I loved all the facts that this video gave.
"Todays average college graduates have spent: over 10,000 hours playing video games, over 10,000 hours talking on cell phones, and roughly 20,000 hours watching TV."
"70% of our nation's 4-6 year-olds have used a computer."
"Did you know that there are over 2.7 billion searches performed on Google each month?"
"Did you know that our Digital Learners have sent and received over 200,000 emails or instant messages... by the time they graduate from college?"
"Think of the ways you could use cell phones to teach..."
"Only 28% of 12th grade high school students believe that schoolwork is... meaningful"
"21% believe that their courses are interesting... and a mere 39% believe that school work will have any bearing on their success in later life."
All of the points that the video made were completely relevant. The only one that I have a slight problem with was using cell phones to teach--pretty much everyone has a cell phone these days, but what about those who don't have one? What about those whose parents can't afford for them to have a cell phone? You don't want to leave anyone out or make anyone embarrassed so you have to make sure that everyone actually has a phone before you do that. But I love how this video thought out of the box and really came up with ideas that use modern day technology.
As a teacher you need to recognize that every student has a different learning style and cater to all of them. You should also give your class homework and in-class assignments that are meaningful--and not just busy work. Explain to them why they would want to know this and how it will help them in their later life.
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