Reflection (Week 2)- Distance Learning

Last year, I learned that in the next twenty years there will not be enough colleges to house the number of potential college students in the United States.  In fact, if we wanted to have enough colleges to house all the potential college students in twenty years, we would have to double the number of colleges and universities that we currently have in this country.  That made me think, if that's how many potential college students (people who have chosen to pursue a higher degree) we will have, imagine how many more primary and secondary students (people who are required to pursue an education) we will have!  Where will we house all these students?  Will we really build double or triple the number of elementary, middle, and high schools in our country or will our class sizes increase to 40 or 50 students per teacher?  Well, another alternative will have to be distance learning or a hybrid of distance learning and conventional schooling.  My goal is to prepare for that possible future now by learning how to effectively teach subjects using tools that allow me to reach more students in the same amount of time.  I would like my professor to introduce me to new approaches and tools that I can use in this endeavor.

Note About New Tools:  This week I learned how to use Animoto!  When I got a video assignment I was just going to use my video editor but then I saw that I had to try something new.  I was uncomfortable with that but I chose to use Animoto because my friend once told me how much he loves it.  It turned out to be an easy to learn online program that made a video for me in a fraction of the time it would have normally taken me.  I am pleased with the results: http://animoto.com/play/u3xK0heO6fW9N8lbH5t1yg