In a moment you will watch the video that appears below. While you're watching (8 min. 11 sec.) THINK about what you're hearing/reading.
Then...
Identify at least one statement from the video that resonates with you and thoroughly explain why it stands out. Comments that do not address the prompt or are not detailed enough will not be posted.
Be sure to identify yourself in your comment:
First Name, Last Initial -- Name of Your School. (Example: John D. -- XYZ Middle School)
Not sure how to get started? Here are a few questions to get you going:
--What claim(s) does the video make that caught your attention?
--Which statement(s) do you identify with most?
--Is there anything you think is inaccurate?
--Did anything surprise you?
--How does your experience at school reflect (or not reflect) what you learned in the video?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
154 comments:
Leigha Vilen-Smith middle school
I think its much more important nowadays to learn about technology than learn how to multiply in your head for example, because technology can do that for you. This doesn't means all that isn't important, but world connection, and usage of technology to engage in world connection is very important. I don't really know what it was like before the internet, which is kind of interesting when you think about our generation, but it must have been a whole lot harder to do school projects.
Vendi P.- Smith Middle School
This video was an eye-opener, especially the fact that there are more honor students in China than the total American population. I think that 48% of kids under 6 years old using the internet is wrong, partially because there are some things on the internet that that age group REALLY shouldnn't see, and partially because kids should go outside and play, not shove themselves in a dark corner of a room and watch videos on Youtube. We'll have plenty of time to do that as adults when we're supposed to be sitting in a cubicle getting yelled at by our bosses. Even though i dissagree with some of this information I'm glad I watched this video, because now i know what NOT to let my sisters do when i'm babysitting them. Thanks for posting this video!
Cameron W.- smith middle school.
i think it was intresting how people send and receive more text messages each day than there are people on the planet. I definataly contribute to those statistics but not like some other people i know. i think it is not neccasary to sit around texting people all day while there is so many other things you could do. I am definataly remeber that in the future. I did notice most of the statistics in this video are from 2008 though.
Karine Stiberg Birkelund
Smith middle school
A lot of thing`s suprised me in this video. First, it`s not good for anyone to sit inside on the compeuter or playstation, but I think that it is even worse for the children that are under 6. If you grow up with staying outside and play a lot, you will do that more when you grow up. If you are used to sit inside on the compeuter, it is easyer for you to do it when you grow up.
An other thing is that the video says: " When the average teen graduates, they have spent: 11,00 hours in school and 15,00 hours watshing TV."
That shock`s me. If you are in school for 8 hours per day, and you are supposed to sleep for at least eight hours, and then it is homework. how does anyone have time to watch that long? That means about the rest of the day spent with watching TV, what about family, what about friends? I could`nt do that!
I really enjoy searching for information on the internet. I think it is important to teach students how to use the internet as a learning organizer and not just a gaming system or socializing system. I spend a lot of time on my laptop playing video games, and using it for school is a smarter choice.c
CHris Z, SMS
The thing that I think is most amazing is that the amount of text messages sent and recieved is more than the population of the world. This is very amazing to me because most of this texting is by kids and adults in countries like the US and not many people in poor countries own phones to text and so a small amount of the population of the world is texting more than the rest of the world. I don't even understand why you would want to text that much anyways, but that's because I don't have a cell phone.
Ha Eun L.--Smith Middle School
The video didn't really surprise me, because if you thought about an average American, they like to use their free time watching TV, using the computer, and communicating with their friends. The video did drag out the point that we are going through a drastic change in terms of technology wise, but I think that it is important to not do it too much. I mean, spending 15,000 hours on watching TV, 3,000 more hours than you ever spend in school! And 48% of 0-3 years old has been on a computer!!! That was scary. I think that we still need to learn how to do it the old way, as in learning math and those other stuff, because to do the newer stuff, we need to know the building blocks. It's not like you go on a computer and suddenly come up with a way to make a super tech that is 100 times better than a computer with out knowing anything. I'm not saying that we shouldn't try to make our technology better, we definitely should. Just we shouldn't just toss away everything else away because your too lazy too learn the basics.
Will S. Smith Middle School
This video in many ways did mot suprise me. It did not take a specialist or a 8 minute long video to show were evolving thinking more and more to create more and more. In some cases i disagree with the video lik it implies that Teachers are not teaching enough to students because if u look at scienetests who are inventing things now they learned a lot in there career specilization. To help we don't need to know about every subjectand be so good at it we could do that and not this. We might need to learn lots but thats not as much as what people think it is.
Andrew Whang
Smith Middle school
That video was very scary. However it didn't surprise me that much though. The reason that it was scary was because of the way the video conveyed the information. It says that we are ill prepared for the future. That is not completely true. Children of this generation probably are more knowledgeable than previous generations when that generation of people were children. But the thing is, our generation of children will need to be more knowledgeable to solve crisis's like the recession and global warming. The aspect of the video I find the scariest is the fact that 48% of children 6 years of age or younger get on the internet. They could see things on the internet they shouldn't and that would be very bad. To wrap this comment up, I would like to say that all of the facts of the video are mostly true but it is not as scary as they are trying to depict it as. XP
Despite what the bold yellow text says, the video does not stand out. Sure, the stuff is true, but either a) We already know, or b) it's unfair to compare the amount of students or people from the United States to that of China. China has 1/5 of the world's people in it. The same goes for India. So of course they have more honors students than we have students! Did they really think that we're too stupid to figure that out?
Obviously yes, they do. The video doesn't point out what's good about the United States, only what's bad. It's very biased and therefore inaccurate.
Finally, a lot of the facts in the video aren't bad things. Why does it matter that so many people have facebook or twitter accounts? Can't people do what they want so long as it isn't against the law?
That's just my opinion on the video.
Naeim Zarei Esfandabadi
Smith Middle School
One part of the video that standed out to me was how china's english is going to be better than america one day. That really standed out to me because America's first language is english and China is exceeding to be better in english than in America. Things at school does not reflect in what I do in school because I am not lazy and I want to learn and to serve earth and my family. I think that parents and teachers need to show and tell their students/children that its not just about friends and having fun in school and by living in earth and having fun but to study and learn about earth and about main subjects and curriculims in school.
Justin Soll
Very surprising and I will keep this in mind. By, i'm going to play a computer game.
Na'im K- Smith Middle School
Not many of the facts in this video suprised me.
All the facts about China were very obvious. Of cource there are more people there than here. The fact that popped out was that 48% of three year olds have used a computer. After thinking about it, I realize that even that is not suprising. I have seen many computer programs for young children. Also, reflecting on that statment, is that really a bad thing? It's not as if a three year old is surfing the web under no supervision so they can do whatever they like. Also, again these children are not locking themselves in with computers to do nothing put use them. I am sure more than 50% of those 48% young computer users only use a computer for only a short time every few days.
Overall, I personally think that this video was a bit alarm-raising. Even though, it was thought provoking and interesting.
Kaitlin C.-Smith Middle School
This video wasn't a surprise for me because the more tech. evolves, the more people will want to use it. But what surprised me was when the video was saying how some kids "listen to their iPod, text, and do their geometry hw all at the same time". Wow, because I will never be able to muiti-task like that. It is believable that kids text so much, just think about how much you talk one day. (I text about 50-70 messages a day, but one time i texted 144 messages in one day:) But I think it's weird 5 year olds use computers, I can't really (and don't want to) picture a toddler on something like MySpace or Facebook. :/
Jessica S.--Smith Middle School
I really enjoyed seeing how everything adds up, but it is kind of scary to think about how "the number of text messages exceeds the population of the planet." I add to that as well. Also in China their Bachlor of Science in engineering is 48% and in America only 5% have their baclors in Science. My favorite saying in the video was "Size doesn't matter." but really it does matter because if you add up all of chinas mobile cell phones you'll realize that they have more mobile phones than the u.s. has people,(not that you would go and add up all of china's mobile phones, but you see my point.) So really, I think size matters to everone no matter where they are. Even though we might have technology I don't think that it is right to go find all of our answers on the internet because than we're really NOT learning, and learning is a big part of every single day on earth.
I think it's sad how much time technology is taking from students lives. What's frightening is the pressure put on our generation to be prepared to handle all these unknown tasks. As the video states, we don't know if the students will be able to control these future circumstances. It's also a shame that college students information will be outdated. If the students took the time and money to go to college to learn important information then why is it going to be useless and outdated in a few years? While technological advancemnt is important, teaching old information is a waste of time. Technology is definetely playing a too-large part in our lives.
Ben W
Smith Middle School
This was not new to me, I've seen slideshows very similar to this one before. But I do think that this one definitely tells you in a straightforward way that America needs to shape up and stop being lazy. It shows how everyone in Asia is smarter than us and doesn't waste their whole life watching TV. I know that it is true, and that us Americans should probably get some exercise other than moving our fingers across the keyboard or the X-Box controller.
Brian Maulucci - sms
It's just amazing to see not only how reliant we are on computers, but also how much is now over seas. I was mainly surprised at the person who said they would be fine if they did'nt invest another dollar in the US, and just took their corporation over seas. It's also amazing to hear that China has more honnors students than we have students. It was also very unexpected when the video stated that 35% of teenagers text under their desk. It's just so much information, and it's not BAD info, it's just the cold, hard truth. I still can't visualize those cute little 2 year olds playing computer games when they can barely walk. But relly, after college you watch 1,000 hours more T.V., then you spend time in school?!? It's deffinately immaginable, but just extreemely shocking that that's what we all do after school. It seems like by the time we get out of college it'll be 3 tims as many texts as hours of sleep minnimum. And 6.5 hours of technology ouside of school - and more than twice as much time on the computer than listening to the good, old fashion, radio. I get it, you can interact with a computer, and not with a radio, but still, because of ipods, and online music, nobody uses a radio anymore. I mean, does anyone play outside anymore!?! The entire video was just shocking, but there were diffinnately some things that just blow you out of your seat.
Wow, this is pretty scary. Americans aren't very smart, compared to other countries! I mean, partially, it must be due to us not having as big a population as them, but it also has to be because we're "stoooopid!" Anyway, it strikes me a bit odd that college students are learning about technologies that haven't been created, preparing for problems we've never heard of. That would be like Industrial Revolution-era people preparing for global warming. Or maybe us preparing for an asteroid collision (people have already theorized what we might do to prevent that!). An odd yet cool video after all. Oh, and about how people were saying that we send more text messages than the entire world population, China has more cell phones than we have people! I mean, we really shouldn't beat ourselves up like that, saying "we're lazy, we're horrible." Still, we are, indeed, "stooooopid."
The thing that caught my attention the most was the fact that China has more honors students than the N. America population. I know they have a lot of people, but it's kind of scary. I've been to a school in China before (elementary) and the teachers were really strict, and gave out more homework on weekends then weekdays. It took me a few hours to finish all that homework
Little kids on the internet... NOT A GOOD IDEA... there are somethings that they shouldn't really be seeing...
Not surprisingly, there are a lot of texts going on every day, I see lots of people on their phones on the streets, in buildings... A LOT
This video was very interesting. It says that we are ill prepared for the future, and in some ways that is very true. However, this generation of children is a lot smarter than the children, say 5 generations ago. What surprised me the most is the fact that 48% children 6 years of age and younger are on the internet regularly. That was very surprising because I never thought that children that young were smart enough to to go on the internet. But the talents of children this generation won't go to bad usage or even no usage at all. there are many crisis's occuring now that this generation will probably have to eventualy to fix including global warming, the American reccesion, and many other crisis's. The world needs to change and the only way possible is through this generation of children. XP
Emily Alexander
I watched the video and I agree and think it is outrageous how much people rely on the internet and electronics invented to communicate with others. The part that sticks out to me the most is the fact that when the average teen graduates they have spent about 11,000 hours at school and 15,000 hours watching TV. That means they have spent 4,000 more hours on TV than on school. That is strange because you spend most of the average school day in school and when you have home work that eliminates some or all the time you may have had watching TV. Another point that sticks out to me is the number of texts sent every day. The number of text messages sent every day surpasses the population of the planet. We don’t realize the number of messages we send until we get a cell phone bill. The average teen relies on technology too much and we are using up our resources.
Gabriel F
I think it's really creepy that american teens spend more time using technology than being in school. At first it didn't make sense to me. School drags on forever. Do i really spend that much time on the computer? I guess so . School only drags on forever because its boring so i guess technology time is more fun so it seems like less time.
Nate B - Smith Middle School
I too think it is sad that technology now holds so much of our lives. I identify with this since I read blogs, create content, use wikis for school and fun. We should think about more important things, like family and friends and the physical world. I was surprised by the opening fact about education's level of "IT intensiveness". How is this measured? What if education were number one? You would only learn about technology in school and none of the social skills that you need to interact with people. I was also surprised to see a big spelling error: "FORIGN". I was surprised that the ending of the compelling, emotional violin background was "shift happens", a particular allusion to not being able to stop bad things. I think we all have to try to realize what technology is for and remember that there is no reason not to live for happiness and we should make the best of it and not spend 24/7 with technology like this recent Wall Street Journal article "Not So Fast" by John Freeman says: http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052970203550604574358643117407778-lMyQjAxMDA5MDIwMzEyNDMyWj.html
Elliot L.- Smith Middle School
The claim that caught my attention was the one stating that, "1 out of every 8 couples married in the U.S. last year met online." If this claim is true, then I feel as though the definition for 'love' has changed. The internet is one of the easiest places for false truths and also very simple to create a false identity. How could you truthfully say, "I love you" to someone online when the 'person' who you 'love' may just be a couple of kids of the opposite gender who made an identity for fun? You may not have ever even seen their true face before! Is that really what love is today? Simply seeing a couple pictures of a different person and feeling a bit of affection? The U.S. should get their minds straight, go outside, and meet someone there.
Don't get me wrong, sometimes online dating websites could help you find your partner. But 1 out of every 8 is a large percentage of couples. Let's not forget about the other people around us, and not get so into internet dating usage that we begin to depend on the internet for our husbands and wives!
Jeffrey C. -- Smith Middle School
I was really surprised that US department of commerce ranked education dead last, that shows how much effort the government puts into education, we need smarter people and better education. There was also a question that said " are you using a blog in your classroom?" I think that's ironic because this blog comment is our homework. The last thing is the part that says how much money factory workers, nurses and teachers make in china, I was really surprised to see teacher as the one that made the most, because here at America, teachers make the least money(no offense....)so yea. Overall, in my opinion, technology is weird but is also taking over our lives.
Andrew Whang Smith Middle School
Notice how I used special formatting to make the title link to Smith Middle School. I did it using HTML and it was not easy. It is very interesting how a few generations back, we actually needed website designers. Now people can create there own websites by studying HTML and utilizing there use of it by creating a website. The generations as they go on get smarter and smarter. But with that intellectual ability comes with a bigger burden. So also as generations go by the burden gets bigger and bigger. One statement that interests me is the fact that youtube gets more then a billion views a day. That itself is not surprising but if 48% kids 6 years of age and younger are on the internet regularly then it makes me wonder how many people who watch youtube are children 6 years old or younger. Out of a billion views each day there could be countless numbers of children under 6 years of age who watch youtube. Some of the content that they watch is probably inappropriate. It is
evidentlynotgood at all.
what claims my attention about this video is how many texts are sent a day & how many people are sitting at the computer doing un educational stuff. That there are more texts sent a day then how many people there are in the whole WORLD. I personally think that nothing is inaccurate because this is all from scientists and other professional people that have a job doing this. Nothing really suprised me because in this day in future, most people in the world are doing their activities online. My experience at school reflects on this video a lot of because when i first saw this, i thought, "oh, im not on the internet that much" but now that i saw the rest of the video, i realized that every text i send to my friends, it contributes to how many texts are sent by everyone in the world!
-Lucy Stuart
2nd Period
Although I am content on how technology as progressed, I know students may be taking in a little too far. Some students feel the work they receive in school is difficult, causing them to relieve their stress. I thought is was atrocious that an average teen graduate has spent 4,000 more hours watching TV rather than studying for school. Television basically takes your mind off studying for a career and fills it with short-term junk. Also some students learn about computers or some technological device, only to find out that it will be outdated in a few years? How will that help in any way? Technology plays an important part in people's lives, although it may play too big of a part in others.
There were quite a few things that stood out to me in the video. First of all was when it said that some teenagers text while watching TV, listening to their iPods, and doing homework all at once. Also, how the fastest growing age group for using the internet is age 2-5. The part with the statistics about the children in China and India didn't really surprise me because my mom and dad were born in China and they tell me how life was as a child there and they had to do at least three times as much work as we have to do in America. The part that said that China would soon become the number one English speaking country in the world surprised me at first but then after I thought about it, I realized that the first time I went to China, everybody there wanted to learn English and they were really enthusiastic about that. Imagine if we lived in the early 1900's. What would we had done differently from what we are doing now? It really makes me think about all this stuff.
Cameron
I think what stunned me most was all of the facts about technology and cell phone usage. Especially the fact that China has more cell phones than the U.S. has people. Also how many people are using Facebook. 100 million users log on at least once a day! If you think about 20-30 years ago we didn't have things like My Space, Facebook, emails, or even cell phones. I find it very interesting about how much the world is changing.
Smith Middle School
The fact that really stood out to me was thatwhen a teen graduates they have usually spent about 4,000 more minutes in front of the TV than the amount of time they spend at school. I mean it's pretty scary that someone would sit 4,000 more minutes rotting there brains out in front of the TV, instead improving it at school. What I was wondering though is that is this all spent at home, of is it at home and school, because many teachers make us watch documentaries sometimes. If I could find out what percentage of this was at school that would help me with my question. I totally understand about more texts being sent every day than the population of the world, because even though I don't have a cellphone if you look around on the bus and in your neighborhood you'll see a lot of people texting.
Caroline Liu--Smith Middle School
I think that it is really interesting to see how much time people spend on technology. The thing I noticed is that some of the information is not exactly correct. I don't know anybody who spends 6.5 hours watching television. The numbers are just average. Another thing I noticed is how ironic this video is. The video is about NOT using too much technology in our lives but the ironic part is how the video was posted on Youtube. Very interesting indeed. :)
Overall, I still think that it is amazingly terrible how much time we spend on technology when we should be doing something beneficial to our lives. Next time you want to go on the internet, walk your dog instead. Do something useful in your life. :(
I would have been suprised if i didn't already know the facts. The only thing that really surprised me was that by the time a high school student graduates he spends 15,000 hours on the T.V. and only 11,000 hours in school! I don't really care. I agree that we as teens should have freedom of how much time we spend on such thing like T.V., computer, texting, etc. NOT our parents responsibility. If they let us have freedom now, we will get enough when we grow up. But, if they don't, we won't think we got enough and do it even more when we grow up.
Andrew Whang Smith Middle School Notice how I used special formatting to make the title link to Smith Middle School. I did it using HTML and it was not easy. It is very interesting how a few generations back, we actually needed website designers. Now people can create there own websites by studying HTML and utilizing there use of it by creating a website. The generations as they go on get smarter and smarter. But with that intellectual ability comes with a bigger burden. So also as generations go by the burden gets bigger and bigger. One statement that interests me is the fact that youtube gets more then a billion views a day. That itself is not surprising but if 48% kids 6 years of age and younger are on the internet regularly then it makes me wonder how many people who watch youtube are children 6 years old or younger. Out of a billion views each day there could be countless numbers of children under 6 years of age who watch youtube. Some of the content that they watch is probably inappropriate. It is evidently not good at all.
Emilee T.
smith middle school
It amazes how so many 2-6 year olds alrady use the internet. But I agree that we need to understand it to help control it. Another thing that surprized me is that there are more honor student in china than people in North America! It's crazy how over populated they are. Everything in this video pretty much shocked me but unfortunatly it all makes sense.I hope we can find a way to change this for the better!
i don't think anything about this video is surprising because i just think they are stating the obvious. I mean the world is always going to advance more and more so why are they just repeating it. We all know that internet is becoming the probably the most popular thing in the world, which is great, but why do they have to keep saying it. Some thing in the video that i can relate to is listening to my ipod while doing homework. I've done that once. One thing that did surprise me was education was dead last in intensity by the federal reserve. I think that is nonsense because education is a vital element to being successful and the teachers do a really good job while teaching, school is getting a lot harder. Well that is what i think of the video.
It greatly surprised me that more I.T. was being put in Coal Mining than education. The amount of cellphone use amazes me. I identify with the need to have more education and 21st century skills. Smith does well to prepare us but we still need to work hard.
Jennifer Z.- Smith Middle School
It really surprised me to find that we rely on technology (computers, tv, video games, etc.) so much everyday! I can't believe the average American spends 15000 hours watching tv after they graduate! Even though I don't watch much tv, I do go on the conputer a LOT so I think it is possible. I have heard many times that India has more honor students than america has kids so I know that fact is true, but is still very surprising. I wonder what the video means when it say that America is preparing its students for a problem they do not know about, so strange!
Jack Jansen Smith Middle Latin- This video is kind of shocking realizing how much we depend and use technology. The only part I really had an idea of and knew about was that China would over take the U.S. as most English speaking country. It also amazes me how many people log on to Facebook and how fast the world is changing.
Carey Kauffman
It is amazing that one video can show so many facts in 8 minutes and eleven seconds. it is almost mind numbing that there are 2.7 billion searches on google a year. It is also very true that technology has become a very big part of students education today. Why is it that the things that college students are learning now may be useless a few years in the future? I don't it is just me that thinks technology is taking over many peoples lives. How can students spend more time on technology than in school?
callie- It was an intresting video. I don't think we relize how much time we spend using technology. maybe we are to dependant on computers and phones. Or maybe they only help us learn. Either way, that video is sure to get everyone thinking.
tecnology is important because weare useing it in ever day life. with people talking on cell phones, emailing ext. all i am trying to say is we need tecnology.
Jean said...
Its amazing how most people use the internet alot more than going outside and enjoying the weather, i mean i'm not saying that its a bad thing, since its used everyday, but if you ask me i think alot of people should be more active than lazy and staying home. Another shocker was to see how many people actually like texting because i just dont like texting at all, i dont even like talking on my cell phone. However, i learned how technology has been taking over may kids and teens lives,but i think that is later going to be a problem in some way.
Roy H. Smith Middle School
I think that this is a good video and that it should be shown to every student. The facts are pretty stunning and it will probably raise the awareness of how much we're starting to depend on technology. I do agree that we need technology but I just don't think we need to be completely dependent on it.
Ariella H.-Smith Middle School
I think some of the fact were outrageous. The thing that really caught my attention was China has more honor kids than the U.S. has kids! They have tons of honor kids, and then they have even more who aren't honor kids! I also can't believe that when the average american graduates they will have spent more time watching tv than in school. I think the world is changing at an incredible rate.
I found the video quite interesting. I knew that in this modern age a lot of kids used technology, but I wasn't aware of the sheer mass of it. And all those facts about China were amazing too. Ms. Bender showed the video to us in science about a month ago. The facts were just as mind blowing the second time! I think we should change some of the ways we do things to meet up with technology, since it is getting more and more advanced as we speak. In the 90's, only ten years ago, facebook, myspace, and youtube didn’t exist. Having accounts on both youtube and facebook, it is hard for me to believe. Personally, I like technology, I like typing more than writing, I like Google better than a book, I like computer games better than board games, so I think we should embrace technology.
Juno Park-sms
only thing i remembered from that is "shift happens" and the question who did we ask before Google? That question stumped me.I was surprised that so many people send texts everyday, so i'll keep that in mind when i text.
This video half surprised me.
The "When the average teen graduates, they have spent: 11,000 hours in school and 15,000 hours watching TV." statement surprised me. I don't get how someone could actually spend more time watching TV then being at school. I am at school at 8:00am classes start at 8:10am and we don't get out until 3:10pm. I go home, get on the computer and check my emails, then I do my homework. Usually by the time I finish everything I go to bed. I hardly spend anytime watching TV unless I'm on vacation or it's the weekend.
A statement that didn't surprise me was the - "81% of students have email accounts, 75% of students have IM, and 97% of students believe technology use is very important in education." I even agree with the last part. I think it helps a lot to have computers in school. For one it's a lot faster and easier to find the information you need. And things like phones and/or email are good ways to get in touch with teachers when you have questions.
Claire W. Smith Middle School
I thought that the facts about how information becomes outdated in three years was the most amazing. It really shows that we need to be learning all the time even if we aren't in school because things are changing all the time and technology is becoming more important in our world. It also said that we are just now entering the main event of the technology era and that means that staying up to date on technology will also help people stay up to date on everything else that is going on in the world.
Smith middle school
The video was very emotional and really touched my heart. It almost made me cry be cause of how it is so sad that we can get people on the moon but yet the youth are still spending time with useless activities that aren't athletic. oceans411.org is what my friends and I are trying to do to help the environment. This video was full of facts and that and captivated the audience. I will tell others to watch this because it really opened my eyes and i think it will open yours too.
Melissa G.-smith middle school
that was a very interesting video. what caught my attention was that when the average teen graduates, they have spent more time watching tv than in school.also that the fastest growing age group that use the internet is 2-5 year olds.I just dont know what we will do without technology.
Some parts really surprise me, about the 0-3 year olds, and the texting, but the part about the TVs seem about right. Many kids either go home, watch the television, and eat dinner, and do homework in front of the television, or don't do homework, and mainly watch TV. The part about China, well, it does make sense. There are very few jobs in the U.S.A., and China is a huge country. I find the movie slightly offending, as I don't play video games, regularly sit in front of the TV, or own a computer.
marija c.
smith middle school
This video is very helpful because it reminds people that they should not spend all there time texting,watching T.V.,playing computer games and that sort of stuff. When they could be out side being active! Also I think it is just plain weird that 46% of kids 6 and under have used a computer and that 31% of that 46% are zero to three year olds! I also contribute to the 2.7 billion searches performed on google each month.
Garrett P-Smith Middle
What surprised me a lot is that the average teen spends 6.5 hours with media outside of school. What didn't surprise me too much was that 97% of students think technology is important to education. I think that, too. If we didn't have computers, we'd be looking in library books for information for hours.
Katherine W.-Smith Middle School
What really stood out to me was that the video said that China would be the number 1 English speaking country in the world. I think that could very well be inaccurate because Chinese people have their own culture and their own language though just learning English to communicate with the rest of the world. I was also very suprised that education is less than coal mining because though we might not be well suited for our future, but education covers the basics. With education lowering and business and advanced technology raising, it is hard to keep up with this changing world.
It was a very interesting video. It was very shocking that the china will take over America and be the most English speaking country! Also, some people doing there homework listening to i-pods and texting on there cell phones was REALLY shocking. I knew that the technologies were getting popular and I think that we are too much depending on cell phones, computers, and other technologies but, development of technology is the most critical thing for us in future. We will need to be accomplished in using technologies. Besides we just play and use them, and need to exploit our skills and talents in using and developing them. Anyway, this video sure made me and all my family think A LOT. I hope there is a way to change us for the better!!
Kunal D -- Smith Middle School
I think that this was a very informative and interesting presentation and it really opened my eyes with regards to people of all ages use and are dependent on technology. The one that really suprised me was the fact about how the fastest growing age group for using the interent is only 2-5 years of age. I always knew technology is a big part of our lives, but I never thought it was this big. All in all, I think the presentation was very well put together on giving the facts about technology and where we are headed from here.
Lauren S. - Smith Middle School
The fact that really stood out in my mind was the fact that the fastest growing age group for using the internet was people aged 2-5 years old. This surprises me because when I was that young I don't remember using the internet that much, and it's strange to think of how much the world has changed since only a few years ago. Another thing that surprised me was the fact that when the average high school student graduates from high school, they spend only 11,000 hours in school, while they spend 15,000 hours watching television. Personally, I don't see how this is possible, since I go to school for 7-9 hours every day, and I rarely ever watch TV. Even though all of this information is outrageous, we still need technology to survive. I guess we don't think of how much technology we use everyday, but if you asked an average teenager to give up their cell phone, it's hard to imagine them going for more than a week without it. It's strange to think about what the world will be like in 20 years, since it's already changed SO much in the past 20 years.
Jordan Cho-Phillips Middle School
What was interesting was that China would be the biggest English speaking country. Also, the fact that half of what you learn in freshman year for college would be outdated so quickly.
The part in this video about how much time teens spend outside of school using media--6.5 hours--surprised me at first. In comparison, we usually spend 7-8 hours of our day at school. But when you think about the fact that 97% of teens believe technology is very important to education, it makes sense that we would spend 6.5 hours outside of school using media. The more teachers encourage the use of media in class AND outside class (for homework), the more time people our age will be spending using media. I also wonder how some of the claims in this video were verified, because it seems like the amount of time teens spend using cell phones, the internet, etc. would vary based on the person's lifestyle. For example, I have a cell phone but I only use it when I am away from home and need to call someone. The claim about listening to music while texting while doing homework also stood out to me because it was just labeled "Life as a teen". I think that since teens have varied lifestyles and interests, claims such as these should not be made to prove a point about teen life in general.
Addy L. -- Smith Middle School
One sentence in this video stood out really clearly for me: "What needs to change about our curriculum when our students have the ability to reach audiences far beyond our classroom walls?". I agree with this, because these days, with the advancement of the internet, anything you post online can be read by almost anyone in the world. Social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Myspace help this too. You can type in your opinion as soon as your brain thinks it, press enter, and who knows who will be reading it later? We want to educate the world, and what better way to do so than to use the internet? Teachers greatly influence students. If something a teacher taught them in class fascinated the student, they might post it as their status on Gmail, or twitter it. A couple of keystrokes is all it will take. But if teachers don't teach the curriculum in interesting ways, the student won't care. I think the internet is crucial to learning. Most kids and teens know more about technology than their parents. Kids and teens generally like using technology. They can connect with their friends, play games, talk, text: the possibilities are endless. Technology can also be used to learn. I agree with that statement, about us being able to reach audiences beyond our classroom. It's true, and we could change a lot using the internet.
when they said there are more honor students in china then there are people in america, i dont think thats fair because there are way more people in china then there are in the united states. it also was mean how they kept saying americans were stupid compared to china. and is it really so bad that we know how to use cell phones? i dont really get the piont of this video. i think the message of this video is "parents, you must push your kids! never let them miss a step!" Well i dont always agree with that.
In this video something that surprised me was that after school the average teen spends about 33% of time on the internet, 26% of time watching TV, 21% of time on the phone, and 15% of time listening to the radio. If you add up all of the numbers you get a sum of 95%. This means that teens only spend about 5% of time doing homework or reading. Then say someone gets home from school around 4 p.m. and goes to bed around 9 p.m. That leaves you with 5 hours (300 mins). I did some math and found out that 33% of 5 hours would be about 1 hour and 40 mins(100 mins), 26% would be 1 hour 15 mins(75 mins), 21% is approximately I hour (60 mins), and 15% is 45 mins. That is a total of 4 hours and 40 minutes just using technology. Then that 5% of time not using technology is only 20 minutes for doing different activates. That males me wonder whether those statistics were completely accurate. Then again if they were correct that would be completely shocking! I can admit that I do use technology a lot, but I always give more than 20 minutes to homework and other important things.
The video didn't really surprise me much, if you look around at school, you can see that most people have cell phones, Ipods,MP3s
and use them regularly. I can't imagine life without being able to log on to the computer and google it, mostly my resources are only on the computer. The thing that caught my eye the most was that the most growing group was 2-5 year olds,when i was 2 i don't even think I knew what a computer was. Another thing that surprised me was that 48% of children under 6 have used a computer and that 31% are 0-3 years old. I agree with the movie in the sense that technology is moving forward and I believe that 30 years from now our children are going to say "mom/dad what is a computer?".
Katherine Zeng Smith Middle School
The statesments that really surprised me were the ones that said 31% of the people that use the computer are 0-3 year olds and that 1 out of 8 couples met online. I can't believe that children that small already used the computer and didn't even learn to speak yet. I also never knew that so many couples met online, without knowing or seeing who they were. That is SHOCKING. One of the statesments that I thought was inaccurate was the one about when teens graduate, they watch more tv than spend time at school. Since teens spend about 6-7 hours at school and doing a lot of homework, how can they spend more time watching tv? The one about China having more people with the highest IQ, than people in North America is inaccurate also. 25% of 1.3 billion is 325,000,000, which is the population of the U.S, not the whole continent. Overall, though, I think the movie is really thought-provoking and will make us see our future more clearly.
emery h. - smith middle school
In some ways this blog was not surprising in the least, though still enlightening. the fact that only 5% of our u.s. majors last year were in engineering is devastating, we've come to the point where we are soon going to be using technology in almost every aspect of our lives. we do not learn nearly as much about new technology as we should be. is it because our education directors think this teaching would cost to much? is it because they dont think we need this knowledge? whatever it is, they need to be persuaded. we are in the 21st century, and things are changing.
Graham S. Smith Middle School
I find it interesting that there are more text messages sent everyday than people in the world. It surprised me when the video stated that we are training for jobs not yet created and training to solve problems that haven't been identified. So I think this means teachers and schools need to focus more on problem solving. I was also surprised when I read that teachers make almost twice what a nurse makes in China. It shows me that they value education more than we do in the US.
Veronica K. Smith Middle School
I enjoyed reading the facts about China and India, and I think it means that Asian people are a lot smarter than Americans give them credit for. Also, it says that maybe the world is evolving too fast for everybody to get their heads around. I think that this video is good and informational, also, it doesn't drag, it gives you straightforward things that we might actually have to look out for in the future, because the video says that if you have been learning for three years, the info you learned in the first year is pretty out of date. It was interesting to learn how technology and the capability of gathering information is so efficient.
It didn't really surprise me that teens spend a lot of time on the computer, but it did surprise me exactly how much time they spent. It also surprised me that people really depend on technology nowadays. It provided good factual information that we might need to know someday.
Jessica P. - Smith Middle School
What really surprised me in this video was that half of what we learn in high school will be outdated by our third year. I'm not so sure that there is a way to fix this problem, because you can't look into the future and be able to tell what you're going to learn later on. So, even though what we learn will be outdated, I hope that we can still find a way to make use of what we will learn.
I have seen something like this before so I wasn't particularly suprised, but I still can not believe that the things said in the video are actually true. The one that I could connect to the most was "Life as a teen: Text messaging someone and listening to their ipod and doing geometry homework at the same time." I'm not saying I do this often but sometimes I catch myself answering a text while math homework is sitting in front of me. Another thing that stood out was the blog facts. I have been thinking of getting a blog as I think it is a great way to share your feelings and thoughts publicly. I have also been using blogs in two of my classes. The fact that suprised me the most though was that every one of eight couples married in the U.S. last year met online. It just goes to show how much internet influences our lives.
Alyson S. --- Smith Middle School
Some of the addressed topics in this video really caught my attention. Like how 1 out of every 8 couples married in the U.S. last year met online. I mean, what happened to good old fashioned dates? I'm not saying this is a bad thing, I mean, the point is that two people are brought together, but at the same time, maybe we rely a little TOO much on technology. I am not saying that we should all just stop using technology, I just think that as time goes on, we need to remember the good fashioned parts of life, such as reading from a book or writing with paper and a pencil. We should never just leave those talents behind, no matter ho high-tech the world becomes. I do, however, think everything is accurate. One fact that didn't surprise me was the one about how more text messages are sent everyday than the amount of people in the world. I mean that is one text per person, and even though some people don't text, a lot of people text more thanone message a day so that it all evens out. In the end, I am very thankful for technology. I wouldn't have been able to complete many school assignments without it! That is my opinion of the video.
DANG. I really didn't realize that half of all 6-year olds had ever used a computer. When I was 6, the most technologically advanced thing I had ever touched was either a plastic firetruck that made siren noises or a Thomas the Tank Engine train woth a motor. That's it. I don't think that some of those facts were thouroughly, well, fact-checked, but again I say, DANG.
FaithMoavenzadehSmithMiddleSchool
The main point that stands out is the fact that people doing a degree in technology things they learn in their first year will be outdated by the third year. It shows how fast technology is expanding and eventually it will all be too much to handle. I think it is great for us to learn about technology but the fact that year by year we have to learn new things is just too much we have to slow down the expansion of technology!
Abbey Durham
I think that we don't realize how much we rely on technology. We just take it for advantage and then forget about it. When i don;t know what something means the very first thing that I do it "google it". I think that the video put into prospective on how much we really use technology and how much it is apart of our lives. The thing that surprised me the most was the texing. I know that I see a lot of people texting and I text a lot but i didn't realize that it all added up to that much.
Lily N. - Smith Middle School
I cant beleive some of the things I saw in that video. I think that teachers should incorporate technology into our education but maybe we should stick with note taking on paper instead of taking notes on iphones or something. Im really surprised at how much time people spend using technology, especially young kids. I remember when I was young playing a few computer games but not surfing the internet. I think kids should learn about technology at a young age but not actually use it that much.
To me, the biggest, most terrifying fact is that the # of text messages sent each day exceed the population of the planet, and I, personally, do not contribute to that. I think that the video is slightly alarmist, though I wholeheartedly agree that we spend too much time on the computer, or texting, or watching T.V. I do, however, believe that the expansion of technology is a good thing, but only if we use it in a meaningful fashion, such as programming robots to perform surgery leaving minimal incisions, teaching kids to do algebra with a video, or creating a program that can tell you what supports you will need to build something, instead of texting your girlfriends about the shoes you bought at the mall today. To sum it up, I think that technology is a great thing to teach and develop advances in medecine, architecture, etc. , but not to use as a source of entertainment as much as we do now.
Sabina
Crazy...
Technology is coming at breakneck
speed, and teens are pretty much the only ones who keep up with it. With what's going on now, the schools will have to adapt quickly.
i think that useing tecnology in the class room is very usefull because i can find more there than in a book. i do txt while listning to miusic and do my homework. i thought it was around that number for people to have and use a cell phone. i thought that the united states would have the highset IQ.
Julian R. W. - Smith Middle School
(Latin)
Students today need to learn along with the developing world. we have all these great opportunities; why not take advantage of them? Computers and technology in general are changing how people learn and how information is broadcast. Information today is moving much faster than ever before, in seconds an idea can span continents. This means that people today have to work that much harder to catch up, a daunting, though not impossible, task. No doubt there will be even more advances over the years, so it is even more important that students of today are prepared for the technology and learning of tomorrow.
One of the quotes that really stuck with me from the video was that "There are over 2.7 billion searches performed on Google each month. to whom were these questions addressed B.G. (Before Google)". I think it really shows that the human mind is always expanding, reaching out, learning, developing, and creating new things. There is so much that can be accomplished if we open our minds to what is out there. We need to be adept at what is, so we can create what is not. Technology is here, and probably the best resource we have now. it compiles information from people worldwide, it lets many minds work on many problems simultaniously. it is what allows people everywhere to help one another and to be aware of where we live, and where others do as well.
Technology is a huge part of today's society, therefore it should also be a huge part of today's schools and educational experiences.
Jock D. --Smith Middle school
I think that this video is quite amazing. I find it suprising that so many kids under 4 have used computers. It is interesting, but I dislike this idea. Sure, the web is an all access pass to basically everything, but there are some things you would be concerned about. The web can be a useful resource if it is used as such, and used wrongly, like it could do good, it can do a lot of bad.
Avery Acierno
The fact that stood out to me was that when the average person graduates they have spent 11,000 hours in school and 15,000 hours watching TV. That really showed me how dependent people, (especially kids), are on technology. It really shocked me that kids would spend more time watching TV than in class. This could really be a serious problem for people's health if they spend that much time just sitting around. Technology has brought us a long way, but it can also hurt us.
Louis R. Smith Middle School
I find it very intrestin that their are more honor students in China then their are students in the U.S. Also that the people in China make small fractions of what we make in the U.S.
Stefan Steiner - Smith Middle School
This video has some amazing facts . One fact stood out at me: Soon, China will be the number one English speaking country. That is crazy. China will soon take all of our jobs not to mention the rest of the world's. We might have to learn Chinese in American schools. The balance of power, technology, and wealth is all shifting towards China.
Some things that surprised me was the fact that 48 percent of children 6 and under have used a computer, and that 31 percent are 0-3 year-olds. I find that surprising because I didn't know kids that young already know how to use a computer.
Another thing that got my attention was that where would the questions be addressed to before we had google? how would we find the answers? That really got me wodering.
Chip R. smith middle school
Most of this information is a big suprise to me. I thought my little cousin was a smart kid for using the internet but the numbers that I witnessed in the video are mamoth. How ever I think maybe some information is not as acurate. Before this video I was aware of some countries in asia growing this fast and having not enough jobs, but theese numbers just blew me away. This is somthing definitely to keep in mind and it may not be somthing im interested in but im sure many people will find this very interesting.
What popped out most to me was how fast information get outdated. Half of what we learn in our first year of high school will be old the third. This really shows how quick we are at new discoveries. However, whats the point in learning all this stuff then, when we might be taught something completely different 3 years later? Doesn't all this make it more difficult for us as students?
Shannon N. Phillips Middle School
Wow! What really amazes me is how much time we spend watching TV. its just crazy that we spend more time watching TV then we do at school. I mean, every day we spend 7 hours at school, yet we still manage to spend more time watching TV overall. I think that its also kind of sad how many people are on email, facebook, and other things like that. I really think that Americans need to start puting education first. In a lot of countries, education is very highly valued and even cherished. I'm not saying that we should give up email or TV, but we should start puting eduacation and schoolwork first. If we just do the little things like not texting until your homework is done, or only watching TV after you have studied, maybe we can live up to countries like India and China. Education is very important, and we all know that, but we aren't choosing to act like its very important.
Anna Zhang-SMS
wow! That was really astonishing! Like 'If you take every single job in the US today and shipped it to China, China would still have a labor surplus.' America is kind of in a economic depression right now, but I wonder how many times worse it is for China? So many families must be desperate. Another thing that really surprised me was'31% of people that use the computer are 0-3 year old.' Did they copy their parents or were they actually taught? It just seems strange to me that a toddler without even teeth, is able to work technology. It's going to take some time fr all the facts to sink in.
Maryam A. Smith Middle School
The facts in the video weren't really surprising. It is true that we are depending on technology quite a lot but that is just improving our lives and making everything much easier. By expanding technology we are doing ourselves a favor. The fact that really surprised me is that we would have spent more time in TV than in school. Wow!!! that is outrageous!!! It just shows how much time we are wasting on the television set when we could be utilizing it in some other thing. I thought that the fact about teenagers and facebook is very true since I and many of my friends use facebook almost everyday. This video should be shown to every student because iit increases awareness and overall I thought that it was a really good video.
in some ways this video was suprising because kids that are the age of 0-3 already using the internet is wrong. I also thought that only 5% of our majors were in engineering wasn't the best choice. Another thing that I thought was interesting was that China and India have more honor students then we have and i thought that isn't good because they support their students more then we do. I'm glad that I watched this video so i can lean more.
Madison G.- Smith Middle School
I would use the word suprised to explain what I thought about this video but it was more of a realization. When I think About how much teens today spend using technology the numbers start to make sense. This video even started to make me realize how many changes in technology are going on. When I look back at past classes I start to see how during the more recent years my teachers have started using technology more and more. This point really hit me when I walked into my little brothers kindergarden class and they were using a smartboard! As for learning international I think that our school does a good job at exposing us to different cultures and their school. Just last year a group of seventh graders went to China and 8th grade french students went to France. Both groups were able to spend time in the schools and interact with the students. Overall I think that this video is accurate and that technology is really changing.
Mark DeVito
It was a great and interesting video and I think that we really need to cut down on our technological uses like texting and the internet. I think that in the future we will have so much technology that we will be too absorbed into it that it could be a problem and it already kind of is.
Brian M. Smith Middle School
The fact that really jumped out at me was by the time the average teen graduates that they have spent 4,000 more hours watching TV then the amount of time spent in school.This fact blew me away, it just demonstrates how much time is ruined just by sitting in front of the TV. I know that TV is entertaining to watch but there are so many better things to do. Get some exercise or do something that doesn't rot your brain such as read a book, give your brain some exercise.
The thing at 6:22 stood out, because the person spelled FOREIGN wrong!
Cole P. - Smith Middle School
Vinay Kshirsagar- Phillips Middle School
One thing that surprised me was that the average person watches more TV than they are at school until they graduate. I dont see how you can watch more that 8 hours a day. I don't think that is accurate. Also, I didn't know that China 4 times as many people as we do. Another thing that was interesting was that more that 35% of teens are texting at school or "under the table". Something that doesn't surprise me is that a lot of children 6 and under have used computers and video games. They probably have older brothers or sisters that use the computer or play video games a lot. We use the internet so much that one-eigth of married couples met online. Internet has taken over relationships also. I thought the video was very interesting and informative. There was a lot of info that I didn't know.
Emily Shull Phillips Middle School
I think that this is really interesting and mostly all true, we do you technology in almost everything we do. I think it's really getting to us, the kids, we are really starting to depend on technology for everthing we do. If you think about it most of the jobs now also depend on the people being able to work well with computers or be able to porgram computers and things like that, it's gotten to be such a big part of our world and a big part of our ecomony. In some ways it's kind of a good thing, for getting jobs and things like that, but in other ways it's not good, some kids are just all computer and no homework, and it gets to be a big part of your life and it's not good in that way.
I am surprised with how many cellphones China has. I also don't believe that China will be the #1 english speaking country on Earth.
Also what surprises me is that their are more text messages sent each day than there are people on this earth.
Abbey Durham
I think that we don't really think about how much time we are using technology and how much we rely on it. I think that it is amazing how many text messages we send each day. To think that I contribute about ten each day to it from just sending stupid and dumb texts. It also surprised me on how many little kids use the computer. I know that i didn't really use the computer until i was about eight. I think that if a kid under the age of three is using a computer that is kind of out of hand.
Wentao Zhang of Phillips Middle School said:
The fact that stood out a lot is that China has more honored kid than the kids in America. It is also outragous to think that more text messages are sent and recieved than there are people in this world.
Justin P
Phillips middle school
I think it is very scary to think about how much technology is in our lives. what if later we make robots to replace extinct species? and that 40 some % of kids 6 and under using a computer? that's like just out of pre-school! We're advancing very fast for our planet.
Susie E. smith middle
Technology is really great those days and really helpful. but I didn't got suprise by the info cause I know there are alot of people who use technology. the info that got my attension was the 15,000 hours of watching TV and 11,000 hours of school because the fact that you spent more time watching TV than school hours. But sometimes technology can be troblesome like if you are typing and you don't know how to type it will take forever to write an essay so I perfer less technolgy. But still there are alot of people that are fat cause of tecnology so let the viewer beware of technolgy harms.
Michelle V.
Smith Middle School
I can't beleive that 31% of 0-3 year olds go on the computer. It really saprized me I thought 5 was the youngest to go on a computer but I guess not. I don't remember when I first got on the computer but I think I was at least 5. It was really shocking about the percentage it was higher than I would ever guess. I am happy that kindergardeners might know how to go on the computer I think that technology is a good way to learn.
“We are currently preparing students for jobs that don’t even exist… Using technologies that haven’t been invented… In order to solve problems we don’t even know are problems yet.” I think that the main idea of this statement is that we are advancing faster than we can advance. While I agree with the factual reality of this statement, I don’t agree with the things it implies. I don’t think that it’s okay or right for adults to leave the world in this state to let their descendants to figure out the problems they left. It’s not okay for them to assume that when they are gone, they are gone, and what they did - be it littering, or creating factory after factory that produced harmful gases - doesn’t matter. Since we are in this predicament, however, it is essential that we are taught what we need to be taught to fix the problems “we don’t even know are problems yet”.
John Bauman, Phillips middle school
I thought this video was shocking because I had no idea of the numbers that were used, like if all American jobs were shifted to China, they would still have not enough jobs. Wow. Their is even a job shortage here! These numbers don't lie and I'm wondering if we are ready for the 21 century technology shift. It will change everything as we know it, as the video said. This video summed up in 8 minutes the facts right now, and showed us a preview of what could happen later.
the facts in this viedo were kind of a suprise to me and kind of not.Some people i know text and go on the interent while doing homework. I dont think thats right because then your consintrating on facebook and emails and not paying attension to you homework. It suprised me that teens that graduate watch more tv than doing homework.
Shelby B. - Smith Middle School
This video really showed me how much the US depends on technology and foriegn countries to go about our daily lives. The one I really thought about was the one about how teachers are preparing students to take jobs that don't exist yet, using tecnologys that hav'nt been invented to solve problems we don't know are problems yet. It really showed what a hard and important job teachers have, wether students like learning or not. I am also surprised by the rank learning got on the list by the chamber of commerce I.T. intentivness list. Ya, I know that coal is very important to our system (not that its good for our enviornment) but the people who are going to find the better energy source after coal runs out, or we are forced to stop using it because we won't be able to live in the enviorment we created, will besomeone who is in a classroom right now, learning things in science and math that will help them figure it out. I mean, how would the adults in the wourld like it if their education had been last priority on the goverment's list? They probably would'nt be as smart as they are, and therfore the economy and enviornment would be in even worse shape then it is.
Erin Peck - Smith Middle School
The fact in this viedo that stood out to me the most was when it said if you took all the american jobs and gave them to China they would still not have enough jobs for everyone! That is crazy. If we are exsperincing unemployment here, then China must be going though a very very tough time. I learned from this viedo that the people in China are probly more qualifyed for our jobs then we are. We have alot of things they do not have the comfort of having. For exsample we have acses to a wide verity of tecnogly that we can learn from and yet they still are ahead of us in learning.
This video was very surprising to me because the fact that we watch/play that many hours of technology. I thought that we watch 4,000 more hours of TV than we go to school to be very surprising also. What probably left me the most awestruck was the fact that the greatest growin internet users is the ages 2-5. I think that we should try and limit our use of media and use more text sources.
Justin M. Smith middle school
I know that I use the internet a lot but the amount of kids at such a young age have used the internet. I don't think about kids 0-3 using the inter net this was a real eye opener!
Bjorn B. PHILLIPS Middle School
For me the few facts about India and China were the most suprising. They should really start having class for Mandrin in school because with that many honor students (and raw man-power) there most likely will be a prolonged period of time where China and other Asian countries are the most powerful goverments on Earth(Terra). Sorry, that was a REALLY long sentance.
Cole P. - Smith Middle School
I knew that the federal government seemed to undervalue education, but the last out of 55 is really unreasonable! How do they think their country will be able to continue to succeed if they continue to treat their education department this poorly? Surely, I was expecting education not to be too high on the list, but LAST, under COAL MINING is an outrage! To continue to function as an effective country, this next generation needs the skills to perform higher paying jobs, more productive jobs, jobs that can forward our technology, industry (and therefore economy), and our lifestyle, to bring more people out of poverty. And if they deprive this generation of the skills and knowledge, then what about the next generation, and the one after that? Will our nation sink further and further downward? The U.S. used to be one of the world's superpowers, in both technology, industry, military, government, and lifestyle; it still is. But what about 10 years from now? 20? 50? 100? Other nations are rising up, like China and India, but we...we are sinking back down, and all because of a deficit in the education department! Now, almost all of the federal money is going to the military. What will happen if we continue to let education sink lower and lower? Our next generation will not have the skills and knowledge for good jobs, so there goes industry and technology. With less industry, there will be layoffs, and the average American will poorer, so there goes higher quality of life. And with Less technology and less quality of life, a) the military will not have technology on its side, so we will be rapidly surpassed by other, and our military technology will become obsolete, but also b) people will be less likely to join the military, proudly serving their country! So really, education should be FIRST on our list, because education is what holds all the others up!
Jessica Nolting, SMS
Spanish Period 6, Latin Period 2
What really caught my attention is how scary it is that what we learn today and all the way through high school, and maybe college, won’t matter or be of any use in the future.
I am not that surprised by this video because I know I would rather go on Facebook than do 3+ pages of homework every night. I just think it is weird how people would rather just text on their phone than actually CALL the person and talk to them that way. If you don't think it would be worth it just to call and say "Hi, what's up?", then don't text it either. Also, do you really think it's worth it to get caught and punished for texting in class when all your really wondering about your friend is what they're doing, when you could just ask them after class if it really mattered that much?
I can't believe that some other countries have more A.P. students then we have students. Our country is smaller, but look at how small our A.P. classes are compared to our regular classes. I would say that they are 10% of our regular classes. Our schools don't show us what we need to show us, if we want to jump start our students we need to teach them to use 21st century skills, like what people will actually want to know ten years from now. We need to teach them how to communicate to many people using new technologies that people WANT to use.
Cole P. - Smith Middle School
I knew that the federal government seemed to undervalue education, but the last out of 55 is really unreasonable! How do they think their country will be able to continue to succeed if they continue to treat their education department this poorly? Surely, I was expecting education not to be too high on the list, but LAST, under COAL MINING is an outrage! To continue to function as an effective country, this next generation needs the skills to perform higher paying jobs, more productive jobs, jobs that can forward our technology, industry (and therefore economy), and our lifestyle, to bring more people out of poverty. And if they deprive this generation of the skills and knowledge, then what about the next generation, and the one after that? Will our nation sink further and further downward? The U.S. used to be one of the world's superpowers, in both technology, industry, military, government, and lifestyle; it still is. But what about 10 years from now? 20? 50? 100? Other nations are rising up, like China and India, but we...we are sinking back down, and all because of a deficit in the education department! Now, almost all of the federal money is going to the military. What will happen if we continue to let education sink lower and lower? Our next generation will not have the skills and knowledge for good jobs, so there goes industry and technology. With less industry, there will be layoffs, and the average American will poorer, so there goes higher quality of life. And with Less technology and less quality of life, a) the military will not have technology on its side, so we will be rapidly surpassed by other, and our military technology will become obsolete, but also b) people will be less likely to join the military, proudly serving their country! So really, education should be FIRST on our list, because education is what holds all the others up!
Jeffrey W SMS
I was surprised that India and China have such a large piece of their populations in A.P. classes. Our A.P. population at this point I would estimate is 10% of our student body is in A.P. classes. If our population was blown up to those countries we would still be so far away from India and China because our teaching methods are so far behind. I'm in seventh grade and I haven't gotten the opportunity to blog or create a webpage to communicate to many people at once. What will kids want to learn from in ten years?
Very few things in this video surprised me because they are facts that are just common knowledge. I mean, everybody knows that the average teenager spends more time on technology than they do studying. If you didn't, then you probably haven't been paying much attention to yourself or the world around you. However, what did surprise me was that education was last on the list of importance.I think education should be bumped up to number one because without knowledge we could have never gotten has far as we are today. For instance, if our founding fathers were idiots instead of geniuses we would never be in this country and I would probably not even be writing this blog right now.
Danielle K.
I found the video very impacting and surprising. I was most interested in the first part of this video, which informed that the internet is a huge time consumer for most average teens. Although I don't have a Facebook acount or spend most of my time on the internet, I know many people who have become obsessed with Facebook and other websites. I agree that this is wrong and that the time people spend on useless websites could be used learning to prepare for the future. I also found the fact that China and India have more honor students than we do. Especially with the extra resources we have in America, students should be able to score as honor students. I think that Internet use has a significant effect on this. Children should not be introduced to the Internet at early ages and should not be enforced to use non academic sites as they grow older.
This video was really intresting. I think this video really says alot about todays modern world.
I thought it was interesting that they said that by your 3rd year in collge the much of what you learned in your first year will be outdated.
The part where it talked about how we are preparing our students for problems that have not been invented yet made me really think about what probelms we might have in the future and what can I do today?
I also really liked the music and its timing it gives it nice touch that really makes the video.
Smith Middle School
the thing that suprised me was that the largest growing age for computer use is 2.5 year olds. it means these kids are reading and typing before they can speak. this shows that there soon will be no spoken language, soon everything will be digital. what i mean by that is soon school won't be at school, people won't need to meet other people. all of these things will eliminate the need for spoken language.
Patrick O'Donnell
I thingk it's important to utilize the technologies we have to day, but sometimes you can taake it to far. Like internet dateing, I don't want to meet a girl on a computer screen. On the other hand we also should know how to do things without technology. We also need a better cirruclm so we can catch up to China and India. This was an interesting video
Jackson Rich
I thought the video was so cool. I can't believe that there are more cell phones in china then there are people in the us. Also I couldn't believe that a billion videos are watched on youtube every day. It is hard to believe that in India they have more honor students then we have students. Also I can't imagine that people can graduate and then live off 100 dollars a month.
I was very surprised when I watched this video! We rely on technology alot now, because it makes our jobs much easier. I was very surprised when they said we are watching tv more than we are in school. It shows how we do nothing but watch tv when we could be doing something more valuble for our education.The facts about facebook and myspace are not surprising. I get on facebook a lot, but after I watched this video I kinda thought that was pitiful, and I will change the amount of time I spend on facebook a day. If people watch this video(mostly students) it could change the way they se life and their future. Also, it will keep them focused on their education and what they could do for their education to be successful.
I think one of the most surprizing statements was that in the U.S, education was ranked last, out of 55 issues, by the deptartment of commerce. Especially now, because recently there has been alot of talk about how important eduation is and how we need to improve it. I also think it was really surprizing what the clip said about shipping all of the U.S jobs to China. I knew that many people in China didn't have jobs, but I had no idea it was THAT MANY. I really think schools all over the U.S. should watch this clip because everything it says is true. We are advancing into a time of technology. We can't ignore that. I think the goverment should raise education higher up on their list and fund us so we can have more high-tech stuff at out schools(or at least fund less fortunate schools so they can HAVE computers and other things we take for granted.)
Kirstin S - Smith Middle School
Al S.-- Smith Middle
I thought this clip was very intresting, although, most of the stuff i already knew. I knew that there were more people in china then in america.. but cell phones? wow, im pretty suprised. I mean, i hardley know anyone who texts the same time while they listen to music and do hw. Not that its too much to handle but, i mean, how the heck do you write and text at the same time? I dont think that the averge American spends 6.5 on like electronics. Mainly becuase, i know, as a teenager, we do sports, hw, and out side activities, there is no time to do anything else. Me personly, doesnt think that i use too much time on electronics. Mainly just because i dont have time.
Wow! I didn't know that china has more cell phones than the U.S has people! But now that I think about it, it is kind of obvious Just because they are so populated. but what also freaks me out is that most kids at age 3 have already used a computer. Now that is just not right.
I mean our generation is so dependant on tecnology it is kind of scary to think about it.
This video reallly suprised.Made me relize that the Chinese populationis over growing as. Like that soon they will be speaking more english then use. I think is also because there population But where still taking our time with to much technoligie. We need to be outside and healthy.We need to do good in school. To many people in USA are droping out of High School. Thats one of the main reasons that China is doing better then use. We can not drop out of school or waisting all our lifes playing video games and useing the computar 24-7
Chris Cox---Smith Middle School
Acouple of facts that stood out to me were thet 33 percent of kids go home and watch T.V everyday while doing there homework. Some things that apply to me was the stuff about facebook. I have a face book and have had one for almost a year now. and i only got one because my dad got one and made one for my mom, and so on. things that surprised me about facbook were things like a 113 percent rise in the number of visitors over the age of 35. Also there are atleast 200 million people have accounts. Last but not least kids 2-6 have already used a computer really.
This video made me realize that we are more technology orientated than we would like to admit. We need to change our ways to function in tomorrow's society. Sure, technology will still play a big role in our lives, but we need to get more in touch with the world around us, we need to get back to nature--not avoid it by hunching over a computer.
i found this video eye opening a fact that realy caught my eye was that 1 out of 8 couples met on the intrnet. whenever i see those online dating adds i always think to myself "who goes there" i had no idea so many people found someone they loved on one of those sights i think this video is helpful in understanding the modern world
The video taught me how much technology defines our society and how it seems that instead of our society being able to change technology, technology is changing our society. I was surprised how our schools are no longer teaching us how to do the jobs that are currently popular but ones that will be popular in the future and are most likely not already invented. I find it daunting to consider what might change in the next few years, considering how rappidly changing things are now. This includes the changes in technology and the changes that will take place in countries such as China and India where their population size and use of technology could help change the world.
Oliver-Smith Middle school
I think the most interesting thing is that there are more text messages than the population of the world. It almost seems immpossible to me because there are still a lot of people that don't have cell phones and even a lot of the people that do dont text.
It is very strange that or societ is turning into this. I mean I can't believe that in kindergarden you have to be learning thigs global. It is nsaying that if we don't start learning how to dealwith a lot of information we are dealing with what holds for us in the future.
I think it is pretty amazing that China has more phones than people.I don't why the U.S depends so much on China, pretty soon China is going to overtake the U.S because china is now the number one english speaking country in the world.
Yujia S. - Smith Middle School
this video doesn't really suprise me, as many people care more about tv and the computer than they do studying. However, I was shocked by the fact that educatation was the least important thing. I was also surpised that 3 years olds use the computer, that pretty much means that they play on the computer before they even know how to read and write. I think that this a problem, and we should try to fix it, because with no education, you can't really do anything that's useful.
Katie Mimmack- Smith Middle Schol
I think some points in this video are realistic and understanable, while others are just too far out and stretched beyond the extremes. I found it surprising that US education was so far down on the list of priorities, that is just not cool! But some of the other points just don't make sense. The part about children spending 3,000 more hours watching television than in school, it must be fake. We spend about 8 hours in school every day, which leaves about 14 hours left in the day. About 9 of those are spent sleeping, which brings it down to around 5 hours. I watch some tv shows, but not on a regular basis. I think this information should have been thought out a little better. The video wasn't bad, it just needed to be a little less unrealistic an preachy.
Abel G.
The video is suprising for only a minute until it goes to the part when they say every average kid spends time on the computer and on the internet that really doesn't suprise me. I know that india and china has one of the most people on the computer and india on the phone when their eating. The most exciting thing I saw was that kids under six have a computer, and that ages 0-3 have a computer. Most people that I know use their time on te computer watching youtube adn playing computer games. So I thought this video was okay for people that don't know anythinng that have to do with percentage of the worlds kids spend on .........?
Oriana Messer at Smith Middle School
Isn't some of this information obsolete? Most of these are dated from 2003-2005. Now, they are probably even more extreme, with younger and younger kids using technology. I think that it's important that we don't become totally reliant on it, but still using it isn't bad.
Alex Chang-Phillips Middle School
73% of teens have and use a cell phone. 81% have an email account. So a lot of people have 2 ways have socializing and home. It is very surprising that many teens have these gadgets and find a way to use them. Also, the fact of people text messaging and listening to their iPod while doing their geometry homework resembles how these days students like us find a way to enjoy technology while doing homework. 25% of the people in china with the highest IQs is greater than the people we have in america. China is a big country that is probably soon be as powerful as america. Technology is going to be the main thing the world is going to be about soon. The video showed how our world is changing and most don't know if it is a good thing or bad thing.
Leon Copeland
Smith Middle School
Wow. This video surprised me a lot, in every new slide there was another fact to impress and surprise me. I agree with the video that kids should be moving forward in classrooms with technology but only to an extent. What we learn is usually taught to ourselves, and when a kid goes home and messes around with a computer, or his iPod he picks up new information about that technology. Using technology at school too much would seem like a moderate distraction, considering kids would all want to mess around and goof off. Also, I think the fact relating to me the most would be "Life as a teen... At the same time they:
Text message on their phone
Listen to music on their Ipod
Do geometery homework"
This is almost exactly what I do, or am trying to stop doing :)
DJ Recny-smith middle
I think that this is saying that more and more teens are using technology to excuse themselves fromwork, and to escape thier daily lives. the phones, and the i-pods tell people that teens are caring less and less about thier homework, schoolwork, and thier education. Technology is now playing a huge role in teens life, entertainment and excuses to not do what teens are meant to do.
Laura Naylor
This video really shocked me. It's very surprising that the fastest growing age group for using the internet is from 2-5 years old. You would think that such little kids would have no use for the internet but apparently they do. I usually hear adults complaining about how teens today use so much technology and that they never did when they were our age, but I've yet to hear of someone saying how much 5 year olds use the internet, so this fact was astonishing to me. A quote that I saw on this video that I really liked was that we are currently preparing students for jobs that don't yet exist, using technologies that haven't been invented, in order to solve problems that we don't even know exist yet. To me that means we have come such a long way with technology and we are becoming more advanced in this area every day. Take iPods, for example. There always seems to be a newer and better type of iPod coming out, and I can hardly keep track of them all. I also think this statement is saying that our generation is who will solve the future problems of the world, and because technology is coming so far along, it will help us with the things to come.
Sung K PMS
I was so suprised to see that the kids under age of8 uses electronic daily, because when I was a child there was not much electronic around. I think that the iformation about the tv time is more than school time untile graduation from high school is impossible, because that amount will harm your health very badly.
Margaret Y. -Smith Middle School
This video I just watched was very interesting and shocking therefore I loved it! One of the statements I agreed with so much is that the video said, “Other countries like China or India have more honors kids than we have kids.” I really agreed because my family both sides are Chinese where they tell me quick and clever ways to do problem solving an described how engaging and determined their schools were to make them the best! When thinking back at what I did and learned at my school, I had noticed that our homework was much easier and less, we were in school for only 5 days when they were for 6, we learn slower, less, and not the most clever tips and tricks, and most of the tests are multiple choice when all my parents’ tests were free space where they had to provide answers. Newspapers, television, magazines, articles from the Internet, and even my teachers had complemented and described how good other countries were in education. Especially the ones in Asia!!! I just want to say that this statement really was on my side and was amazing!!! After explaining how other countries’ people work much harder than us Americans, I feel inspired to study hard and to really contribute to the society!!!!!
Eli Grobin-Smith middle school
This was quite an amazing video and was a real eye-opener. I think that the final point about how the last 25 years was just a warm-up is so true. Technology is soon going to become everything. China is a big problem too, just about everything we do here can be done cheaper and faster in China. It used to be big name American politicians could say "Oh China is no big deal we still have the brain power" but now they have it. And to think that they have more honor students then we have kids is just incredible. And ever since American politicians basically called China stupid they've gotten smarter and smarter.
Steven Hughes-
that is really interesting and a little scary, i feel really stupid now
Steven Hughes-SMS
That is a very interesting video, i don't doubt it at all, it makes sense, we as a country do rely heavily on technology, i know i couldn't live without the Computer!
This will definatly get everybody thinking about school....
Margaret H.
The most interesting statistic that I heard on this video is that the average high school graduate will have been in school for 11,000 hours and will have watched TV for 15,000 hours. This is very interesting because you don't notice the hours of TV watching, but you drag yourself through school everyday, praying for it to be over. I think that technology can be positive, even when you occasionally use it for recreation. It is a good way to send fast messages and communicate with people who are long distances away (I have a friend from N.H. that I only contact through e-mail). However, when over used, it can be a bad thing. I think that the most important thing is to find a balance point.
Angelika Zelko
After watching this I was really surprised about everything that is going on! I found it kind of sad that china is succeeding a lot more then we are in a lot of things, especially grades and education. I always knew there were a ton of people but for there to be so many that there going to be the #1 English speaking place is crazy! What didn't surprise me is that kids spend more time on the computer then they do in school. Everyone in school is so wrapped up in the social lives that they don't have time to see whats happening to them. It makes you think that all kids care about these days is who wore what and what there doing on Saturday when they should be working on homework and studying. If kids keep going on like this there never going to be able to get a job when there older. With so many people out there and not a lot of jobs, if you don't have a education, you don't have a chance!
Jeez-competition has gone crazy! i found out that the average student going to UNC has a GPA of 4.something something, and you need to have a lot of AP classes for that. Everything in life is coming faster, and we are not prepared. How often do we use computers in school for purposes other than typing? Once, twice a month? Computers have become the driving force in today's life, from engineering to economy, and we do not have enough skills to use them.
Jimmy Crisp-Smith MS
The claim that caught my attention was that china uses more cellphones than people in the USA. That is a ton of cell phones. Also that when the average teen graduates they have spent 11,000 hours in school and 15,000 hours watching tv. I think that claim may be inaccurate, although it is an average, i still doubt the average teen spends that much amount of time watching television. The first claim that i said surprised me because it's kind of hard to think about that many cellphones, and that it exceeds USA's population. My experience in school reflects this video because i noticed that every year we are learning about new technology and bringing new equipment into our classroom. For instance in elementary i had no idea what a graphing calculator even was but when i got into middle school we used it all the time, so that shows technology in change through the years.
I was a little bit surprised that America's education is THAT low. I think that we should step up education, because education's I.T. was DEAD LAST below coal mining. I knew that China's and India's education was pretty good, but not THAT much better than America's. I think that kids shouldn't text so much "under the table" if they want a good education. I am amazed how America's population compares to China's and India's, and how many texts are sent and received each day. All in all, this was a very interesting video.
Lianna M. Smith Middle School
I was a little bit suprised when i read that there are more phones in china then there are people in the USA!I'm thinking that can't be possible but apparently it is. What I also think is crazy is that so many people text in school and, when they do their homework.They are texting and are not even trying to put effort into their homework. when i read that when an average teen graduates they spend 11,000 hours in school and 15,000 hours watching t.v. I think that information is crazy, but i disagree with that statement too. I dont think teens spend that much time warching t.v it's just to much.
This video got me thinking about how much we need technology. In class, we use the projector, the computers and other sorts of technology. People rely on technology too much, and when we use technology, it becomes a necessity. We rely less and less on handwork and mental math, because calculators and word processing do it for us. We are getting our news off TV and the computer more and more, and using newspapers less and less. The technology boom is putting millions of people out of jobs and millions of robots into jobs. Another fact that surprised me was the number of people under the age of 0-3 using the internet. This number is growing steadily, and I am amazed by this fact. I think that this is a major contributor to child obesity, and I am surprised that the parents allow this to happen.
Post a Comment