"The 2010 Scholar"

1. Although at first the video is a bit overwhelming, with the guy talking super fast and ranting on about the education system and how he dropped out of college, there is also a good point to this video/ vlog, that I hope isn't being overlooked by viewers. Which is that because of the changes that are going on in our world, there are changes that need to be made to the educational system. I believe that in order for students to stay engaged in class you have to pull the students in by incorporating things from their everyday lives that they can relate to. After having watched this video this makes me greatly appreciate the university that I am currently attending as a freshman, (High Point University) because the school does everything differently from other schools, especially when it comes to facilities. The school is trying to create the best learning environment and trying to make sure that we have the best technology available to us.
2. In today's society everyone is connected to one another through technology, whether it's through social networking sites such as facebook and twitter, or whether it's through skyping someone on their iPhone, we are all constantly connected. Thanks to Apple we have all heard the phrase "there's an app for that". And with over 200,000 apps for iPhone alone there's bound to be one for just about everything. There's an app for everything from listening to Pandora to getting you out of a date. Apple even has a section within the app store devoted to "Back to School apps" making the transition of going from summer to the school year a little bit more fun. Technology is changing the way that we learn and is changing the things that we need to learn (depending on your major). The technology is so advanced that we are even able to things such as the smart pen to help us take notes or use an app on the iPad to make flash cards to study with. We are able to use our technology to learn and to make learning more fun, interesting, and interactive.
3. And with all these changes in our world and in the way that we communicate with one another it seems that it would go only hand-in-hand that our education system would change with it. It is important for today's educational system to change with us because if we just keep pushing it back then all we are allowing the system to remain antiquated . Everyday the world of technology is changing. New technology is changing the way the way that we live our lives.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P2PGGeTOA4