Assignment Four

Don't Teach Your Kids This Stuff. Please?
There is nothing like a good piece of sarcasm. I believe technology should be taught to children at an early age. Yes, the internet can be a very dangerous place thanks to online predators and solicitors. This is why it is extremely important to stress online safety to our young students. It is also true that kids will be kids and look at things they are not supposed to, like porn, but if they are being monitored properly they will not be able to. Many of the negative things in this post can easily be fixed by proper adult supervision and properly teaching online safety. You would not let your five year old kid go on a field trip to the mall unsupervised, so why would you let them get on the internet unsupervised. I am going to expose my children to the internet early, much like Mr. Scott McLeod is insinuating with his children. Mr. McLeod is an Associate Professor of Education Administration at Iowa State University. He is also the esteemed co-created of the "Did You Know? ( Shift happens)."

The iSchool Initiative
Every time I walk across a high school, or even the University of South Alabama's campus I cannot help but notice how many people have iPhone's or iPod touches. With today's school systems being in such shambles financially, the young man in this video has a great idea about developing the iSchool. If the iSchool became a reality it would be a great way to not only save money for each school system, but also help save out environment. I would be in favor of the iSchool.

There are some red flags that come to mind about the iSchool. With every good thing there is to offer there are also some bad things. For example, what if a student forgets to charge his iSchool? What if his iSchool malfunctions? I guess the students would miss out on all of the assignments. There would also have to be some kind of way to keep students from playing games during lessons. This could become a very big distraction. The iSchool could become a very helpful tool in education today, but I believe there is still a few kinks to work out.

Watch The Last Generation
My initial thought when watching the video titled "Watch The Last Generation" was how eerily true the message was. With the way things are going in today's world I foresee a down fall of our society thanks to my generation. I do think that people in today's world are looking for a quick fix to their problems. I also feel, more and more people are putting their families on the back burner.

The technique used to get the message across in this video really blew me away. I do not think that my generation is a loss cause. I also believe we can fix many of these problems, but we have to make a change very soon. I,for one, believe that family is the most important thing behind God. I have many friends who have strong morals and values just as I do, but there are many people out there who have their priorities all wrong.

Eric Whitaker's Virtual Choir
Man! Now I have seen it all. This is one of the coolest things I have ever seen. I agree with Jennifer Chambers on how it doesn't seem like a big deal until you realize that the singers have never seen or met each other. I think it is neat how someone took separate web cams of hundreds of people singing "Lux Aurumque" and made them into one virtual choir. They even had a conductor. Eric Whitaker is a virtual genius.