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Did You Know?
Knowing this video was published in 2008, I am scared to even know what the statistics are for each of them in 2011. Had I not had the opportunity to watch this video, I would still know nothing about the other countries and the statistics that were made. In the video at the beginning it is talking about how large China is becoming, I am curious to find out how much China has actually grown in three years. For India's 25 % of their population to have the highest IQ outnumbering the United States population should mean something to the US, and to start making a change in the ways we are taught.
it also had the slide about students are being taught to about technology not even invented, and that what we learn one year, will be outdated in three years. That is not only an example of in school work, but also technology. New technology comes out updated every couple months. For the slide about computers and the human brain, I think that it is nearly impossible for ones brain to be smarter than a computer. But who am I to say that it can not be proven? This video shows that technology has taken over our lives as human beings and without it we would be lost. Technology delivers information to one very fast, and yes it can be helpful but at the same time, the world depends on technology for such things such as email. Not many people mail a letter just to check on their friend. They e-mail, get on Facebook, or even Skype them! This video is pushing me to learn more about technology and the different ways that it is changing everyones lives daily.

Mr. Winkle Wakes
Mr. Winkle awakes and travels through a world full of technology, to get to the classroom and see that none is being used. Matthew Neeleman gives many great examples of how technology is used today, and that the lack of it in classrooms should also be focused on. Mr. Winkle goes to work offices with copiers, printers, and even the use of Skype on computers to have conferences. Mr. Winkle attempts to run from the fact that everywhere used technology but can not get away from it. If a hospital can have a machine to keep humans alive, then why cant schools have technology that keeps students interested in what they are learning in school?!
With the SmartBoard program in the classrooms, it seems that from observation, students are more into the material that is being taught to them. With the SmartBoard and the interaction that the students are given, if more and more technology could be made to be similar to it, I feel as if students would want to learn. From my past times, I was a student that had to be hands on to understand and comprehend material. Just as in the video "Did You Know?" they say what students are being taught one year, will be replaced with new information in three years. As much as what the students are being taught, technology is changing just as fast. Without technology in the classroom, it is back to the way of note taking and book learning. That bores students and makes them not want to learn. But with technology our children can grow and WANT to learn.

Cecelia Gault Interviews Sir Ken Robinson
While Cecelia Gault interviews Sir Ken Robinson, his responses are nothing but positive and only wanting the best for the children. Sir Ken Robinson wants to see an improvement in the education system. He also says that he would define "intelligence" as making sense of the diverse world around us. Not only having to focus and understand what happens in Finland, but also in China, Japan, or even the United States. Robinson's main focus is creativity. He says all children can be creative and it can be shown through science and technology, not just the arts. With the technology that the classrooms can have, it can allow the students to broaden their creativity levels.

Vicki Davis: Harness Your Students' Digital Smarts
Vicki Davis uses the time her students have with her in her classroom by letting them teach her things she may not have known. She wants her students to become more associated with technology not only in the classroom, but with the technology with other students around the world. Living in a small rural town in Georgia, the students may not get to venture out like they want to. But being able to blog and communicate with people in the Eastern half of the world, is something that her students seemed to enjoy.
Vicki Davis likes the thought that her classroom is not the original "paper and pencil" classroom but that you are actually being able to go hands on. She also stated that she does not always have to stand up front and lecture to the students, but that sometimes the students are teaching her something that they may have figured out how to do on the computer while they were learning how to use and navigate through the different software. Davis also stated that she likes to give her students words without defining them so they have to use the technology and look up what the word means. The way that Vicki Davis uses technology, is only broadening her students minds with technology.

Sir Ken Robinson: The Importance of Creativity
Ken Robinson has the up most respect for children and enjoys his time spent with them. As from the interview with Cecelia Gault, once again he has the concern for the loss of creativity from our children. He thinks that children should show their creativity in every subject matter with school, and not just the arts. He also says that while in school, the students are just taught the curriculum needed, and he thinks that dance and music should be added to get both sides of the brain working.
After seeing this video, it makes me only want to incorporate dance and music into my classroom. I think that when students can be creative in their own ways in the classroom that their minds may wander and something good may come from it. Creativity is what gives each student their uniqueness in life. Ken Robinson has a great outcome on why creativeness should be in the classroom, and I think my view has changed to agree with him in adding the arts into everyday classroom activities.