Blog 2 (video clips)

Did You Know
All of the information given in this clip was extremely interesting. It is amazing to see how far technology has come in such a short amount of time. One of the statements on the clip states that we are preparing kids for jobs that do not even exist yet, which is strange but so true to a point. Another interesting tidbit was the fact that by the age of 38 most kids will have 10-14 jobs which is ridiculous. If you start at 18 years old that is only 20 years of working, that is changing job every two years or even more frequently. It only took four years for internet to reach a market of 50 million people! This clip was very informative.

Mr. Winkles
This little clip was very true in a comical way. The world around is becoming more and more technological savvy and schools are so many times being left out of the picture. When kids graduate school and then enter the work force some have a hard time dealing with not only the new pressures of a new job but also learning new equipment.

The Importance of Creativity
Picasso stated many years ago "that we are all born artist but the problem is to stay an artist as we grow older." (May not be stated word for word.) There was no true public education systems until the 19th century and when it became established it was for industrialism, which in many ways is outdated now. Children are encourage to work more on Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic instead of what they are good and have natural talents in. In fact many children are lectured and stigmatized for being creative. Ken defines creativity as a the process of having original ideas that are worth value. I agree with his statement.
His opinion matches mine in that schools are getting rid of valuable classrooms such as art and music. Mostly because of the money problems. It should be the opposite, every person is put on this Earth to do something. Sometimes that something is not necessarily academics but could be dance, as he gave the example of the woman who choreographed "Cats" the Broadway production along with "Phantom of the Opera". Some people are just made to move. In order to think they have to move. In today's time most of these kids would be labeled ADH/ADD and put on medicine and told to behave and these children many times never rise to what they could have been.

Finland Interview
Ken would like to balance academic and the arts. They also talk about the three myths of creativity which include: only certain people are creative, creativity is about certain things, and that there is nothing you can do about it. The big question that I see on her blog is asked "Can the U.S. Compete?" I think that the US has a long way to go when it comes to comparing with Finland. I firmly believe with much hard work and dedication to the students that we could compete with any country.

Digital Smarts
This was a very interesting clip, mainly because I am from south Georgia, only about an hour from where this school is. The fact the students are connecting with so many different people and learning how to work the new technologies on site with the teacher helping them through but also allowing them to do most of the work for themselves is an awesome thing. When these children get out of school they will be able to go directly in to a job setting using all kinds of these new technologies. Every school, in my opinion should be going to this, utilizing every technology that is available to us.