Quote: "Chances are just that good that, in spite of anything you do, little Oliver or Abigail won’t end up a doctor or lawyer — or, indeed, anything else you’ve ever heard of. According to Cathy N. Davidson, co-director of the annual MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Competitions, fully 65 percent of today’s grade-school kids may end up doing work that hasn’t been invented yet...For those two-thirds of grade-school kids, if for no one else, it’s high time we redesigned American education."
Response: Every Parent aspires for their child to have such an elite, traditional and respected career from the time the child is born or maybe even conceived. The thing that these parents and even some teachers do not consider is the fact that our technology is rapidly changing and "old school" trades are much less important. With this general statement I also realized that things I learned in elementary school even six or seven years ago are severely outdated and completely useless in some cases better yet some of the things I learned two years ago as a freshman in college are completely inadequate for the rapidly changing technology of today. Two- thirds of the children learning the basics in their elementary years, even students in high school are being prepared to go out into a world where their degree and profession are completely non-existent. When reading that quote I hope you now understand the importance of keeping children and educators up to date on the ever changing technology!
Reference: Heffernan, V. (n.d.). Education Needs a Digital-Age Upgrade - NYTimes.com. Opinion - Opinionator - NYTimes.com. Retrieved August 30, 2011, from http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/education-needs-a-digital-age-upgrade/?hp
I completely agree with your comment that the things that we learned elemenary school may be outdated. I also agree that teachers this day in age need to upgrade with their students so that they can be effective educators. Awesome response to the article!
ReplyDeleteI really liked your thoughts on this article. Today's learning is starting to change so fast and "old school learning" is in the past. It's time for new learning and everyone needs to realize this fact.
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