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Michael Wesch: A Vision of Students Today
This video was enjoyable to watch. I think that it explains the truth of a college student from the time needed to do everything in a day, and that exceeding a days time, the high cost of tuition, and the over rated prices for the books that are "needed for the class," but may not ever be opened. For the high cost of a student to attend a university and the price of books, once a student graduates, they may be paying off their college debts for the rest of their life. South is somewhat cheap compared to Alabama or even Spring Hill, and it may even have smaller classroom settings which may be better for students who may be "slower" learners.
With all of the students in the video holding up their signs saying they spend two hours working, or two hours on their cell phone, or bringing their laptop to class but not working on their classwork is typical of most college students. I am 100 percent guilty of that. I also think that in a bigger classroom setting and the teacher does not pay attention to the students, they are more tempted to do those such as if the teacher and students were in a small classroom setting. Procrastination is something that the students in the video never had a paper saying they waited for last minute to do their work, when all the other things they had to complete in the days time without the time.

Kelly Hines "It's Not About the Technology"
"Technology is not the only thing that helps students learn" is what Kelly Hines said in her post. Yes, technology can help teachers and students, but some information that students need to know come from the books. Not only in technology but in our books and learnings we, as future teachers should be up to date on everything so that the students are learning the most up to date things.
On the topic of technology in the classroom, I think that it is wonderful for all teachers to be able to work their technology. Their are many teachers, such as where I went to school that refuse to learn how to use the Smart Boards because they are used to their old ways of lecturing out of the book. When a teacher lectures out of a book, it seems to bore the students. But by observing in a classroom where the teacher uses the Smart Board as often as she can in her lessons to teach, and the students are interacting they seem to learn more. With the students being able to interact they may not get as bored and will be more willing to learn and know that the next time to the Smart Board to play could be their turn.

Karl Fisch: Is It Okay to Be A Technologically Illiterate Teacher?
Karl Fisch lays it flat out on the line and does not beat around the bush. In my view he is saying that teachers and school workers should be up to date on their technology and if they do not use technology they should make the switch from their old ways. If the teachers are one to not change their ways completely, just having or knowing how to use the technology would be help to them.
From the video "Did You Know" it relates to this post in the fact that technology is always changing and it may be hard to keep up with it, but learning the best of what you can helps. When the technology is incorporated into the classroom I think students are more focused and may want to participate more, knowing that they may be able to play the game, or just use their finger on the board to answer a question. Having your students involved in your classroom and knowing that they are not bored should be such an influence on any teacher to update to technology in the class room.

Gary Hayes Social Media Count
WOW. I knew technology was changing, but not at this speed. Watching the count change at every blink of an eye was mind boggling. I feel as if technology has taken over everyones lives and it is the new means of how people live their day to day lives. But then again when you think about it, people survived without technology back in the day, so why cant we survive without it now? So many people rely on technology that I think if it were to disappear people may lose their minds and not know what to do. By seeing how fast it changes in the seconds, seeing it change in years would be outrageous. At the bottom when i scrolled down looking at the statistics for different things, makes you think of how often you apply to each of the changes statistics.