This video is about Mr Winkle. Mr Winkle slept for 100 years and woke up in today's modern world. He went to an office building and was overwhelmed with all of the machines and noises aka the technology. Mr. Winkle Wakes started out kind of silly. I honestly wasn't sure where it was going. I thought, "Well this is cute but what is it?" Then came the part where Mr Winkle goes to the school. After being bombarded with technological advances in literally every other aspect of the world he found "comfort" in the fact that in 100 years school was still the same. This instantly made me sad. He took comfort in seeing the kids sit in rows and listen to the teacher lecture while they took notes.
Lecturing has it's place and time in the classroom but I don't think it should be only lecturing;or only worksheets. Incorporating technology and new techniques like game based learning into the classroom will break up this monotony. We can teach our students common core and basic knowledge but when they graduate and go out to start college or get jobs they will be utterly lost. There is not one job I can think of off the top of my head that doesn't in some way use technology as a tool. Even something small like an iPad in the classroom or a single computer would change things drastically. Embracing technology is the smart thing to do. Not embracing it is only hindering our students and ourselves.
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