PLN 21

After watching the video, “Changing Education Paradigms” I was very interested on the topics that were talked about in this video. This video talked about how the public schools base their teaching on the industrial age and are not preparing us with what we need to know, and also boring us. He compares school to a factory, the kids are in age groups and go through the grades and come out and start working. This matters to me because I am in school and it makes me think about what I am learning and how bored I am everyday in class. This matters to education because this is about schools. This matters to the world because people all over the world get educated. This video was very interesting to me.

PLN 20

I read the article, “Wreck Backs up I-25 for miles” and I was shocked. There was a five car accident on I-25 near dry creek. This matters to me because I live next to this entrance on I-25 and if I had gone onto that road I would have been stuck in 20-30 minutes of traffic. This matters to education because people need to learn how to be safe while driving. This matters to the world because people all over the world drives. I was shocked after reading this.

PLN 19

After reading the article, Boys and Boredom, by George F. Will, I found out that boys get bored very fast compared to other people, and other animals. This matters to me because if I get bored then I don’t want to learn as much as when I’m not bored. This matters to education because if everyone gets bored in school then kids won’t listen to their teachers as much so they will not learn. This matters to the world because people all over the world get bored a lot. This article made me realize how short of a attention span boys have.

PLN 18

I read the article, why do I have to study [fill in the blank]? , by Mrs. Smith. This article was about our class talking about what some classes in school that we have to take are for and why they are important. This matters to me because I want to only take classes that are important to me and that I want to be good at in the future. Classes that I don’t like or that are not important to me are almost a waist of time. This matter to education because the kids in schools are being forced to learn about things that  they may not want to learn about or may not care about as much as other classes. This matters to the world because if everyone gets to take classes that they want and that they liked then kids would do a lot better in school because they would know that what they are doing will matter to them and they will like it. In this article Mrs. Smith talks about how students don’t think some classes that they have to take matter to them.

PLN 17

 In the article, What If ,on The Fischbowl, the article talks about how students are not allowed to use technology in school, but also about how helpful it can be to us. This matters to me because i think that technology in school is a great idea. This matters to education because learning could become much faster and easier if technology is used right. This matters to the world because the future could be much better if technology was used in the best of ways and if people learned a lot in school. In this article it talked about technology in school.

PLN 16

After reading the article,"Inmate Dies in El Paso County Jail" by The Denver Post, i found out that a 20 year old died in a jail from choking and caughing. This matters to me because i realize how quickly someone can go from being in good health, to being dead. This matters to education because jails need to keep their prisoners more healthy so they wont die. This matters to the world because if all jails were that bad then that would not be fair to the prisoners.

PLN 15

In Alfie Kohn’s School’s would be great if it weren’t for kids, it says that the students are a big reason for kids not doing well in school, not just the teachers. This matters to me because if i get a bad grade or do bad on a test i know that it can also be my fault. This matters to education because if students started trying harder in school then the world would run alot more smoothly and there would be more jobs. This matters to the world because if the whole world's students tried as hard as they could our world would be much better.