Has
“the future” started, indeed?
-reviewing the
video clip <The Future Starts Now- 2012 edition (4:40)>
This
video clip made me think about using ICT in my future classroom. We have so
many cool gadgets nowadays, like iPads, Smartphones etc. The use of these gadgets
is abbreviated ICT, which means information and communication in technology. Many
people believe that children can learn much better through ICT, but many local
authorities struggle to provide our students with these tools. The problem is
not that hardware because schools are full of it. The real problem is how to
use ICT smartly to improve learning.
In
Norwegians’ perspectives, after the oil, people will live off Knowledge. This
means that more of use will have to get a good education. If we agree to
society benefits from improved learning, how do we reach this goal? Back to
gadgets, it would be smart to take advantage of using ICT. Computers can teach
us to learn things in different ways and they also make learning advanced
concepts easier if that's what you want. For example, instead of reading about
DNA molecules and cramming in facts you can't really understand. Then we can visualize,
simulate and animate them using ICT. All the information all over the world can
be learned at our finger tips.
ICT
is a part of curriculum as the basic skills But the curriculum itself is no
guarantee because nothing happens if you don't follow it accurately. Therefore
it is more important to get actual teachers into the idea of using ICT in their
lessons. Increase of using ICT and teacher training can encourage teachers to
use ICT in their own lessons.
However,
it is more or less premature to paint a rosy outlook on using ICT. In terms of
IT devices used in classroom, schools have to spend a lot of money to prepare them
for all students’ use. Moreover, according to devices, they are considered to
be care regularly with upgrading their own system or maintain its servers to
keep a certain degree of quality. In addition, the teachers’ education about
ICT would be needed. Bit most important thing is to find and develop ‘appropriate
educational contents’ inside the sea of information. Has “the future” started,
indeed?
You can learn more about ICT with this YouTube Video clip!
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Welcome but somewhat scary Social Media Revolution!
-reviewing the
video clip <Social Media Revolution 2011 (2:35)>
This
video clip not only let me know about very interesting information about social
media but also feel even scary about big power of social media.
Social Media is
about people. Over 50% of the world population is under 30 years old. Social
media even impact our offline behavior. Kindergartens are learning on iPads,
not chalkboards. In addition, tf
Facebook were a country, it would be the world's 3rd largest. But in China, Twitter,
Facebook, YouTube and Google are prohibited. IF Wikipedia were made into a
book, it would be 2.25 million pages long. and would take you over 123 years to
read. Some universities have stopped distributing e-mail accounts. E-Readers
have surpassed traditional book sales. Movie-goers buy only 2.5billion in real
goods. 93% of marketers use social media for business. How amazing it is!
The most
impressive sentence in this video clip is that commented by Erik Qualman: We
don't have a choice on whether we do social media. The question is how well we
do it.
Most of things
are alternated by social media. It is a matter of course that all traditional ways
of communication, advertisement, marketing and so one are changing now. And its
speed is beyond our imagination!
Social media also has huge influence on
English education and is changing our field. The thing is that we need to
realize social media’s frighteningly huge influence on us and adapt this environment.
"Change is bound to be scary to
only who don’t want to be changed."
