Video Reflection 3

For my third video reflection I watched Connecting High School to Career on edutopia.  This video was mostly focusing on the idea of magnet schools and academies that prepare high school students for careers they want to head into in the future.  The good thing about these school is they challenge the students in way that are different from the typical high school curriculum and they have the opportunity to use technology in different ways as well.

These schools really enhance their curriculums by using real world experience and classes that are mainly geared towards what these students want to do when they head into the real world.  Cedar Creek in our area is actually an engineering magnet school in the area and students instead of taking all the "well rounded" classes for graduation, they focus heavily on the sciences and math that will prepare them to head into college to major in one of the engineering fields.  They use technology and are even discussing the possibility of working with colleges to get the students college credit.  The schools portrayed in this video were having similar experiences in their fields of choice.  They're integrating technology to create cures for cancer, their own cartoons, and green ambulances to cut down on the country's carbon footprint.

Using technology in the capacity it is used in the real world to teach students about it and how to use it is very cool.  I think that is one of the best applications of technology in the classroom.  It really helps them understand how technology can be used and it aids tremendously in their education.  I wish these schools were more prominent here when I was in high school.  My high school recently added academies that allow students to focus on careers in medicine.  They're looking to continue adding them to support this current trend and the use of technology.