Today I did do a lot of the work that I needed to but did not get it all finished. However, I did till up my mother's garden today so all was not lost. What I did accomplish today though was working on my blog post summaries and finishing the discussion questions I was assigned to do with 21st century learning. I spent the majority of my morning reviewing videos about how our schools have fallen behind in updating their methods of instruction due in part mostly to the lack of practical application. Outside of the classroom students have cell phones, computer access, MP3 players, Ipods, Iphones, television, etc. All manner of digital media is at their fingertips until they walk into their classrooms. They are expected (for the most part at least where I am from) to put away the cell phones, sit in nice neat rows, and listen to lectures given with illustrations on the wall. There is no stimulus and no technological exchange going on in the room. ...