So, you all have signed up for one week in which you will post an additional blog entry to accompany your regularly scheduled prompted blog. I will be modeling the way for Josh and I this week, as this is my extra blog that fulfills this requirement. We want you all to write about something that has peaked your interest this week or recently, and it can take a variety of forms: a typical blog entry on some topic, a commentary on a recent news story, a poem (this would be awesome!), or some sort of thought provoking YouTube video, or something else that will give your Brothers and Josh and I an opportunity to comment and throw our two cents in.
So, I have decided to post a YouTube video that I find very interesting, and even though a couple years old, contains outdated information already. Our class relies heavily on technology, and this video touches on the changes that are rapidly happening with technology in our modern times. Are there any points or figures that stick out to you, that you may not have known or shown in a new context, took on new meaning for you? I hope to incorporate videos throughout the quarter to help solidify the teaching of some of the topics we will cover, to help provide an extra perspective, context or make it easier to grasp a concept rather than reading it. I hope that the videos or content I include, like this one, help to expand on topics and ideas we will cover, giving you a better understanding of the Social Change model and the leadership theories we are trying to bring to you. Enjoy and see ya'll in class on Tuesday!
I like the video! It put a lot into perspective. I had no idea the world was becoming so technologically advanced so fast!
ReplyDeleteI started college when cell phones didn't really exist to the masses- just the rich business folks/leaders had them. I got my first cell phone sophomore year. And I remember when Prodigy and AOL were the only format for email- shout out to mostfun7@aol.com! Ya, I know, awesome high school screenname! :P
ReplyDeleteThis video makes me think of all the fast-paced change we see in our world and I also have to wonder who actually has access to the changing technology. Is technology meant for the affluent and to trickle down to the "common folk" or is it a tool that everyone can have access to to stay connected and informed? Granted, the more people who buy technology allow for prices to drop, but when do those with lower socioeconomic status gain access to the technology? Or those in developing countries? Is that a disservice to those groups to get ahead?
Great post, Joel!
It kinda makes me wonder why I'm studying engineering.... but things are changing faster than ever. I'm more interested than afraid or overwhelmed.
ReplyDeleteI love the video, and it really proves something you hear a lot of people in the academic commmunity say - that college isn't directly preparing you for your job, but preparing you to think critically and solve problems. By the time we graduate from school, the problems we've been taught will have been solved and much of what we learned will be obsolete. However, in learning those things we'll be equipped with the mental capacity to solve the next big problem.
ReplyDeleteTwo specific pieces of this video put a lot into perspective for me:
ReplyDelete"China will soon become the number one English speaking country in the world."
"The 25% of India's population with the highest IQ's is greater than the total population of the United States. India has more honors kids than America has kids."
These two facts emphasized a fact that I believe many Americans fear - that we as a country are not as strong as we may have previously thought or that we give ourselves credit for. Specifically, the fact that India has more honors kids than we have kids in general is both humbling and scary.
It's a very interesting video. To be honest i was ignorant to about 90% of what was said on it. I think the thing that that hit hardest for me was not the technology advancing but the speed at which it has spread across the world. Radio took 38 years to reach 50 million people, while facebook took only 2 years.
ReplyDeleteI am just astounded by statistics like this. I am not the biggest fan of Facebook ( i don't get how to use it anymore) and i've only been on you tube twice in my life. It's kind of eye opening to me that i'm gonna have to get used to all these new technological resources in order to keep up with the constantly changing markets.