Just visited the youtube.com site and viewed the video "A Vision of K-12 Students Today". The information was delivered in a format that causes you to stop and think about todays student. The student of today is quite different than the 20th Century student. They present to the classroom with a set of different challenges and dreams of what is to come. They must still be schooled in the basics reading, writing, and rithmetic. But the educator of today must step out of the box to challenge the student to expand the basics and be able to function in the ever emerging 21st century. The students of the United States must be given the opportunity to learn and develop knowledge to compete with other students from other countries. It is sad to think that China has a greater number of honor students than the U.S. This must change since with cyberspace the students of the U.S. are now able to interact with students from other countries.


After viewing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuBwu33amnc&feature=relatedI have discovered it is important to challenge our students in different ways. What may work for one student will not work the next. As educators we must be open to employing different methods to convey the same information. This is shown by searching the web for accurate and up-to-date information. The basic ability to complete an accurate search to gather information is an important concept to instill the very basic level of education.