Quote:
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.
Response:
I have selected this quote because I strongly agree with
this statement by Cathy Davidson. I feel like what today's grade-school children
are learning about jobs will not help them in the future. You look at the jobs
we have right now. While the years past, new jobs will be created. When the new
jobs get created, they have to decrease some of the jobs we have now to make
room for the new jobs. So, everything the teachers are telling the grade-school
children today, the information is going to be different in five years. I think
that some of the jobs we have today can be improved, for example being a
teacher. We can improve the salary. Then again, some of the jobs we have today
we don’t necessarily need like ,for example they tell us that playing video
games is bad for us, so why don’t we try to improve video games to they are not
bad for us.
This New York Time article gives more information about how
today grade-school kids may end up doing work that hasn't been invented
yet.
Sources:
Heffernan, Virginia. "Education Needs a Digital-Age Upgrade. "
New York Times 7 August 2011, n. pag. Print.
Schulten, Katherine. "Does Your School Value Students' Digital Skills?. "
New York Times n.d., n. pag. Print.
Only some people think video games are bad for us. Research shows that playing video games increasing spatial intelligence which is foundational for learning science and math! Video game also increase problem-solving abilities and is correlated with increased civic participation! We will learn more about this later in the semester! Your citations are correct. When you post your additional resource post a little more detail about what you found interesting about the article. I need to get the feeling that you read and understand the additional resource.
ReplyDeleteNice job on your first post! Keep up the good work!