Mr. Winkle Wakes

Mr. Winkle Wakes is a short video created by Matthew Needleman that is about a character named Mr. Winkles that wakes up after a hundred years to find all sorts of news technologies such as computers, printers, and video conferences. It was all so overwhelming to him at first, that he felt ill and took himself to the hospital.  After getting checked in, he saw many machines there such as breathing machines, lasers and X- Rays that he had never before witnessed that it also overwhelmed him, and he left again to figure out what to do. Throughout, the video, it is apparent that Mr. Winkle does not like change and is most comfortable to an environment that he is used to.

The meaning of this video is to show its viewers that change can be uncomfortable but is crucial to keep up to date in the 21st century and all the new technology that has come about. If you aren't used to using something that may be needed for a job, you may be looked over for that job but of lack of experience. The same goes in a school setting. If you are assigned a project that involves the use of equipment,  that you may not be familiar with, you may fall behind. That is how important it is to stay up to date in this day of age. Teachers included! You may have to show your students how to use something in order to complete an assignment. As a future teacher, I will need to research constantly because I am not very tech savvy like Mr. Winkles...

While researching about technology in the classroom, I found that many teachers are starting to use iPads to make topics interesting to their students. What I learned about having this technology will also enable a teacher to organize their schedule for the week, send emails on the go, and also to record grades and other information for each child. For a student and teacher use, one can also record what assignments they need to do and also they can set an alarm as a reminder which is very helpful to anybody!

On a website called Power to Learn, it has information on how the iPad is basically a library. Instead of carrying around multiple hard copies of books, teachers will have hundreds of books in one place that is easy to carry around and use. It is called the iBooks app. It actually has more than 50,000 free books, including most of those included for K-12 literature.There are also apps, such as iMaps, that allow the teacher to help students learn about directions and geography, which is key for all students to know.There is also a free Dictionary.com app that will let students research new words and find out the meaning. There so many other features that come free on an iPad and many more that you can buy that will help making teaching and learning easier and more interesting. Of course, you don't want to use an iPad all the time, but when and if you do, it should help out in the long run.