In the article Rigor Redefined, Tony Wagner observed the way young men and women learn for the 21st century. Tony Wagner first started by going to companies and speaking to the bosses. For example the Chemical Management Division of BOC Edwards; Clay Parker says what he looks for while hiring new people for the job, that they asks good questions so they can engage in a good conversation. This was surprising to read because most people think that employers only look at your years of school and experience. In school the teachers teach us the knowledge and to be critical thinkers, but they don't prepare us for a job interview. In a way how can they; every employer is different. In the article he tells us what he sees in the advance placement classes in a school and how they the student react to the teachers questions. When he describes the AP classes and the Algebra ll class; the AP classes work swiftly with no questions and the Algebra ll class is totally confused and isn't quite sure what to do to solve the problem. Are we going to depend on the intelligent people to pull the weight for the people who don't comprehend well? At times the focus shouldn't only be on the smart people. He explains how team work is essential, but if the advanced is so far ahead of the average; how is average ever going to be able to work and compete with the advanced once out of school?
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Our Web
The video the machine is us/ing us, by Michael Wesch starts out about how we use the web now. Then it ends on how the web will be different in the future is up to us. When I saw this, I was board and heard this all too many times before. From what I see though he makes a good point; the web will be different in the future and my generation should have a good working knowledge about the web, because we have to take on the responsibility.
In the beginning he talks about how digital text is better than written text. This is all true because it’s a lot easier to revise and edit a paper by just using the delete button than an eraser, and we all know this but older generations are acting like it is so hard and we need to be prepared. In a way they don't understand how easy it is for us to figure all this out because we have been around the web our whole entire lives and we don’t know what life would be like without the web. But who really knows for us, none of us teens have worked for say Google or Facebook. I understand why some of the prior generations are worried because they think we won't be prepared and we will put the United Stated in a big information hole and won't be able to get out; they may not be able to give us all the answers we ask, but we can get their advice and use it to our advantage to figure things out ourselves. We will find our own way of life and set a path for our future, and if we are not fully ready to take on this responsibility then who is?
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