Mr. Winkle Wakes

In this video titled Mr. Winkle Wakes by Matthew Needleman, we say a man who woke up after 100 years and went to work, a hospital, walked around and then finally a school.  He was astonished how different life is and how we have all these machines and new technology.  However, when he went to the school he felt safe and relaxed because everything was still the same as it was 100 years ago.  I really like this video because it point blank prove to everyone how behind our schools are in technology.

We have so many wonderful pieces of technology in the world today that is truly sad that our schools are not taking advantage of everything! We have such high expectations for our students to make certain test scores, but if we continue to teach them "the stone age way" who can we really be upset with if they aren't making those scores? My favorite part of this video is where Mr. Winkle is sitting in the classroom and sees another one of those machines but it is in the back collecting dust.  This is so true and I remember seeing it often while growing up, a lot of my classrooms had computers but they were a 'bad thing' and collected dust.  It makes me sick seeing teachers have wonderful tools and ways to reach their students but choose to be stuck in time. How can we prepare kids for the real world and to succeed in the real world if we are not using these things? I will definitely be passing this video along :)