pln 19

After reading “Boys and Boredom” by George Will I have come the epiphany that boys need more change in their classroom environment. What I mean by this, is that a teacher just talking all day is not going to keep the average boy intent on what they are saying. Giving that the average boys attention span is 30seconds. This matters to me, because I am an average boy in a classroom environment that is constantly changing with more distractions. All in all, the classrooms need to focus on how we learn and then focus on the teaching.

PLN 21

I saw a video called "Changing Education Pradigms" by RSA Animate, which affects the students and I in education, and the future of our world.  The video went into detail about how education is still grounded on the same things as it was hundreds of years ago.  This video also talked about how education is headed in the wrong direction; how we think more standardized tests is a better way to learn.  This article affects me because it is talking about changing the way that I learn.  The article affects me because it is talking about changing my thinking from just thinking one view or answer being correct, to having multiple view points and answers being correct.  This would make me a more creative thinker as a result.  Since this article affects me, a boy in education, it also affects other children in education as well.  RSA Animate is talking about having fewer tests, and having a less strict schooling system for children to keep up with.  This affects children in education because it would allow them to work at their own intelligence level, and work at their own pace.  Children would have more personalized learning, and hopefully receive a better education as a result.  Though the article talked mainly about education and children, it still greatly affected the rest of the world.  This article affects the world because it talked about how sidetracked we are with simulation type devices.  Instead of focusing more on learning and working harder at our professions, we are playing video games watching television, and playing with our iPhones.  Overall, this article affects students and my type of learning in education and the ability to see what’s most important in the world and what matters to them.

PLN18

In the article Boys and Boredom by George Will, Will states that because of modern technologies keeping kids stimulated at all times, kids are becoming bored with nothing to do for thirty seconds. The concepts and ideas in the article matter to me, education, and the world. The ideas discussed in the article matter to me because I constantly need some form of entertainment in order to not get bored; accordingly I need to bring my iPod or some other form of entertainment with me at all times to avoid boredom. This article matters to education; this is because teachers, and schools in general, will have to have activities, problems and other work to keep students occupied at all times. This matters to the world because people need twenty-four hour entertainment so portable entertainment is in high demand; therefore industries such as MP3 players and laptops are succeeding. The concepts and ideas in the article Lost in Electronica by George Will matter to me, education, and the world.