Blog Post #13

1. Back To the Future

2. Vision of Students Today

This video was created by Michael Wesch with 200 students at Kansas State University. This video told us what students really think about learning and their future. There are their thoughts that make me think. In this video, his students tell us their average class size is 115. 18% of teachers know students' name. Students buy hundred dollars textbooks that I never open. Students need 26.5 hours per day to study in classroom, study at home, work, eat, sleep, watch TV, listen to music, sent emails with friends, spend on cellphone, do something on online, and so on. Students are multi-tasker but they have to be. Students will be in debt about $2000 after graduation. Student will probably have a job when he or she graduates. That does not exist today.

I think a few things are problem for students. First, students' average class is big and teachers do not know students' name. When students take general education course like biology, history, music and art, I think educators can teach in big class. However, they have to do in small class including 10 to 15 students. For example, my MUE class was Music-Literature Integration for Early Childhood course and this class is very small class including 7 students. I love this course and the teacher! She get our attention in every class and teach effective by demonstrating by herself, so we can learn how we teach for our students. She always call students' name and remember our plan for the future and then she tells us how we teach students at a level appropriate for grade such as kindergarten, first, second, and third grades in elementary school. I can learn many things which are related with my future in her class. I think small class help students communicate a teacher and students and learn many things from a teacher.

Like the video said, our world is rapidly growing and ever changing. Today, kids are taught to pass the test, and make good grades. They need to graduate from a college or a university to get a steady job. In the video, they are being told they cannot get a job without a college education. How do you think the education system has prepared students for the real-world? They are left without a job and most of the time in debt. In the current world, some employers are increasingly searching for employees that have some experience, not just a piece of paper showing they were able to pass a test. However, other employers still hire employees on the basis of their grade at university. Currently, we are needed to have some experience with technology tools.

I believe that the education system should be going to focus on providing students’ experiences related to our real life as well as testing. Students need to learn how to use technology tools and use them repeatedly to have a job in the future because our student will live with technology.