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Are we prepared for the new technology? 

Most of us come from a background of no or few computers in our past. Classroom were set up with the teacher at the front lecturing and giving homework. This module is still in play at this time. Unless we see a dramatic change in our approach to education we will be left behind. Embracing technology, all technology to educate the new student is a challenge while we become comfortable in the technology.

I believe online learning is the first step in becoming comfortable. Not only must we determine how we can utilize technology, but how can we present the material in new and interesting ways. 

The future teacher will be one part programmer, instructional designer, and scholar to meet the needs of the new student. He will be totally connected to social media throughout the day. I also, think that school rooms will disappear and online education will exist for all. When Tim Cook, CEO of Apple said he had money to spare, I thought, "Why doesn't he open a school for programming?" 

Online for-profits have developed a learning module to teach the student. It could be a more perfect module, IF, it is connected to a business. What if Apple, IBM, or other big businesses delve into the education market, some of them are doing that as we speak. 

We will learn in the future using all the technologies. Children are hungry for it. Technology describes the future in ways we have yet to imagine. Perhaps in the distant future technology will be intergraded into us.

Great Teachers, Bill Gates:

The lack of feelings toward another human being is usually the premise of the Utopian society in most sic-fi films. The movie 1984, and Equilibrium depicted such a society where feelings, and creativity were forbidden. We see in these films a fear of what humans can become in these films. The question is, what makes us human?

To have empathy means you are able to feel what someone else is feeling. This is what makes us human. However, psychopaths lack the ability to feel for another human being. Could it be a defect in their brain chemistry? Injury or behavioral problem, or other reason they cannot feel anything. Are these people human if they lack a basic human trait? Or do they lack a soul. Dr. Duncan MacDougall did an experiment in the early 19 hundreds on measuring the soul after death. His findings were startling. It weigh about 21 grams. More study on this could be updated using our standards and equipment. Read this link for more information.

http://www.lostmag.com/issue1/soulsweight.php

Human beings can be defined in their DNA. They are human because the posses the DNA. What if someone is born with a defective gene. Are they less of a human? If a child is born with Downs syndrome have a part or a copy of chromosome 21. Too many chromosomes and we have defects in our DNA. These problems can lead to life threatening, severe motor skills impairment, and cognitive defects. If we were able to repair the defective genes in a complex entity as human, all life on this planet will benefit.