Student Driven Education video blog

• How does (or does this) video apply to our teaching and learning? I think the teacher cares to a certain point, but she has so many children's papers to correct, parent/student conferences  to go to and to cook for her own kids when she gets home. That she's too tired to think about "What's troubling Bobby?" Maybe they should have open computer rooms during lunch time and after school or even before school for the less-technology students, because then the kids go home and teach their parents. I know the children get excited about learning. My nieces do.
  
• One aspect of the video I found interesting was the "granny cloud".  This uses the broader community as a part of education.  Was their any community involvement in your K-12 education? Do you think the broader community should be involved?  How can/should this happen? I like the granny cloud. I didn't have it growing up in a small city on the east coast and my son didn't have it growing up here. BUT I wish we did. It looks cool and interesting. I think every city, every school, every child and parent should try the granny cloud. I don't know how they would do it, but try it.
  
• Comment on his use of technology and how technology features in your learning and potential future teaching. Ok I really like this guys videos. He's not a TED video, but he's good and has a heavy ' Indian' accent. His technology I thought would be unlearnable for those kids, but they DID IT! wow. I wasn't brought up with computers at all until I went to colleges. Now, if you put a computer in front of kids nowadays they just know it. I like computer and cell phone technology. I'm not the best at it, but i try and I teach myself through practice and trying things. My son was brought up with computers and he's smart at it. He was tested into the gifted classes in the end of his 3rd grade year at school. I think he's like me with technology and even better. He likes technology and he's 15 now.