Blog 2 - Education's Evolution

1. Your personal reaction to this video. (Does this make you view HPU any differently?)
- The video didn't offend me nor I disagree with him. I sincerely think that the universities today do not teach to inspire creativity, but teaches what previous people have achieved. So far at HPU it seems that this is true, but I don't know if I would have to wait 'till my later years. Maybe my first two years or so are to get me up to the level that I have to be to be creative in my last 2 or 1 years of college. Either way, a college degree is essential these days to get a job. So however you want to put it. You are going to need a college degree if you want to be payed more.

2. Discuss the importance of technology in today's educational system. Mention things like twitter, applications on your BB/iPod/Droid, internet, smart pen, kindle, podcasting, etc. and state how they are helpful in your education. 
-  Technology is so important because, the world has became accustomed to have information at their fingertips. We are able to look up maps, celebrities, WORLD news, type down notes faster than we can hand write notes, videos, etc. to further our education. However, technology like technology in the passed has to be used well so it can be effective. For example, a very primitive tool, the knife, can be use to make sculptures, and cook food. However, misusing this tool can loose you a finger, or maybe even a persons life. Extreme as it may seem it is not too far off. People today have committed suicide because, of cyber bullies, but more common misuses of technology is obsessive amounts of time on social networking sites. So my point is that technology is important and must be used well to be effective.

3. Somewhere in your blog entry, use the word "antiquated" and mention how the world of education is changing...
- Right now, as the video explained, higher learning is becoming obsolete because, the value of education is tumbling down due to technology. The internet makes it easy for us to obtain knowledge. So as the value of education dwindles the less we need higher learning institutions as it becomes antiquated. It is a shame really because, we see the government try to stop this. Just recently the government is trying to censor the internet. Which is why you see Google homepage image covered up by a black box. However, it won't go through because, in the first few hours 3,000,000 signed a petition against it. People would probably be clueless about this, but the internet, like usual, informed us. It's also a shame because, I'm going to spend 160,000 dollars.

 Link:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzi2RIt8_nk