This video was combined by Tom Woodward of Henrico County schools in Virginia. Tom used the work of Karl Fisch from Colorado who combined the PPT regulating assorted quotes as well as census data from “flat world” thinking. Used with permission
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October 4th, 2009 at 10:17 am
Outstanding video. What other industry could survive with a 30 to 50% failure (dropout) rate and still survive?
October 4th, 2009 at 10:17 am
No kid can be TOO familiar with technology. The internet IS the new “real world”. There are jobs that will exist and be in demand that will need today’s students to be able to learn and multitask enough to use new tech and learn the normal stuff at the same time. combining technology and academic subjects is a way to help students to get used to being more fluid in a moving world.
October 4th, 2009 at 10:17 am
the problem with that is that in the last 28 years, a lot of information has changed. new things have been discovered. old things have been proven to be wrong. old things that people thought were wrong and stupid, have been proven correct, and reliable.
a 28 year old history book wont tell you about the war in Iraq, 28 year old math book wont tell you how to multiply by 9 using only your fingers, 28 year old science book will tell you that there are only 9 planets in our solar system.
October 4th, 2009 at 10:17 am
visual allusions repeated ad nauseum
October 4th, 2009 at 10:17 am
>> “a 28 year old history book wont tell you about the war in Iraq”
This would not matter if you were teaching about the Civil War, the Revolutionary War, the industrial revolution, … If you going to teach modern history you would need a recent book. Otherwise, it wouldn’t matter.
>> “28 year old math book wont tell you how to multiply by 9 using only your fingers”
They might or might not. Who cares. That’s a trivial “trick” that a teacher could explain in 5 minutes, with or without a book.
October 4th, 2009 at 10:17 am
Funny thing is I almost got fired for mis counting. Fuck cashiering. Its not real mathematic’s
October 4th, 2009 at 10:17 am
Can we teach the kids who work the cash registers to at least be able to count back change? So much easier than picking up the calculator and punching in the numbers to see what they need to give me back.
Hope its just me being nitpicky, but simple skills like this-we still need to teach them. Good to know more than one way to solve a problem…
October 4th, 2009 at 10:17 am
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October 4th, 2009 at 10:17 am
I like what you guys are doing there! Awesome videos.
October 4th, 2009 at 10:17 am
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October 4th, 2009 at 10:17 am
Hahaha! I watched this video today at a leadership forum in TASMANIA
There was this amazing guy there too so I never really watched this properly .. oops
October 4th, 2009 at 10:17 am
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October 4th, 2009 at 10:17 am
Thanks for the kind words, glad you like it
October 4th, 2009 at 10:17 am
I seriously doubt that a lot of newer and faster ways has been discovered in the last 28 years. I would also be willing to bet that students from 28 years ago would be far more efficient at arithmetic that students today, as they actually learned it back then. Now you just plug things into a calculator. A lot of newer books do not even teach the standard algorithms for things like multiplication and division any more.
October 4th, 2009 at 10:17 am
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October 4th, 2009 at 10:17 am
These are just the first few things that could pop into my head, but it gets the point across. There is a lot that is left out if the book is 28 years old.
no matter what it is that is left out, there is still 28 years worth of history that is left out.
As for math: even while I was in school, I personally found plenty of new/easier/faster ways to do the math that they were teaching. The point of the 9s trick is that over 28 years, lots of new/easier/faster ways to do things have been found.
October 4th, 2009 at 10:17 am
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October 4th, 2009 at 10:17 am
Outstanding
October 4th, 2009 at 10:17 am
lmao… don’t you mean ‘inefficient’. lol
October 4th, 2009 at 10:17 am
My definition of school:
Highly unefficient rambling lacking common sense.
October 4th, 2009 at 10:17 am
Cashiering is real mathematics alright-its basic math: addition and subtraction.
It is monotonous/boring work, though. Maybe you should work in a non-retail field? Maybe with people? You are 21 and way past cashiering (it was good for high school). Go interview for something fun and crazy on a dare. You never know, you might get the job!
October 4th, 2009 at 10:17 am
very true
October 4th, 2009 at 10:17 am
Yes, but I ask this. Should we be simply teaching students how to be an efficient, industrialised worker drone by turning their schooling into a technological based curriculum? Or should we be teaching them how to be a self actualised human by teaching them basic life skills and human values such as compassion, empathy, respect, conservation of the environment, the interconnectedness of life, basic mathematical and literacy skills, all of which you cannot rely on technology alone to teach.
October 4th, 2009 at 10:17 am
Basic thought we must teach our students is that learning happens everywhere and anytime. This is why dislike this video…since AGAIN prentends that all that is required to become a successful person, citizen, parent, professional..etc need to be learnt at school…
October 4th, 2009 at 10:17 am
Cool vid, It’s true that technology has revolutionized our lives but what if it all come crashing down? What happens then? Our kids today would be screwed if there was a solar storm that knocked out the telecommunication satellites and the electrical grids world-wide.