PLN 23

In Clay Shirky’s How Will Cognitive Surplus Change the World? He talks about people will be able to contribute their unspent time to help and build a better and safer world for the coming generations. Ushahidi is one of the technological advancements that Shirky supports because he it helps people around the world and anyone is able to contribute to it. Ushahidi helped Haiti in the recovery from the earthquake and the controversial election of Kenya. Everyone who contributes will be helping the cause. This matters to me because if there is 3 trillion hours of unspent time a year then I would like to try and contribute some of it to helping others even if it is online. This matters to education because maybe someday students could use it to communicate with students in other countries to learn what they are studying and how things are done there. They could also communicate and have a world wide school system. Cognitive surplus matters to the world because if people need help around the world and people contribute a small amount of their time to potentially save another’s life is always good. I believe cognitive surplus is leading us in a good direction to helping the world.

PLN 22

In Lauren Lee’s The Problem of Motivation she talks about how students today do not face the same struggles as students did in history. Sure students back then hated their text books and everything else to do with school. Today students are losing their lack of interest in school because schools are so focused on the test. She also explains that the lack of interest in school was also present in school 400 years ago and they did not have CSAP. This matters to me because if students 400 years ago did not have the focus and interest in school then how do people think we feel. We have added test, more stress on grades, and colleges who won’t accept us if we do not have a high GPA. It is no wonder we have no interest in school all of the joy has been sucked out of it. This matters to education because if students are losing motivation then how will they provide a stable future for their lives. This matters to the world because if students are not motivated then how will anyone be able to learn about other customs and cultures to help them communicate with the rest of the world. If there is no communication then it may lead to mass chaos. This article is also like School’s would be great if it weren’t for kids because in that article students are not motivated to work either. Schools need to provide a little more entertainment for students and students need to be more into their studies.