Here's a thought-provoking presentation by educator Karl Fisch (remixed by Scott McLeod).
What do you think? Do you agree/disagree?
What's your response? Are you excited? troubled?
(Youtube text link)
What do you think? Do you agree/disagree?
What's your response? Are you excited? troubled?
(Youtube text link)
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16 comments:
This video really shocked me and opened my eyes to the world that we really live in today. It seems that nothing will ever stay constant again and things that come about or are invented will be changed as soon as they are put out. With more and more humans being born every single minute and more technology changing the world all the time, i agree that it is becoming essential to learn something new all the time so that we may all understand just what our environment is turning into. I would have to say that I am more troubled than excited after seeing this presentation because I feel the world is running past most of citizens and not everyone will be able to keep up. Also, people who learn certain things might become obsolete within a couple of years because of the ever changing nature of industries and I feel it will become continuously harder for someone to stay in one place for a long period of time. They mentioned that as being a problem in the world right now, and it might just become an even bigger problem in the future.
Michael,
While you're right about people not being able to simply learn certain things and then coast, I prefer to look more at the positive side of these changes. We'll be able to do a better and better job of meeting each student's needs. We'll be able to utilize technology to foster a more student-centered learning environment. We'll be able to communicate and collaborate on a global scale, and hopefully use technology to bring folks closer together.
I agree with just about every aspect of the presentation especially the technology. I have purchased several computers in my life and I am baffled every time I want or need a new one (a matter of perspective) it is better, faster and cheaper than the one I previously owned. I am excited but at the same time scared as hell because I don’t want to be left behind and always striving to learn something new. Everyday I task myself with learning something new. I also believe the current generation is going to be left behind because of a unrealistic sense of entiltlement where they expected to be given everything and work for nothing. Hardwork is a a thing of the past and the reason I believe we will be passed by other countries in all aspects from education to technology.
What I read this video, I was very surprised and I do agree with what it predicts about the future because technology is improving every minute. In a way I am excited about it, but at the same time I am troubled by it. The most shocking fact was that the amount of new technical information is predicted to double every 72 hours in 2010. I questioned how people are going to be able to learn that much in a life time. It scares me because the world is changing constantly, and even now sometimes I feel that everything needs to stop and take a break from everything, but we all know that is never going to happen because everyone is competing for knowledge. It also scares me because I do not think the United States will be ready for it. There are other countries that have better technology and education than us, like China. People in European countries speak more than four languages while we are complaining about Spanish people coming into our country and are not learning our language because we are too lazy to learn theirs. The scariest thing is that there will be a computer smarter than the human race. If that happens, then how will the entire world control it? Won't it control us?
I think this video really opens a lot of our eyes to what is really going on in this world. I don't know if it is a good or bad thing though. I mean yeah we need this technology to stay advanced, but at the same time I don't think our computers should be as smart as a human! The one big thing that really caught my attention was the statement about China being the largest English speaking country in the world! This amazes me and quite honestly I think it is a shame. I wish that our country would focus more on making our education systems better so that we can compare with others around the world. I do believe that at some time America isn't going to be the country that everyone "looks up to" and I believe this video makes this very clear.
When I watched this video I was suprised. I had never thought about any of this stuff until I sat down and watched this video. I agree with it. In highschool, my freshman years we rarely used the computers, but when it came to be my senior year each classroom had a cart of laptops for their own use, and we used compters almost everyday, and now this class is using the computer every class. It's kind of scary to think that the world is depending so much on technology because viruses and hackers are seen everywhere, and if thats what we depend on, what would happen if a virus wiped out the majority of the world's computers? It is also exciting though, to see how much change and growth the world has had in these short years, and how much we are going to grow, but I agree with shannon, i wish the U.S. would step it up in the education department.
This video definitely opened my eyes to a lot of information I didn't know before. It was a first exciting to see all the technological advancements we have made (and apparently, will continue to make), but then I began to wonder what exactly all of them would do. Are all of our amazing technological advancements going to stop poverty? Can they stop war? Can they make peace? How exactly will they benefit us? I think the presentation definitely is meant to create a rush of acknowledgment and information, but it causes more questions. I also think that we should not place so much stock in predictions of things so far in the future, and instead try to concentrate on solving the problems that we face daily.
After watching this video I was somewhat surprised but at the same time I wasn't. Like when the video mentioned that China would have more English speaking people than the US, I totally agree with that. Many countries are teaching there people the English language and with the increase of immigration into the United States the percentage of English speaking people will continue to decrease. I also agree with the topic of technology. I mean in past 4 years the technology has really gotten a lot better and I believe as long as we keep on being technologically advanced our country will have to edge. But technology can also be a bad thing...like nuclear technology. That can hurt us with coutries like North Korea and Iran. They can target a specific building to hit with a nuclear bomb. But what I am very uneasy about is how other countries are becoming more powerful and are catching up to level that the United States is on. But what this artical is basically saying is that the United States has to step it up in the educational department. Because technology and languages have to do with education. I still think as of right now we have an edge on the rest of the world in technology but I think we are a little bit behind when it comes to education and it basically comes down to Americans becoming more lazy especially with our generation.
This video really disturbed me in a sense. Some of the facts especially the ones predicted about 2049 seemed a little far fetched but i feel like things that we have now i couldnt fathom 15 years ago. I think that the statistics about the United States educational system are very disturbing and I was disappointed with the statistic that information we learn in our first year of college will be out-dated by our 3rd year of college. This video really opened my eyes to things that I dont really think about on a daily basis but I should probably consider more often since our generation is going to be the ones effected especially concerning the job availablity, the increase in the use of technology, the abilities of technology and things of that nature.
Yeah, ha! And years ago predictions were made in very similar ways reguarding our future means of transportation. I can remember a prediction that TIME mag. made stating that by the year 2008 we would be driving around in cars that would be running off of hydrogen and electricity, but with only one year left until that prediction, i must say that TIME is no nostradomus in its predictions. So, yeah SHIFT DOES HAPPEN, but so many aspects in-between point A and B effect the overall outcome of whatever project is at hand. Take greedy oil companies for example; would we be driving hydrogen or elecric cars right now if they weren't so focused on future profits? Or look at big automotive companies; if they were truely supporting innovation and change then why do they still have future production lines focusing on gas powered cars. The technology is advanced enough at this point to SHIFT the entire automotive industry out of the gasoline era, but why haven't we seen any action? I feel that by predicting what will happen in the future, we are actually impeeding present day progress in a way. You never know what the future holds for the entire human race!
I found the youtube video to be very educational. It showed facts that I never had even thought about. One of them that I found most interesting was that there are more honors India students than we have students. It showed how much our world is growing and changing. This made me think about how things were before others were invented. Such as technology, always changing. It is hard to keep up with it, change is constant.
I found the New York Times fact very interesting - that 1 week's worth of the publication contains more info than a person was likely to come across in a lifetime in the 18th century. Information is certainly readily available today and the spread of information sounds like it will only increase, as evidenced by the portions of the presentation dealing with worldwide laptop shipments and new fiber optic technology. This global access to a great deal of information seems like a good thing, but I am not sure of all the implications.
I found the information about the improvements in technology and computing to be exciting. The presentation made it sound like these changes will just occur naturally, but humans are the ones enacting the changes and creating the new technologies. Humans are good at adapting to changes and finding solutions to problems (in most cases), so I think these new technologies will not be as foreign to us as they sound now - they will be a blessing.
I agree with the message that shift happens and that things are constantly changing. I am amazed by all the statistical information and the rate at which technology is used and being developed. I found the whole thing to rather humbling in that is showed that America is not the "big cheese" in a lot of things and that in 1900 England was a major super power. I thought that it was interesting that only a little over one hundred years ago England was such an influential power and that it declined so rapidly. Also, the grow and the population in both India and China is amazing and the large affect that they do and will have on the world. I found the whole thing a little disturbing especially the wasteful use of energy of sending text messages and visiting my space. I think that technology is important but I wonder if the world is being a little excessive.
I was shocked at some of the figures, especially the ones about the $1,000 computers in the future that can exceed the capabilities of the human being, then the entire human race by 2049. This may seem scary to some people that technology is moving too rapidly and it is going to be difficult to keep up with everything. But in a positive light I feel it will allow us to explore the world on a better and faster scale, and allow for technology to alleviate some of the problems that we have today. That being said we have to not allow this to control us and run our lives. We just need to continue to use these advancements in technology in a positive way (which may be easier said than done).
I was definitely shocked by some of the figures that were presented during this video. I was amazed that the U.S. government spent I think half of the amount that Nintendo spent in research and development. I was also shocked that there will be a $1000 computer that will be practically smarter than the human brain. I know that technology is constantly changing, but it is weird to think about what it will be like in the future. I know we compare everything to the past, but it needs to be realized that the past has always been less technologized. When you look back to the 1600s, they probably had new inventions then that far succeeded the inventions they had in the past. I just hope that these new advances do not begin to take over our lives fully and that they are used positively.
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