Did you know?

No, I did not know.
I watched this video for my TE 402 class and found this video to be shocking and well, kind of scary. (Especially the part about the supercomputers that exceed the human brain and race!) The world around us is changing at an incredibly fast pace and we as teachers need to be aware of these facts. Technology has changed our world dramatically in recent years and will continue to change our world. This video provided us with some shocking facts about how big of a role technology plays in people's everyday lives throughout the world. For example, "1 out of 8 couples married in the U.S. met online" and that there are over 106 million registered users of MySpace. Since new technologies are constantly being developed, I think that it is imporant not to just simply teach students about a certain technology, but also HOW to learn new technologies on their own so that they can be active players in their ever-changing world. Like the video said, we are currently preparing students for jobs that don't yet exist, with technologies that haven't yet been invented, in order to solve problems we don't even know are problems yet. This means that we as teachers need to teach students the social skills needed to understand the world around them, no matter what that may be.