A Vision of Students Today:

The idea which Mr. Wesch was trying to portray was a pertinent topic for any educator to consider. Our world is moving so fast that certain applications are becoming outdated before many people even have the time to learn them. Basically, just as many people become familiar with a specific technological advancement, there is a new improved version of it available. The students made several points I found specifically pertinent to my life right now as a student, the cost of tuition, books, work load, and the hope of still maintaining some activity in my spare time that includes my interests. I liked the way the students went around the room giving different facts, even though some of them were difficult to read. It was a fast paced message, which also to me was indicative of how we learn today. Things are being pushed at us from so many different directions, sometimes we barely glance what was flashed in front of our face. We almost have to rely on all of our senses to process everything going on around us at such a high rate of speed. No longer can students sit in desks and write notes, listening to lectures. They need to be trained in the world of innovation, and coached in the process of critical thinking.

Mr. Wesch did a good job of explaining the idea he was trying to get across. Even the aspect of presentation was pertinent to how life is today, face paced, things coming from everywhere, and many different forms of information. However, I believe that the presentation could have been a little better if the students would have practiced there moment several times, being ready to pop up, not pulling their words down to quickly, or possibly using multiple students in place of some of the times one student had to change pages. One way of correcting the lapse in time where one student had to show two pages, might have been to have the person beside them ready to pop up the second half of the comment so the camera really didn’t even have to move. Another possible correction could have been for the camera person to practice moving the camera and focusing the lens, before this final presentation.