Additional Assignment #2

In this assignment, we watched Sugata Mitra, who is an educational scientist. He did experiments with children in countries that do not have technology and in most places he would bring in some computers for the kids to use. With this video as evidence, I do believe that if people are motivated, regardless of if they are young or old, they can learn on their own and teach themselves. I believe that for them to teach themselves, they must be with others to collaberate with each other. Computers allow for people who have never seen them before to search around and find information on the computer and about computers on their own, thereby learning and teaching themselves. Motivation is the drive for someone to learn something new and the problem is the motivation for the person wanting to solve it. I think that you can motivate someone to learn by introducing new things to them, allowing them to teach others what they learn, and also constructively criticizing the person so he/she feels accomplished. I believe that for someone who is not motivated, it will be very difficult for them to learn to learn. I definitely teach myself all the time! Im sure that most people in college do as well. Everyone is driven to make good grades so they can graduate with a degree. I believe that teachers' roles in learning are to be there to make sure that the information is understood and to be there in the event that some information needs to be clarified. Self-learning is possible, even in places that have never used or heard of the information they are trying to learn... this is the most important thing i get out of this video.