Wednesday, August 28, 2013

          Michael Wesch’s video, “A Vision of Students Today” captures that schools teachings today may not be relevant to some students and not prepare them for the rest of their lives. Many college students get out and have been prepared for jobs that don’t even exist yet. Students determine their future by how hard they work but when they don’t care about what they are learning they fall behind. Wesch showed how many students do not even show up to their classes and if they do show up they get distracted by technology. This shows that Wesch believes that today there are too many distractions for students. 
         Wesch's ideas in "A Vision of Students Today" on how education may not effect some students is false because most students do learn from school. If students apply themselves to their work then they will be successful. Even though one students may not show up for class that does not mean that does not mean that all students do not care about the class. Some students may already know the course and not have to show up for that class. Yes, students may get distracted and go to websites when they should be learning or taking notes. If a teacher can make a class fun but also focus on education students are more likely to show up and participate in the class. Wesch states that students have 26.5 hours of stuff to do a day and are overloaded with work. This may be true but some people learn or work faster than others. Those who work faster have much more time during their day. The people who do not learn quickly should get help from others on things they don't understand. Students need to prioritize and put their learning before their free time. Even though he said technology can be dangerous, technology improves learning. If they miss a class they can go on and see what they did that day. Instead of the student having a big folder full of crumpled paper they can have all their documents stored in one place that if ever lost can be downloaded again. The teachers can use the Internet to make an easy place for students to go and find all of their assignments or even communicate with the teacher. When students can connect with their teachers and reach out they are much more likely to succeed. Education is important to all students.

28 comments:

  1. Josh-

    Remember his name is Dr. Michael Wesch. Good ideas in your summary, but please make sure to connect them all back to Wesch and connect them together as well.

    Good ideas in your response. Make sure to proofread both paragraphs. Really well supported ideas and specific examples to back up what you are saying.

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  2. prepare a little bit more because your hands are shaking. good note card prep

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  3. You were prepared, you had a notecard. You looked at the audience almost the whole time. It was good when you showed both sides of the perspectives. Good question at the end.

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  4. You did a good job speaking and being non distracting with body movements. Maybe not pausing as often would increase the speaking part.

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  6. Good job of not stuttering right away. Good connection. Point of that we need to pay attention is good.

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  7. Josh- Good job on having the note cards. You were well prepared. I agreed totally with your whole presentation

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  8. Good start. Good examples. Could use a better attention sentence. Good examples. Stay with one side though. Good ending question. A little short.

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  9. I kinda got confused when you went from ditching from class to stored files on your computer but good job.

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  10. don't be so dependent on your not card. the night before think of what your going to say and then the next day you can say it all fluently. you studded a lot. but great points

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  11. Very good ideas. Try using other words then it shows. Good question at the end.

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  12. Nice job with the note cards and connecting everything together but keep your sentences fluid and your were shaking alot.

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  13. Very good open statement. Good keeping your hands out of your pocket. and the ending question was good.

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  14. Great hand motions.Move around the room a little bit.
    Great question.
    You could have related it to What would you do with 20,000 dollars.

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  15. You look prepared and are ready, but you started rambling a little. Nice closing, but your hands were being held up a little to close to your face.

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  16. kind of an obvious question not much thinking needed to answer

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  17. Good about presentation: Has good notes, good example and supporting details, good discussion,
    stayed still for most of the presentation, good question, I know what he is talking about


    Need improving on presentation: Uses "um", presenter looks nervous, didn't have a opener,

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  18. That was a good presentation. You where very good prepared and knowed what you talking about. Maybe you talk the next time a little bit more about your points. Good work!

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  19. Great eye contact.Use different types of sentences

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  20. Good connotation. I liked the examples and how you presented both sides of the argument.

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  21. Awesome job presenting! I thought your connections with the class and the world were superb.

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