Blog 8

How We Dream:

In both parts of this video Richard Miller discusses human communication. He tells how communication has evolved over time. Richard says that his main goal in life was to become a published author. He finally accomplished his goal by publishing a book. Now we are able to buy and read his book whenever we want to. He then goes on to discuss hoe people are moving away from traditional books and moving towards digital copies. I would agree as well since a lot of classes at South now require you to purchase an ebook, or an electronic copy of a book. Now that we can get electronic copies it is impossible for a supply of traditional books to run out. There will always be copies available on line. Another benefit of electronic copies is that they are instantly available to people around the world.

Carly Pugh’s Blog:

I found Carly’s blog post to be pretty cool. Her video came together like an instructional map guiding people on how they should think and persevere in her own mind. Maybe an assignment similar to Carly’s should be added in the future to edm310. I think by doing this you will be able to get your students to be creative and think outside of the box. It could enable students to express their own beliefs rather than writing about videos and so on about other people’s view points. We might find it interesting how other people in our class think and maybe one or more can inspire the class.  

The Chipper:

I believe that the overall message of these videos is that you only get out what you put into something. This is true not only in edm310 but in all walks of life. I can almost guarantee that Babe Ruth didn’t set records by being lazy nor did the Auburn tigers win a football championship last year by playing video games. We all aspire to do great things but aspiring is only half of it, you have to put the effort forth. But on top of putting the effort forth we have to do it on time because Auburn wouldn’t have won that championship if they were ready the day after it.

EDM310 for Dummies:

The Edm310 for Dummies video was pretty funny. But the point was that if you put an effort forth and stay on track you will be able to excel. Everyone gets stressed at times but it is important to not give up and push through it. Plus, there are always people to help you in our EDM labs open almost everyday.

I believe I would like to make a video showing people how to push through stresses and aspire. I think a lot to do with this is keeping a positive attitude and being encouraged by someone how as been in your shoes and excelled.

Learn to Change, Change to learn

I thought this video was very interesting. It showed how kids are more inspired by technology such as social networks and so on which are banned in many classrooms. The video quotes “we must develop a narrative that sustains 21^st century learning.”  In my opinion this is true. The video also shows how standardized test are foolish since students will not be called to use these in their careers but their abilities to work in teams and find information to synthesis it. The dawn of learning depends on teaching students how to accomplish these goals by keeping them active and encouraged in the classroom. I believe if how we educate students now changes we will be able to influence them to aspire and give them a drive to be better and what the education system offers now.