Lessons Learned

The first thing I learned in going into field was that the pursuit of happiness cannot be for "material" things.  If we desire "things" we cannot truly be happy.  Also from  The New WWW, it was said that the internet has been used as an escape from real life, which has caused a lot of problems for children.  It has caused many addictions.  From Tools for Change, I learned that there is something in technology for everyone.  An example of this is my husband just got a Kindle and has not been able to put it down.  Before he got the Kindle he only read a few times a month, but now he reads everyday.  He just needed a different form of reading to get himself excited about a book.  

From the article, Teen Disconnect, I learned about writing in schools.  There are five things that teachers can do to motivate their students to write: topics are relevant to their lives; teachers/parents who challenge them; receiving detailed feedback on their work; opportunities to creatively write; and having an audience.  In Shift Happens, I learned just how small the United States is compared to other countries, such as China.  I also learned that technology and new learning information is advancing at a tremendous rate.  3,000 books are published daily in the world.  Half of what a student will learn in their first year of college will be outdated by their third year.