Thursday, March 3, 2011

C4T #2

Brian Crosby - Life is Messy

The blog I commented on was about a mistake the US made with the Mars landing that was depicted on an episode of "The West Wing" He used a direct quote from the show:

“We have at our disposal a captive audience of school children. Some of them don’t go to the blackboard or raise their hand cause they think they’re going to be wrong. I think you should say to these kids, ‘You think you get it wrong sometimes, you should come down here and see how the big boys do it’. I think you should tell them you haven’t given up hope, and that it may turn up, but in the meantime, you want NASA to put its best people in the room, and you want them to start building Galileo VI. Some of them will laugh and most of them won’t care but for some they might honestly see that it’s about going to the blackboard and raising your hand.”

After I read this I thought of those times I was in a classroom and the teacher asked for volunteers to go to the board and no one moved. People are afraid to get up in front of people and answer incorrectly. I think making mistakes only makes you stronger. You learn from mistakes and that helps you advance in knowledge.Granted this mistake was a big one due to the fact they calculated a landing incorrectly but I bet the next time they try they will get it right.

TEDxNYED

I read two blogs by Brian Crosby about his upcoming 15 minute speech at the TEDxNYED. After reading both I of course had to click on the link and find out what exactly is the TEDxNYED. This conference is going to be in New York and will have people speaking about the future of education and what their perspective will be on it. He seems a little nervous talking about such a topic because maybe people don't have that perspective or he may change their minds and they might agree with his outlook on pedagogy. It could really go either way. The way technology is advancing everyday especially in education is just amazing. We go from chalkboard, to dry erase board to now smart board that incorporate projectors and a semi dry erase board affect all attached to a computer.

If you want to read a brief synopsis on the TEDxNYED click the following link:
http://tedxnyed.com/2011/

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