Well then, some interesting things I heard on the podcast. Not going to lie right now, I would have followed it better if I could have watched it. I am easily distracted to just sit and listen. Anyways....
I would just like to say that my jaw dropped when they said that a student from UCLA was kicked out of the library there then tazered because he wouldn't leave by the police and it was on YouTube!! That is nuts! Someone took the video on their cell phone and just uploaded it. Think of the different situations that could happen such as a car accident or something random like that, that can be recorded and then used to show what really happened.
Another very interesting idea that I heard was that John Edwards has his own blog. Could you imagine if more politicians had blogs where people could post ideas and other such ideas to their mayor/senator/governor etc... Having constant feedback, one would think it would be positive to the politicians. Even with professional athletes being able to blog with them with encouragement and different ideas on how to improve. How about teachers? Maybe students see us as intimidating and can not say something to our face on how to improve our classroom, why not have them blog to get their ideas out on the table?
Now, more online "stuff." Come to find out some politicians made their running for office public on YouTube. It is amazing that YouTube is Billy Fuccillo "HUGE" and candidates running for office are announcing it on there. Who would have thought that just five years ago!? Amazing. Also, the GM car dealership has their own blog. Why? To state what is true and false about their cars they sell. Great idea! It then lets the buyers feel more comfortable and are able to blog about their concerns and hoorays about the cars they buy. They are real people, not actors doing commercials.
Another interesting part of the podcast was where Will and Rob talked about a new school opening in September and how a class was online blogging and such getting to know one another. Then when school started they had a bond with each other. Who would have thought!? How great would it be as teachers having our students blog a few weeks before school starts so that they can get to know each other and form a bond as a class. I don't know? Just an idea.
Last but not least, I found it very interesting that Will stated that he learned more from blogging then all his years of schooling...WOW. Great point to bring up though. From blogging, he could learn what he wanted and what really interested him rather than the textbook stuff he HAD to learn and was forced upon him. I never thought of technology that way, but what a great way to think of it.
Very interesting pod-cast...hats off to Will and Rob!
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2 comments:
I am still not over the UCLA incident. I keep watching it and had a discussion with a friend of mine about the patriot act and our loss of rights. Fortunately, we came to the conclusion that because of the video, we think he will win. But it is terrible that their actions are justified, and stuff like this is deemed ok. Another thing, some of the comments the people leave are absolutely horrible, no sympathy or compassion. I would have thought the video would have evoked that, apparently it worked conversely. But the reaction of many does not really matter, hopefully in court it proves useful.
I'm not over the UCLA incident either. I remember seeing the video online when it came out, and I was absolutely appalled. I still think about it today.
Because there is so many horrible incidents are being caught on tape and we can watch them over and over, people are really having a hard time forgetting about things. It's one thing to read a headline "Student Tazed at UCLA," but it's another to actually see him get tazed on YouTube.
Jami
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