Mr. Winkle Wakes

I watched a video about a man that woke up to a new generation that involved technology. Mr. Winkle awakes from a long period of time and heads to a local company office. Mr. Winkle becomes so distressed by the new forms of technology that he heads to a local hospital. Once Mr. Winkle arrives at the hospital, he becomes even more distressed and ill due to the use of machines that have been invented in order to prolong the life of the patients in the hospital. So, Mr. Winkle tries to think of a place that would not change in the 100 years that he has been sleeping. Mr. Winkle finds a local school and feels more at easy because he remembers this environment as a student. Also, Mr. Winkle is glad to see that the teacher is instructing while the students are listening and taking notes which reminds him of his youth. Also, Mr. Winkle sees that the classroom only has one computer at the very back of the classroom and is grateful to see that the dusty computer is not in use. Mr. Winkle finds that he prefers school over the office or hospital because the school comforts him by maintaining the old environment that he remembers and does not embrace the new technology that he fears.

I do not agree with Mr. Winkle's idea of teaching in our world. At first, I could see how comfortable teachers may be in the old ways of teaching, and I do think there are some techniques that every child should learn from the old forms of teaching. However, in today's world students need to be better equipped for the world that they will enter after they have completed their course of school. In watching the video, I was able to see how beneficial these technologies can be. In the case of the office, I can see how students will need to know how to use these different forms of technology in order for them to keep up with the new face paced job environment. Also, students should be allowed to use these technologies so they can one day use these technologies to save lives in the case of the hospital that Mr. Winkle visited. By allowing teachers to use these new technologies, students may one day grow up to invent their own technology tools in order to create new jobs or save lives of many people. I feel teachers should embrace these new technologies in order to give their students a better shot in life. The next generation or generations to come should be taught how to use these new technologies because they may be able to unlock and solve problems that plague our country today. I feel Mr. Winkle had the wrong mind set about technology because he could not see past the comfort of what he felt the world should look like. This enabled him to see the beauty that technology can bring to both teachers and students in order to improve the world around us. I feel every teacher around the world should be opened to using technology in their classroom in order to further student learning. By allowing teachers to be educated on these new technologies, teachers can unlock a new world in order to promote a better environment for students to connect and learn more efficiently.