Wesch video

In recent discussions of technology and education, comes an interesting video from Michael Wesch. The video shows a classroom full of students that each hold signs that explain their thoughts on the current education system. Various signs read, I spend three hours on Face book , I spend three and a half hours in class, I spend two hours on my cell phone, and this lab top cost more than some people make in a year. The video seems to be depicting how technology is changing our education system in a negative way. In my view the video is also showing how technology is changing the current student populations view of education. Technology brings many distractions. Both in and out of the classroom. Students text during class and talk on their phones for countless hours outside of class. Face book can be accessed on home computers and on the ones in computer labs at school. With all these distractions it is hard for students to stay focused on the teacher and what is being taught but it is easy to communicate with their friends when the class is dull. Along with being distracting, computers are also very expensive, One of the students signs read, This laptop cost more that some people make in a year. A students budget, regardless of what generation they came up in, has never been known to be that great and today it is very difficult to get through any class without a personal computer at home. It seems that these days it is nearly impossible to get an education without relying on a computer or some type of technology. The people we learn about in history classes and even some people that helped make the education system what it is today grew up with out computers or cell phones. These people still managed to educate themselves and go on to do great things. Today, Without technology, a student is helpless.