Did You Know 2.0

Did You Know 2.o video creates a conversation and makes you stop and think about your own daily routines. It gives you statistics on the technological advances we use today on a daily basis. I know that since I first got a computer I have always checked my email, IM's and since Facebook has come about I am usually on that at least 3 or 4 times a day depending on how bored I get.

It was very shocking to see the different numbers that were given. I would have thought that Great Britain would be the richest country, would have the biggest military and many other things. Or that Today's learners would have 10- 14 jobs before their 38Th birthday, I'm 25 and I have only had 6 and 2 of those were after I graduated from the Abbey, but I do know people like my sister who gets sick of one job 6 months after she starts it and moves on to another. I thought it was shocking to see that the average 21 yr old American has watched 20,000 hours of TV, played 10, 000 hours on video games, spent 10,000 hours on the phone and sent 250,000 IM's or emails and that text messsages sent exceed the population of the planet. But it was also incourageing to find out that 70% of U.S 4 yr olds know how to use the computers, I thought that this went great with the idea of ACCESS because that meant that they would at least know a few things about a computer. I can say from working at the Library that while it is good to have this knowledge, it is also somewhat dangerous for students to spend to many hours on the internet especially when it is not doing homework but trying to get around security blocks that are set up for their own safety.