I definitely recommend this video titled "Pay Attention" to all of us who are excited about technology and its potential in changing the classroom of future. The video makes a spirited appeal to educators to pay heed to the world around us which is changing at a rapid pace with the advent of technology. The impact of technology applications in our society have changed our daily lives, our habits and preferences over last decade and have brought about fundamental changes in the way we learn. However, our schools have seen little change or innovation in this period and still rely on the conventional mode of teaching in classrooms using the same tools and techniques of last century.
The video reminds us of the myriad ways people learn and empowers themselves naturally everyday using technology. It exhorts the teachers of today to find inspiration from the basic facts about the success of internet, mobile technology and other tools and appeals them to use these in enriching education. The video also takes an opportunity to present cautionary facts on the dropout rate of our schools and attributes them to the inability of our education system to engage students through their curriculum. I really enjoyed the simplicity of the central theme of the video which asks us to care and contribute to bring about a change. It doesn't really take a big effort to bring a difference but only it needs all of us to collectively "pay attention" to be a better teacher.
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