Blog #2

It does not really take a rocket scientist to see how much education and schools have changed throughout the past years.  For one, schools used to take place in a small hut on a prairie, now schools are in public buildings throughout the entire world.  Most of earlier years of persons life are spent in schools, so it is important that the learning atmosphere is suitable for all students.  One thing that my group really focused a lot on was the way education itself has changed in these schools.

For one, the way of education people is constantly changing.  When my parents went to school there was no such thing as computers or any technology like we have currently.  If my parents had to research on a specific subject, instead of going on the computer or smart phone, they would have to go to library, and find a book on the subject that they were doing research on.  Another thing is, if they have do a report on the weather in a certain city, instead of typing it in on Google, they would have to drive to the place, and physically research the weather with different types of instruments.

 

It is amazing to see how much technology plays a role in schools these days, and in life for that matter.  It has to come to the point where textbooks are becoming a thing of the past, and everything is being done on computers.  My group also talked about downfalls to this type of learning, as we felt that this type of learning does not allow the students to learn any social skills, such as being able to communicate with others.  It really is amazing how even little babies are catching on how to use technology.  Before smartphones, a parent would just give their kids their car keys to keep them occupied while they were waiting in the waiting room for an appointment for somewhere. Now I see parents give their kids their smartphones to keep them occupied.  It absolutely blow my mind to see how these little babies are able to figure out how to use a smartphones like they have been using them for decades.  I honestly think that it would be easier to teach a baby how to use a smartphone then it would be to teach your grandparents.  I was in a waiting room at the doctor’s office waiting to seen, when a mother and her baby entered the room, and sat a couple seats away from me.  I couldn’t help but analyze the baby’s movements.  I watched the mother give the baby her smartphone, and all the sudden I watch the baby click the home button on the iPhone, then slide his finger across the screen to unlock it.  I couldn’t believe what I had just seen.  To be completely honest I would be lying if I said I was not creeped out by this.  I think it is kind of scary that at such a young age young children seem to be so efficient with using technology.

We also talked how education is very controlling.  It seems that the curriculum is all the same for everyone.  Every class you are learning something new about a subject.  It is almost like you are installing a new application in your brain like you do on your smartphone.  Kids learn so much about mathematics, and other things, but they lack on basic skills that everybody should know how to do.  Skills that I am talking about are writing a check or maybe filling out an envelope to be mailed.  It wouldn’t surprise me if in the future we no longer have a postal service, and we just use email to send letters to each other.  I really wonder what would happen if technology disappeared.