It is truly a shame that more people do not know about Michael Wesch. However he has gained quite a lot of popularity on the online video sharing site Youtube. His video. “A Vision of Students Today”, gives a very strong example of how college level students look at the education they are receiving, as well as some of their circumstances. The main issue of focus is how technology is affecting students in college.
The video shows that students have a wellspring of knowledge at their fingertips courtesy of the Internet. However if students want a string chance to receive a well paying job, they have to sit through lectures and classes in a stereotypical lecture setting, take down enormous amounts of notes, and read books and other texts that have little to no bearing on their daily lives. Most of the things that students study in college and other forms of schooling are forgotten for this very reason.
The video itself has no spoken dialogue and is shot in a scattered text form. Meaning that in order to receive the message the viewer is shown bits of text in seemingly random locations. Later on the text is shown from signs written by the students in the room. This scattershot viewpoint gives a more universal point of view of the student’s circumstances.
Personally I think this video should be used as a lightning rod for reform. In this new digital age students should not be subjected to massive amounts of debt over books thy are not going to read or keep. Nor should they have to pay to take a class where they are not learning anything.
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