In a YouTube short "A Vision of Students Today", created by KSU students and Anthropology proff Michael Welsh they dive into the life of the average college student. The short addresses issues such as; the fact that most students will be 20k in debt by the time they graduate; world issues such as poverty, war, famine, energy, and the water crisis and how we are not being prepared for these things at all; the amount of time we have in a day compared to the amount of time students need. It's all very quite, it's a silent film minus the soundtrack. What I take from the video is that they are saying the education system is flawed and not preparing them for life in the real world. "I read 49% of readings assigned to me, 26% are relevant to my life" (KSU student), "I'm a multi-tasker, I have to be" (KSU student) "My average class size is 110" (KSU student).... What they mean by all of this is that students are not thrilled with the education system.

School has become less about learning life skills and more about shuffling as many students through as possible. Very little of what we learn in college is applicable to what we choose to do in life.

"A Vision of Students Today"

In the short video “A Vision of Students Today” made by the Anthropology professor, Michael Wesch (from Kansas State University) and his students, they don’t necessarily talk but show their opinions and statistics through paper. By presenting it this way (in silence) it gives the short film a creepy almost depressing vibe not only because the students are mute but because of what’s written on the paper and claimed to be true. Such as “completing 49% of the readings assigned but only 26% is relevant” or “reading 8 books a year but reading 2,300 web pages and 1,281 Facebook profiles. Pretty much proving that we associate technology with class too much, and this is affecting the way we learn dramatically. I think they’re bored with how they’re being taught and want an upgrade but will this upgrade really help, or be another distraction?

A Vision of Students Today

The film “A Vision of Students Today” made by the Anthropology professor, Michael Wesch, and his students is stimulating yet disturbing and depressing. Throughout the film, the students are silent as they express themselves with notes on the paper or laptop screens. The silence of the students implies the increasing frustrations and the lack of energy, interaction, and enthusiasm among the young people. The film addresses issues such as the excessive amount of time young people spend on technologies such as computers, televisions or cell-phone. Moreover, the article points out the fact that internet material has become the major source of readings for most students. The role of books in our education system has changed drastically. The messages this article tries to convey pose a series of alarming and valid concerns. With over dependency on the technologies, we should watch out the negative habits we are developing in life. The convenience of technology has affected our education system negatively because there are too many choices for learning yet too little reinforcement on validating what we learn.

A Vision of Students Today

Technology is a major part of the 21st century. In the video "A Vision of Students Today" by Michael Wesch (proffesor of anthropology) and his students at Kansas University explore what technology is doing to the average college student. The video is dramatic with it's black and white tone and eerie music. The students share that technology is taking over their lives. They hardly open textbooks or do their homework anymore. Their worlds revolve aroud technology. While in class they surf the internet or go on facebook. They all seemed to be distracted by technology. At some points it seemed that they were hating on technology but they are just showing people how it is affecting students and that if technology was incoorporated into classrooms, their whole education would change for the best.
-Heather

a vision of students today

Many Americans assume that technology is the greatest think to ever happen to society today, but have we neglected to see the side effects. With the ever changing world that influences everything and everyone around us, to just then keep going with the flow of learning and how to even keep up. In the video “A Vision of Students Today” by Professor of Anthropology Michael Wesch, technology and the ever-changing world is shown from the view point of college students. College students just might be the ones who are completely immersed in this new word as we know it. Showing how students are constantly distracted by a new way of entertainment (multimedia), and how even multi-tasking is just as distracting. Books are never really read, but emails and web pages are. Hence why I feel they chose to write all their survey results on paper, and only a few on lab tops. Showing how even paper is becoming a thing of the past, and technology is already in our future. The student’s state how there is so many problems in the world today, and who is prepared to step up to help.

A Vision of Students Today

This video is about how students today use technology to learn. it sugest that a lot of students when given the option to use technology are applying their abilitys in non productive ways. Students now a days read less out of books then they read pages of texts and emails. I believe that in this video it brings out a good connection to the artical "What Would Socrates Say" by Peter W. Cookson when he says "people have loads of information at there fingertips but they dont know how to use it." I believe this video itself is ironic because the people in the video and the video itself is made using the tecnology its contesting. I think it is intresting that 4.25 million people viewed this video on youtube. This video implys that back in the day chalkbord usage didnt give enough audio and visual feedback.

Dustin's view on "A Vision of Students Today"

In the video, “A Vision of Students Today” Michael Wesch (professor of Anthropology at Kansas State University) and his students make numerous assertions about the way college students use technology. The video is made to come off as extremely dramatic by filming in a classroom, having students hold up signs of their inner thoughts, and they add in music that proves it is a serious film. The claims they assert are hidden behind facts that students hold up one by one written on note cards and laptops. Most of the statistics that are presented seem to be negative, but it is the bigger picture the students and professor are trying to convey. Students need to start taking leadership in their education to ensure a better future. A Kansas State student holds up a sign reading, “I pay hundreds for textbooks I never open” and “My neighbor paid for class….but never comes.” These quotes make it very clear that a lot of students aren’t taking advantage of the opportunities and resources that they have the right for. Possibly because the way they are learning isn’t working for them, or they aren’t interested in the tactics used by their professors. I believe the students are using these facts to tell their audience that the way they are learning isn’t working anymore. The facts in the video prove that students spend extended periods of time on the internet, writing emails, and posting to blogs. If students today are technologically minded, why isn’t their education?