PLN 18

            The article, "Humble Suggestions for the Computer Lab" by Admin, discusses the appropriate uses for computers in the new education form. This matters to myself, education, and the world. First, this matters to myself because it discuses the requirements for today’s students to be computer literate, they must be able to complete homework with the use of computers. Second, the article tells of a dark time when the teachers locked all of the computers into a cave, only to be used once a week, these caves were called computer labs. Now education must embrace the modern day student, where they must have access to a computer for the majority of their studies. Third, this matters to the world because now the world has an efficient way of communicating across the planet. People must be capable of using new technology in effective forms. In conclusion” Humble Suggestions for the Computer Lab" by Admin, matters to myself, education, and the world.        

PLN 23

            The video "Clay Shirky: How cognitive surplus will change the world" made by Clay Shirky matters to myself, education, and the world. Cognitive: Pertaining to the mental processes of perception, memory, judgment, and reasoning (Dictionary.com). Surplus: an amount, quantity, etc., greater than needed (Dictionary.com). In the video Clay Shirky presents his idea that people in the world have a mass surplus of free time, over a trillion hours a year of free time. And how there is also a mass amount of thinking, and collaborating on a large scale, which he calls cognitive surplus. This matters to me because Shirky shares a story of a Kenyan woman who helped launch a site that helped keep her country of Kenya safer. I realized that I can use my amount of free time more productively, through digital forms, to create and collaborate different forms of information. This matters to education because now for the first time ever, we have a place to use and express our “cognitive surplus.” Many classes in our school are taking advantage of the new digital age, by blogging, skypeing ect. This matters to the world because collaborating in different forms is an effective way to communicate. Right now more than ever we need effective forms of communication. In conclusion "Clay Shirky: How cognitive surplus will change the world" matters to myself, education, and the world.             

PLN 22

            The article, "Talkin' Bout a Revolution. Well... Maybe"  by Will Richardson talks about how visions, such as the 2020 vision, tell of a bright future were education is redefined. While in reality this article tells about the negative downsides of this anticipated revolution. This matters to myself, education, and the world. First, this matters to myself. For starters Richardson declares, “The people in charge don’t really see this vision.” I realized that I am apart of the people that are supposed to be leading this revolution. Unfortunately, the majority of us, (us being the youth of the nation) seem not to take much interest in this revolution. Second, this matters to education because it seems despite new inventions and innovations of technology, the majority of schools have not changed the teaching style to include new technology. More importantly the new generations of thinkers, learners, and leaders have not embraced a new form of education. This matters to the world because all of the current students enrolled in different forms of education, will one day lead the world. One day, we the currents students, will be calling the shots, and making choices in the world that impacts everyone. As you can see the article, "Talkin' Bout a Revolution. Well... Maybe" matters to myself, education, and the world.

PLN 21

            The video "Changing Education Paradigms"  produced by RSAnimate talks about modern education and learning styles. This matters to myself, education, and the world. First, this matters to myself because the video talks about how a college degree is not a guarantee to a job. I always thought that is how the world usually operated, but as mentioned in the video a college degree can limit your mind set to only one of your abilities. In addition this matters to education because the video discuses how attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is negatively affecting education. Kids are medicated to perform efficiently in class and that isn’t the way kids must learn. The medicine they are taking normally shuts their senses down, and the theory is that by anaesthetizing them, they are suddenly capable of learning. In reality when they are aesthetic they perform at their best, so really instead of putting them to sleep, they should be woken up! This matters to the world because the goal is to enable all the students on the country to know themselves culturally. This would allow students to engage and contribute globally. In conclusion, “Changing Education Paradigms” matters to myself, education, and the world.