Blog Post #13

This video portrays what it is like to be in a classroom setting that has not adopted technology. These students are sitting in classrooms that are full of 115 students and only 26 percent of what they are learning is relevant to the tools they need in the real world. They also allow the viewer to see that only eighteen percent of their teachers know there name at school and they are $20,000 in debt. I find this so upsetting students around the world are paying for a higher education yet only finding themselves in debt before they even begin to find a job. Not to mention the money being spent on books and other materials that are not being put to use.
By seeing these messages on paper it allowed me to realize how serious this really is. I am not the only one suffering it is a worldwide epidemmic. If teachers and faculty around the world do not adopt technolgy into there classrooms we are all going to suffer. Within the video they said that technology alone can save us. I could not agree more. Technolgy is the door that will lead us to a newfound more effective style of learning in the twenty first century! In my mind people should be spending more time advocating the change, verse worrying about other things that are being shown on the news. Teaching is among one of the hardest occupations, you are responsible for molding minds of hundreds of individuals and get paid next to nothing... so why aren't administrators working to help these struggling teachers.

Miles Webb: Exemplar of Students Work with Video
Miles Webb has truly taken his time with these kids, it shows how much he believes in adding technology into a classroom because he has done this for students that are not even his. When reading and viewing the video at first I was convinced it would be another blog post about technology in the classroom. However this through me for a loop after discovering that the student Carlton was legally blind as well as the video was not rehearsed or planned out. By using the video camera it made a difference for this student. His teacher also wanted to create a Class Page after realizing how much of an impact technology has in the classroom. This was not only a 'Wow' moment for Carlton and his teacher, Miles Webb said this was a wow moment for him and one of the main reasons why he remains so passionate about technology.
Miles Webb's willingness to share his knowledge with others especially those in which he doesn't truly reap the benefits shows the depth of his personality. I would love to continue to read and follow Miles for his resources. I truly found this inspiring.