3.0 and Mr. Winkle Wakes

I enjoyed watching both videos! Although, I was not as surprised to read some of the facts that were in the 3.0 video. There were only two facts that were completely surprising. The first one: One out of eight married couples met online in the U.S. The second one: By age 38 today's learners will have ten to fourteen jobs. All of the other information about the increasingly fast changing world was interesting to read and have statistics on it, but I knew that it was coming. I have been completely engaged in technology and I am always so astonished when I start comparing the world I once grew up in, the world my parents grew up in, to the world we live in now.

I like the world we live in now because it includes everything the 3.0 video mentioned. Why not use our knowledge to create supercomputers, faster delivery of information, amazing communication devices, have dictionaries and quick response search engines at our fingertips? I believe that we need to welcome technology into our daily routines, and as educators we need to offer a nationwide technology based curriculum that is much more powerful than what we have now in our school system so that every generation becomes more valuable in this changing world.

The video on Mr. Winkle Wakes was interesting to watch because I know many people that have had a difficult time adapting to the world they now live in. As I watched the video, an older gentleman walked into the library and asked the attendant to help him find a book he was interested in reading. The attendant said to him, "try looking on the Internet Catalog," and the other man responded by saying, "oh, I do not mess with those silly things, just tell me where I could find the book." What a coincidence I thought because it reminded me of Mr. Winkle Wakes.

Although it is comforting to some people to continue living and or teaching without embracing technology, it must change. Instructors could face major challenges with their students if the teaching methods do not incorporate some kind of interaction with technology. I agree that during times of reading, and writing development a student should be exposed to the "old fashioned ways of learning," to create a strong foundation. I am also in favor of incorporating technology and the Internet when it comes to making class assignments, reading, writing, and project assignments. If students are taught at an early age how to properly use a computer, and how to properly do research and write papers using a computer, maybe that information will not get washed away when he or she starts exploring the world of short messaging in cellphone texts and email, or use "computer talk" in typed assignments. If there were a stronger emphasis on computer based learning, established would be a prepared generation of students.