We eat Social media for Breakfast

  I was always taught that the internet was not the place to look for answers, and that's true--most of the time. Sure, there's unreliable sources that can come back to bite you in the butt, but there's also great resources online that can hep you learn.

  My first example comes from tools like Nearpod or other programs that are specifically designed to work for education in the 21st century. Teachers can get multiple responses at one time via the internet program and see which is correct more quickly than the traditional quiz.

   My second example comes from programs like Blogger, which unlike Nearpod, benefit not only the teacher but the class as a whole. When we were covering our masterpiece topics, I was able to browse through my peer's blogs and evaluate what they were covering, further helping me understand my own topic of Upgrading Education.

   In regards to the use of social media to learn, I use Gmail to stay in contact with family from around the country, and sometimes more than family. In 2012 we discovered via Ancestry.com that we were direct decedents of the Dutch Explorer Peter Minuit. It just so happened that a careless comment on a YouTube video led me to meet someone from the Netherlands who just so happened to be writing a book on Peter Minuit. We never really shared much information because my Aunt was worried about my safety from Strangers on the Internet, which I appreciate but not everyone are predators.

   All and all, whilst the Internet and other social media platforms continue to be labeled as "Distracting Toys", they can often be useful in certain applications to education.

Where I stand on the Digital Divide

I'm standing in the middle of the stance on DD, I like to keep an open mind and stay neutral on the subject. It's somewhat helping me achieve my goals, but it's mostly a distraction. My data that I want public is public, anything I don't want public is stored on a 3.5" Floppy Disk and on my 1987 Macintosh SE. If I know the goddamn codes to the ICBM silos at Vandenberg, I don't want the NSA to know that, I'll store them on a computer that is unhackable, because it's older than the internet. I don't know the codes, by the way. Why would I?

Ignite talks notes

-Adrian: "Actions speak louder than words"

-NFL players injured

-Don't talk, do


-Elias: "How to turn nothing into something"

-Try to go beyond the limits of limitations

-Motivation, don't stop something if you love it


-Kleiff: "Global Warming"

-Serious threat

-Research on internet, sea levels rising


-Ofelia: "Why do people fight?"

-Why do people fight

-Research why this is


-Nicole: "Why is there alot of racism"

-About my life

-Reduce racism


-Jocelyn: "Free Tuition"

-Looked up resources

-Arguments pro/con


-Jason: "How to become a barber"

-Got a haircut

-Need a license


-Marcos: "How to be a tattoo artist"

-Draw a lot

-Kept drawing over SB


-Giovanni: "What makes creativity"

-Learn from mistakes

-Everyone is creative


-Isaias: "How can we feed everyone without animal cruelty"

-Researched how to be vegan from PETA

-Attempt to be vegan


-Christian: "Barber"

-Barbering program

-Try cutting hair


-Jose: "Why can't everyone get along"

-Racism

-Great Gatsby


-Angel: "Police Force"

-Talk to uncle

-Study criminal justice


-Jaime: "Joining Military"

-What does it take

-Overcome obstacles


-Etzel: "Will I ever get to success"

-Passion for singing

-Ignore ignorant people


-Carlos: "Why do people go to school so much"

-I can't be good at school

-Next steps: No clue


-Maria: "Is time real?"

-Who made time?

-We're not in real time


-Victor: "What is the true Religion?"

-Everyone always talking about god

-Which is the true religion, Christianity, Judaism, or Islam?


-Katie: "Different learning types"

-Intro to ed inspired her

-Notes on Learning styles


-Vivian: "Animal behavior"

-Research on Pig for County Fair

-Animals react to facial expressions


-Allign: "Professional Folklorico dancer"

-Ballet Folklorico de Mexico

-Many requirements


-Emily: "Open Source Learning"

-Introduce in Mexico

-Take more advantage than in the US


-Brian: "Best route to be an officer"

-Talk to cousin

-Have to be 18 to attend academy


-"Finding vintage clothing"

-Cheap prices

-Go to bigger cities


-Alex: "Start own clothing brand"

-Research other clothing brands started

-Learn how they grow


-Richard: "Why does music have an effect on people"

-Always had a connection with music

-Strip down songs and analyze


-Elvis: "Why school counselors don't help"

-Go to teachers or friends

-Pull up your grades


-"Mechanical engineer"

-4 year edu.

-Talk to racers


-Brian: "?"

-Not ready

-Students do work and shit


-Elizabeth: "Are children smarter because of the internet?"

-Many kids are online

-We're always on our blogs


-Karen: "Why are women represented in a negative way?"

-Always half naked women on the internet

-Every woman is pretty

Ignite Talk

My topic is the Possibility of upgrading education to fit our current society. Over break, I thought about how the education system would be set up around a new style of learning, such as teaching methods, and the way classrooms should be built to make students the most productive. Also over the break, I learned that a change in education couldn't happen over night, but would take years to install. The connections between this topic and this class are the fact that this topic was inspired by Dr. Preston's style of teaching. What I'm doing next is continue further research into the standard needed to have this style of education become the new standard.

If you have any question, comments, or ideas, please respond to this post.

Blogs

  I checked several blogs to review the posts, the majority of them had the most recent post from November or February. I was impressed with the ones who did post, although it wasn't bare minimum.

Upgrading Education- Teaching

  I've never enjoyed having to sit in a desk for an hour and listen to an Adult spew facts at me. The traditional teaching method is obsolete and ineffective, and with the envisioned reform of the education style, Traditional teaching would be replaced by Open-Source learning style and Hands on Activities for tactile learners.

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Upgrading Education- Scoring

  The way students are scored is also due for an update; it's time to kick the report card out and find a more reasonable way to understand where students need to improve.

  We've traditionally had Report Cards, and we're punished for having poor grades. This is unfair to students as the report card is to show where students need improvement, not as a punishment. In my idea of an Upgraded Education system, a T chart would replace the traditional report card with "Areas of Strength" and "Areas of Struggle"

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