is pushing teachers out of their comfort zone and that is a good thing. As a teacher, we could either choose to fight against the current and drown, or swim with it and thrive.

Technology is the current pushing us and pulling us into new directions. As Daniel Pink mentions, we no longer are teaching how to think in stressful situations, we aren’t trying to survive anymore, we can now learn to thrive. Technology could be the force that speeds up the process for kids living in poverty. If they had access to online classes, maybe they would be able to find their way to a better life. As I said earlier technology is just a current and if we want to advance we must swim with it and not against it.

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1. I would like the future of education to be more practical to the skills that you actually need in the working world. Since technology is only going to get better, we need to teach our students how to use computer aided design. We should get them used to using programs such as Adobe, or Corel Draw. As technology continues to get faster and cheaper,  everybody will end up having virtual reality headsets in their homes. I just hope that the virtual world does not end up taking teaching jobs. What if in the near future,  all elementary students have the option of going to school by just putting on a headset and interacting with other students in a virtual world? The future of education needs to put the majority of it's emphasis on computer software and design. Computers, and understanding them will be the next "foreign language" to learn.

2. The positive is that a lot of schools are starting to use technology such as ipads and chromebooks. The negative to this is that not every school district gets the same amount of gadgets. Also, technology imposed on every aspect of our daily lives might turn us all into entertainment junkies.   We might become more anti-social as well because our friends will not be as entertaining as the virtual world.

3. The media is an endless galaxy of information. This is cool in a way because students are able to research precisely the things that interest them. Students will be influenced based on the websites or channels that they habitually view. The viewpoints of the media might end up doing the thinking for us if we forget to use critical thinking skills. As a teacher, we need to encourage creative and critical thinking. We also need to show students how to strengthen these skills as a part of their routine.

4. Technology is a great way to take short cuts. It can save us a lot of time that we can use to learn more things. However, as teachers I think we need to demonstrate the importance of human interaction and collaboration. Humans are social creatures, and we have to be weary not to let the machines take over. Therefore, as technology advances we need to also focus on social skills.

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1.       I’d like the future of education to continue to incorporate technology in the classroom in diverse ways.  I really like the idea of using Facebook in the classroom and allowing students to develop the skills and knowledge to use social media responsibly as they get older.  The instant gratification of having someone like what you wrote on it could be a major encouragement to a child that doesn’t like to write normally.  I love that it actively engages the parents and family members as well and really promotes a community atmosphere.

I also think that Mr. Pink is on to something with right brain abilities becoming a bigger force.  In school, often, the arts, creative clubs, creative outlets are the first to get cut with budgeting or don’t get as much funding.  I know at my high school, the business club and the football team got the most funding while the marching band didn’t get as much.  I think that with right brains getting more respect there would hopefully be more resources to right brain students in the learning environment.

2.       The current education system isn’t all bad, like many people would lead you to believe.  Special Education has made great strides in student progress and learning and many more people are understanding of those with disabilities now.  Testing in the schools is the biggest issue I have.   Often, in elementary schools the testing you must do with the kids can eat up entire days and weeks taking away from valuable time to teach the kids.

3.       Media can affect what is taught in the classroom due to the ability to get instant news coverage of incidences and events and can lead to a lot of lessons about source checking, fact checking, getting view points from all sides, etc.  Media can also affect the classroom because if you get enough angry moms on about something, it will change.  If a large enough organization or group decides they don’t like something with the education system, all they must do is go to the school board and can get stuff changed.  For instance, sex education is often dictated by the moms of the area and what is being taught.  As teachers, I think we must be prepared to say no to some things and be prepared to not agree with everything we must teach.

4.       Technology plays into all of this because we get all our information through technology and it’s how we communicate.  If kids are spending most of their day in front of screen, like it talked about in the k-12 video, we must be prepared to educate our kids on how to best use the technology to benefit them and teach them some control.  IF the students are going home to all this technology, who’s to say what influence the parents are giving them, we as the teachers need to educate them and guide them through how to use technology in a way that is healthy and beneficial and encourage less screen time at home.

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What would I like the future of education to look like? I would like it to go back to textbooks, worksheets and in class activities. Not a digitized work form. I mean having a few things online here and there won't hurt but having too much technology will hurt. Imagine if all teachers live streamed from their classroom. Would there be any classrooms left? Probably not and you know what a teacher could just prerecord lessons for a year in about a week and not have to worry about teaching anymore. Homework would be automatically graded by computers. Imagine if those two things existed. Oh wait they do and if they become more popular as we continue to age we may have less teaching jobs. One lecturer can send it to all the people taking that class around the world. Imagine how many jobs will be taken away from hard workers like us (for the most part).

Technology can be great but if we let it take over too much there will be trouble. Who will teach kids how to play instruments and play sports. Both of those are important in a kids life, technology is not. I didn't have internet in my house for 14 years and I functioned perfectly fine. Internet isn't needed to succeed, society just thinks we need it. I will not pressure my students to work from a computer but if they want  to then they  can. Let the kids choose what they want but limit how much they can use. I saw the RSA video two times this week showing how divergent thinkers actually think. Technology can save space and time but I know we should stay old school in order for kids to be prepared for the real world. Does anyone here actually write letters to their family members anymore? I know I do because they appreciate when you write to them.

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(This is kind of all over the place.  Sorry.)

While being a future educator I agree that technology is a beneficial asset. But like many have stated there is no such thing as a perfect education system. That theory is impossible because everyones definition of perfection is different.

Now I am here to state what I would like the future of education to be like and I acknowledge that it may be very different from that of others.

As a future Arts Educator I envision a future academic society that acknowledges and respects the beneficial outputs and resources in the arts community. That we be seen with the same ferocity and fan-base as the athletic departments. (I respect all athletic educators, I just wish the arts were not cut as much in my high school education.)

I see a future for academics that embraces the advancements of technology and uses it to the advantage of the students and teachers. In benefitting the students from a younger age there is less need to worry about there technological uses in their upper education and adulthood. I believe other nations and cultures take these advantages and have then shown how their educational systems are far superior to our own.  (Ie. Sweden)

When looking at our educational system I believe we should get rid of the teachers who just pass kids along because they don't want to deal with them. In doing this we insure that every student is given equal chances to excel the same as their peers but taking the necessary time that is needed for them to grasp and understand. Because when it comes down to it  the basic skill needed for all students to advance in any way shape or form is the ability to read.  If someone can read they can enhance their education in so many ways.

I believe in an educational system that will enhance the lives of all those who enter it but in order to do so, many platforms need to be changed and many different schools may be opened with specific students in mind (as to enhance the education of those involved such as schools for those who need different forms of learning. special needs (while not exiling them from society)).

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I want education to be a outlet for people to develop into the best version of themselves. As I watched the videos I thought about how we push for kids to be something that we want them to be. We praise their goals when they align with what we think would be a positive future. We say money isn't the most important thing but when a child wants to be a teacher or an artist they say oh you won't make enough money to survive.

As we continue to grow in the digital era more jobs are going to be needed to push forward technological progress. So our education system is going to push teaching kids how to be prepared for that era and steer away from "the arts"

I really enjoyed the presentation on how teachers can effectively use Facebook to communicate with parents. I use Facebook Event all the time and I know that I would be able to implement that into my classroom. For example, if I was having my students host a health fair, I could create a Facebook event that allowed parents to invite their friends as well.

I didn't like the last video because the kids were asking what kind of education do we want for them. I think we need to be encouraging kids to find what they are best at and passionate about so they can pursue those things. If we tell them what we want them to be then we are missing the whole point.

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I want the future of education to be exploration; education will be a place for learners to discover, create, utilize, predict, and perform in the subjects they are interested in and might need using all the tools they require. In place of the endless repetition and tools of centuries past directed towards placing students in a workplace, I wish for an education where learners dive into and are immersed in the topics they are interested in within as many subjects as possible, with as many tools as might be useful, and with as much challenge and reward as can be delivered. As a future Spanish instructor, I want to see students endeavoring to learn about the things they love in the target language through online searches and conversations with native speakers via forms of digital communication. I want education to be a natural, fun, intuitive progression towards understanding and experience in that which learners love - a great leap from the workplace-directed knowledge-machine that is education as it is.

In education, one of the biggest negatives I see is the goal of placing students in the workplace. Though most people do want to do something productive, the likelihood is that their education will do nothing to prepare them for that which they will do. Grammar classes will not prepare an individual for filling out tax forms for elderly individuals, for example.

Media, as an important element of culture, is one of the biggest factors in determining what is and is not taught in classrooms. Even down to the unintentional, subconscious lessons students will be given each day - from the fact that girls should shave their armpits to the idea that dying one's hair is rebellious and childish - media defines what we teach. As a teacher, the only way to deal with this is to realize that this will be true and to make directed efforts towards comparing what one want's to teach and what media defines for us and acting on the differences and similarities.

Technology plays a vital role in all of this. Where writing was once a revolutionary technology that made the students of Socrates need not remember all that they were told, modern, digital technologies change the reality of what learners need to understand and create. While language students of centuries past needed to repeat conjugations and definitions to remember anything, learners today can jump onto Duolingo and have directed language practice until they are prepared to hop onto email or Facebook to speak with native speakers or onto YouTube to listen to native music videos and watch clips from native television, for example.

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The resources we viewed were though provoking.  Before I begin my discussion concerning public education I want to clarify I was homeschooled and therefore have no personal experience in the lower level public education system.

The problem with creating a perfect system of education is that each child is different, in order to have an education program that best services all children each child would need to have a varied program of study. Public education should begin to be varied based on students.  I agreed with the Changing Education Paradigms video that our current school system is modeled after a factory assembly line, with something as important as education we should begin to exam a better way of raising the future generations up.  The big problem is resources, in order to have a more in depth education system that tailors each year of education to meet each students is that it would cost so much more, in a time when funding for education is already a problem.  I believe that we should begin making small steps away from assembly line education.

First and foremost the greatest positive aspect of modern day public education is that it exists, like the marker board video discussed in the centuries before only the highest class was able to education their children. The fact that every child in our nation has free education is amazing. That being said such a major undertaking needs to implement effect ways of reducing the costs, those such steps are what we have a problem with. The negative aspects of education is that students are required to wait so much, with each student having strengthens and weaknesses each task takes as long as the weakest link. If each student was better analyzed he could begin to excel in his strengthens at an earlier age.

Media affects everyone, the way we view the world and the way we interact with it.  Now with the widespread usage of the internet and technology almost all kids grow up with the same shows and musicians.  The media plays a major role in shaping what youth, and older people, find as desirable and shapes the way they wish to portray themselves.  It is important that the younger generation has positive role-models in the media.

Technology has revolutionized most aspects of life including education. When implemented correctly in the class room can be used effectively in teaching children. Technology could help in logging the various strengths
and areas that need more work in order to better group students into classrooms that better fulfill their needs.

I find it extremely beneficial to be exposed to a variety of perspectives on education in order to form my perspective.

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Education has so much potential to grow in the coming years, as we are getting more tech savvy and inclusive as a society. I want students to be creative and live up to their total potential. I want to push my students to put forward their best work. I want education to matter to the generation I'll be teaching.
I think that we have already come a long way in incorporating technology into our classrooms, but I do think that we have plenty of room to grow. I also feel as though more teachers are shaking things up than ever. Thinking up inventive ways to teach. I hope to be an interesting teacher, because that's how you get people to pay attention to you. Education is by no means perfect, and I think that there are burnout teachers that are really giving educators as a whole a bad rap, because everyone has a horrible teacher story. I hope to, if nothing else, not become a teacher that sours adolescents to education as a whole.
I personally think that using media in the classroom is a double-edged sword, and that sometimes it can be counterproductive. When it is properly supplemented to the lesson plan, I think that it can reinforce some of the ideas that were just taught, and that people will better remember what they just learned. However, I think that when the media becomes the lesson plan, it has gone too far. I had one teacher who pressed play on the computer, and then we discussed afterwards. It felt as though the "teacher" was more of a moderator. I will work media into my lessons, but I refuse to be one of those teachers that shows entire movies in class.
Technology as a whole stands to be a great benefit to classrooms, but I think that we should not dismiss what has worked for so long. Lectures and reading will still be great ways to learn. Technology, as far as I am concerned, will serve to make visual supplements easier. I'll show the kids pictures of what we are talking about.

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I am so excited to be a future teacher and get to experience first hand the advancement of education. I want education to grow to be most beneficial to the children. I believe educators are realizing that each child is different and have different needs. Some favor their left brain, some right. Being able to cater to all types of learners is so important.

Some positive things about education right now is that it is changing and growing. Using technology in the classroom is important because children can find a way they learn certain topics best. There are also books that teachers can download for their class. This saves so much money and increases the opportunities.  I would say a negative would be that some teachers might not want to embrace the changes in schools. There are still politics and problems. That wont change though.

I loved the idea of using Facebook in the classroom. I really want to use this in my future classroom. I remember notes getting lost or my parents not having time to read class newsletters when i was in school. This would help with communication with my students parents. I love that children can type messages to their parents if they miss them or have something to say. As a parent I would love to see the work done in my child's classroom and use Facebook as a resource.

Technology is a big part of where education is going. I think to not accept this or embrace it is foolish. Our children deserve to get the best possible education. Though there are some negatives to using technology, the advantages are endless.

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1) I believe education is going to be increasingly more automated as time passes; this is to say that education will take place surrounded and surrounding technology as the world progresses exponentially in the technological age. The only thing I hope for education to delve into more is the creative potential of children and for teachers to embrace the idea that children have as much to teach us as we do them.
2) The positives are that communication is exponentially easier to execute than in previous years. As made obvious by the "Facebook for First Grade" Prezi, educators now have loads of options when it comes to communicating with parents. Facebook provides wall posts, private messaging, invitations to class events and so on, which are all done with a simple click of a button and minimal-to-no-effort. But with advancements come unique issues never seen before such as privacy settings, verification of online identities and misuse of the technology that have the potential to breed more issues that they solve. It all depends on how the technology is utilized.
3) Media, and mainly news outlets, utilize sensational news stories about the world around us which ultimately impacts what we emphasize and teach in the classroom. There are classes offered now that didn't exist even twenty years ago (as Sir Robinson talked about in his TED engagement), not to mention jobs that are being created every second based on technology never seen before and conversely issues never dealt with before. The main thing we can do as educators is be aware of new technology and be open to the knowledge kids seem to inherently have about it.
4) Technology is the cornerstone to either helping or hindering our success as educators. What it relies on is our ability to be open and discerning to new ideas and advancements.

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After watching the "Changing Education Paradigms", I found that the video had a few very good points. While on the subject of ADHD, there was a quote made that due to all of the advertisements, video games, TV usage, and other electronic usages, that students get distracted-but by what? Boring stuff, which is within schools. I thought it was also interesting that the number of people with ADHD rises depending on the part of the country you are in.  He describes this as a fictitious epidemic. He makes another quote stating that "we are getting our children through education by anaesthetizing them", wow. That is some food for thought when thinking about the drugs given to these children with ADHD, such as Adderall. He then soon says, "we should not be putting them to sleep, we should be waking them up to what is inside of them". He then discusses the production line of conformity that we seem to have in education. When he said this at first, I was unsure if I agreed, however when he began to explain his reasoning the more I agreed with what he was saying. Why do we treat kids based on their "date of manufacture"? Sure it works great, but I have never really thought abut it until now. Divergent thinking is also something to think about. Why does it decrease as we get older, and why do we become less creative when you would think it would be the opposite?

I think it is so vital to allow students to be creative, I believe heavily that it is a key to success. I may be biased because I am going into Art Education, however I believe this to be true on any level. After watching these videos, I want my future classroom to be allowed to think outside of the normal cookie cutter fashion. Will I be allowing them to use Facebook? Probably not, however I will be allowing them to use their brain and create their own ideas with both themselves and as a group.

I want the future of education to look different than what it does right now. I hope that the free will for students to express themselves and their ideas will be opened up. I hope the generalized system of education can be changed a little, in the way that education itself can become divergent and creative. Every student is different, so why not allow them to think different, and also celebrate that?

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In my humble opinion, I think we should try to incorporate more technology in education. However, I think using Facebook is a bit of a stretch. Social media should be used outside of the classroom, I think it'd be a distraction to students more than a helpful add-on. In the first video, the speaker mentioned that the current system of education is made for a different age; we're preparing our students for jobs that don't exist yet. By reforming the education system, we may be able to better prepare students for the future. I think this is an interesting idea, though it would be difficult. I would LOVE to see more art programs in the school system. The arts are incredibly under appreciated nowadays, and I think it's time to change that. It's time that the "right brain" and "left brain" start working together; we need to stop separating people based on ability to solve a math problem and show them that there are different ways to think about the same problem. Team work makes the dream work, right?

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I think the future of education should continue to become a place for creativity and learning to take place. In video about the Abundance, Asia and automation a statement was made that "you should do whatever you find inherently compelling satisfying and challenging", I totally find this interesting and agreeable. There was also a statement about money and I believe that as a teacher, someone should be pursing this career out of love and a passion for children.
The video of a vision of K-12 Students brought my attention to how to students really learn if they never experience it. Use the technology in engaging was to help students develop more in depth thinking skills. I found the student holding the sign that said "By the year 2016, the largest English speaking country will be China". Wow, this breaks my heart, I know this video was from 2007, but its really sad to think that my own  country is not the largest English speaking country.
I find the First Grade Facebook quite interesting too and I think it could be extremely helpful for student to interact with each other or for parents to look and see what students did a certain day in class. It gives them the opportunity to be reliable and do things on Facebook on their own.

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Loved the youtube video about the abundance, Asia, and automation.

In response to that video I thought it was a good point to make about it is not all about the money. The video talked about people who are doing what they do our of the kindess of their heart and their desire for their field alone tend to make the greatest difference. Drawing attention to the idea that we should look for moe opportunities to make us happier, rather than look for greater pay. I completely agree.

In response to the First Graders using Facebook.... hmmm. I don't want to stir up a lot of controversy, but I don't think I will use Facebook in my classroom. Simply because as a teacher, I don't want to have an obligation to get on Facebook right now. I feel like using Facebook to show classroom instruction, almost requires the use of Facebook daily. I am currently off of social media, and think it is healthy to take breaks every once in a while. I would not want students to feel like they have to have a Facebook account to be successful not only in my classroom, but the world.

In response to the video about the vision of k-12 students today, honestly it made me sad. Okay, maybe some kids to spend that much time on computers but.... lets try not to. One student said that they watched 16 hours of TV a week?! Honey. I haven't even watched that much TV the entire year. Another student said they gamed for 3.5 hours a day.....Then sweet little blonde girl said she only read a book 2 hours a week. As an educator, I would like of students to read an hour a night, but I know that's asking a little much. But as an educator, I do feel an obligation to lead by example and I wouldn't hold my students up to an expectation, I myself was not willing to uphold.

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1. I personally want the future of education to be something that will serve as the most beneficial for our children. I want all the children to be able to get the most out of their education with whatever exposure is necessary in order to do so. I personally do not agree with technology ruling the classroom, but then again we are in a digital age. Human beings are very pattern and routine oriented, most of us view "change" as a hazard or danger. Change is something we are not used to however, we all will have to eventually accept that technology will become the new king of the world. We all possess the ability to adapt and overcome, perhaps it could turn into something that is far better than what we anticipate, or it might not. That is up to us to find out.

2. THE PROS:

I find in the modern day education system that the vast variety, convenience, and supplemental aid that technology can bring to us have proven to being highly beneficial.

Students by law are required to attend school, therefore, all have a chance of obtaining some form of education (but with varying weights).

The education field is growing with each passing year.

Public education is available to all.

Public education strives to create leaders out of all its students.

Years in High School are deemed as the best years of our lives, this holds true in my personal opinion.

Most educators are there not only to serve as mentor, but as a friend if ever needed.

Educators strive to get all students involved in extracurricular activities in order to broaden their spectrum, meet new people, and to develop awareness with diverse cultures, ethnicities, and practices.

THE CONS:

There is a call all around the world for a reform on the public education system

There are people everywhere that are finding flaws in our education system. The hidden curriculum is a failure as it teaches Kindergartners how to act like adults at the age of 5.

The learning curriculum is viewed as outdated b/c of our technological advances, and changes in our culture as a result of technology.

Technology has proven to be handy in the classroom until the privileged is abused.

Students are often distracted from their work by what all technology is capable of doing.

Social Media (i.e. Snapchat, Facebook, Twitter, etc.) these things are often found being used in the classroom

The cons list could go on and on.

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Media influences the classroom to become more distinct, complex, and being more personal maybe.

I feel that Media in the classroom can serve as both a luxury as well as a burden. I feel that there should be a balance between both fundamental bare-bone lectures as well as some that involve direct use of technology in a classroom. Not everyone prefers to do all of their schooling digitally.

Like everything change is a process. Not many are going to perform or give the best desired results if it is sprung on them out of nowhere. Not many people that i now are capable of being out on the spot. (I learned the hard way)

Media can be a highly valuable tool for education purposes. there are thousands of result that can be found from a search engine such as Google.  This tool would work wonders if it was not for all the distracting stimuli that are contained in it.  My point being that it is very easy to go from LABOR TO LEISURE THAN FROM LEISURE TO LABOR. (This is an example everyone can relate too).

I feel as a teacher one should promote technology use in small pockets. Do not allow the vast use of it as this could hinder our ability to think of answers for ourselves as we would rather opt for Google to do it for us. I feel that teachers should promote the use of technology as a tool for learning rather than leisure.

Of course in this age these above thoughts would not work in todays world. It is impossible to escape a form of technology simply because it is everywhere.

I find it very hard to answer the question of how teachers should engage in technology use in the classroom.

4. The role I feel technology plays into this whole subject matter is that  just as in the videos given, this new era of children are "Digital Learners" which I can see why they are as in High School I became one. I only came to realize that in college that I would have to depend on i even more as I live in the library behind a computer.

It is a very convenient tool but, looking back I have seen that I on average put in 35+ hrs/week in front of a computer screen all in the means of trying to pass college courses. I am constantly checking my E-Mails, balances, grades, assignments, schedule, plans, etc.

I find myself unable to escape technology and get away because I am personally an over achiever, and a perfectionist. I want to stay ahead on my homework all the time

I strive to stay ahead of the curve on my studies, and take advantage of Extra Credit opportunities. This could be the means of passing or failing a course, or the difference between an A or B.

In addition, I have terrible nerves and constantly feel cornered, and overwhelmed if I have loose ends. Technology comes to save the day for me on several occasions. But, at times I feel like this library is almost a prison to me. Same as Community College. Al,l of this with the intentions of creating a cushion surrounding time.

I FEEL CONSUMED BY IT!!!!!!!! I OFTEN FALL VICTIM TO BEING DISTRACTED. I NEVER HESITATE ON OPTING THE CHANGE FROM LABOR TO LEISURE, BUT WHEN IT COMES TIME TO GET BACK ON TRACK I STRUGGLE.

All in all technology has its pros and cons just as everything else in the world. This just proves how diverse, and complex the world really is.

There were problems with the education system long before this "digital age" came to be. Humanity still managed to stick it out.

Advocates and Naysayers alike both can hold the right or wrong answers and hypothesizes concerning this "digital age". All we can do is take it day and day see where the journey allows for us to travel.

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1. What do you want the future of education to look like?

2. What are some positives/negatives currently in education?

3. How does Media influence what is taught, classes offered, education in general? How do we tackle this as teachers?

4. What role does technology play into this?