The video ‘ Vision of Students Today’, conducted by students of Kansas State University, demonstrated how technology is affecting our world today and our future. It emphasizes on the college students life, and how technology is more detrimental to our education as a whole. Students are more likely uses new technology, such as facebook, than to focus on the instructor, and what is being taught to them. The videos suggest technology is creating more distractions than ever before. Our average day consist of 26.5 hrs, which means students are obligated to multi-task in order to fulfill their duties. The students of Kansas State claim they will work for a job or a company which does not exist today, due to the fact technology is rapidly changing.
In our groups view, we agree on what the video has reported. Technology is indeed distracting, however, is also convenient .
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I, also, believe that the video is true in nature, but I wonder why. My thought is that it is the education system that may have become lax in their teaching skills. Some, not all, educators do nothing to keep the students interested in their course studies. They drone on and on about a subject and forget to whom their audience is. I believe that by including references that students can relate to, it wouldn't matter if the classroom had 128 or 28 students. I have been to seminars with 100+ people in attendance, on a subject that a great possiblity of making every one's eyes glaze over, but the speaker was able to keep everyone's interest by relating their subject to current problems or events. Therefore, I can't totally blame technology for the students non-interest in the video.
ReplyDeleteThis video did bring my attention to the fact that there are many, and not all good, distractions that seems to be part of the 21st century life. Though I may be a hypocrite by saying this, but I think that it is probably more or less the irresponsibility and the lack of concentration (a byproduct of media and technology) of the students.
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with bwcai,I hear alot of empathy for students not being 'kept' interested in their course studies. Why isn't the student being held responsible for not paying attention to the professor? I don't care how many are in a class..as a student I need to get the information that the professor is giving. Just because they might be boring to listen to....doesn't justify Facebooking or texting friends.
ReplyDeletei do agree that the technology today has gone far to much where there is so much technology int he world where it is hard for kids to focus in class and actaully want to learn then sitting there and surfing the web.
ReplyDeleteAbout that part where they say they read articles that have nothing to do with whats going on in the world.. I haven't been to college very long so I feel that I can't judge what's not being taught, but I would think that they are learning what they signed up for. I guess it's the availability of classes that teach about real world things that they are saying they'd like to see. That'd be cool.
ReplyDeleteAnd yeah. I agree that it's the student's responsibility to be ineterested. They have a choice to drift off and mind wander. It may be difficult, but I still feel that it is a choice.
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