"Changing Education Paradigms"

My friend shared this with me and I thought it was really cool being an Education major. It revealed some interesting points and gave insight of the American education system. It is pretty long, but I hope you enjoy :)

Week 2

This week the content we covered was about Macintosh computers and navigating them. There are three different lessons with the first one covering information about the physical components of the Mac, including the mouse and keyboard, as well as the screen interface and the desktop orientation, such as turning the Mac on and off. The second lesson explained how to use files and folders on a Mac and we learned how to take a screen shot on the Mac. The third lesson dealt with learning shortcuts using the keyboard with the command button and even gave equivalents to Windows, which showed that Mac had more shortcuts that Windows does not provide. At the end of the lessons, we took a quiz about all the content noted above.

This lesson relates to my major because the education field is always updating with technology and I will need to use this on the job because Macintosh computers are prevalent in schools now-a-days. As well, it will be useful with helping students who use Macs in my classroom or even outside of the classroom when they need to complete an activity. Plus, if I decide to get a Macintosh computer, it will be helpful for me to already know information about Macs so that it will not be hard to understand how to use one.

I thought this was just a silly picture and that it was the very true at the same time. These are the generalizations people have of Macs and PCs many times. While the PC is used many times by people of the business world and for intellectual use, the Mac seems to be used more for enjoyment and creative exploration.