8 Engaging Videos Advocating Better Integration of Technology in Education

These inspiring, insightful videos make the case for stepping up the integration of technology in today’s classrooms

As an advocate of the use of Internet technologies in education, my fundamental goal is to inspire instructors and other members of the educational community to embrace the use of these technologies in today’s educational process. I’ve attempted to make the case myself in a couple previous blog posts, such as the popular 5 Reasons Why Educators Need To Embrace Internet Technologies and 10 Internet technologies that educators should be informed about. Of course, many others have made the case as well (and generally done so in a more captivating manner) as the videos below will attest.

Anyone who cares about this topic will be moved by some of these videos, and anyone who hasn’t been sold yet owes it to themselves (and the students they help to educate) to view at least a few of these, and be inspired to embrace today’s technologies in (and out of) the classroom.

(1) Michael Wesch’s A Vision of Student’s Today: If you are an educator and you haven’t seen this yet, there are some who might say you’ve been living under the proverbial rock. Professor Wesch’s outstanding (< 5 minute) video perspective on today’s students has been viewed over 3 million times, and is simply a must for this listing (and a must-see for you if you haven’t seen it already).

(2) Learning to Change - Changing to Learn: ”The US Dept of Commerce ranked 55 industry sectors by their level of IT intensiveness. Education was ranked number 55, the lowest. Below Coal Mining.” This startling statement opens this excellent (5.5 minute) video, consisting of one well spoken statement after another, woven into an insightful and thoughtful narrative supporting the undeniable need for the US

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