Robots to take our jobs
Good read below from Wired magazine.
As a homeschooler,I’m trying to find ways to best expose my children to the technological revolution that’s exploding around us. They will need to be quite knowledgeable in this area to be able to compete in their future workplace. I haven’t figured out how best to do that so more to follow…
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/12/ff-robots-will-take-our-jobs/
“This is not a race against the machines. If we race against them, we lose. This is a race with the machines. You’ll be paid in the future based on how well you work with robots. Ninety percent of your coworkers will be unseen machines. Most of what you do will not be possible without them. And there will be a blurry line between what you do and what they do. You might no longer think of it as a job, at least at first, because anything that seems like drudgery will be done by robots.
We need to let robots take over. They will do jobs we have been doing, and do them much better than we can. They will do jobs we can’t do at all. They will do jobs we never imagined even needed to be done. And they will help us discover new jobs for ourselves, new tasks that expand who we are. They will let us focus on becoming more human than we were.
Let the robots take the jobs, and let them help us dream up new work that matters.”
words of Kevin Kelly
Medicine and technology
As a former physician, I’m attracted to what’s happening with medicine and technology. Consider sharing this article and others similar to your older students who may be interested in these types of fields.
Less anxious, maybe
Full day of academics, but we covered almost everything that I’d hoped we would. Anytime we can do that I’m so thankful, and any anxiety that may be there is diminished. Equally important was that we enjoyed ourselves as we learned, and we enjoyed what we learned. Some days I do feel like we are just crossing things off of the checklist, and I hate that. The checklist is not what real learning should be about and how it should be done. Learning should excite them and me. Not every circumstance can be that way, but one can make a general statement regarding the learning process and environment.
Some topics we covered today: addition, cursive, SWR phonics, reading, poetry, piano, French, comprehension techniques, critical thinking skills, early explorers, landforms and rocks, fractions in word problems, HTML, possessives, plurals, letter writing, Venetian artists, spelling, and multiplication, Dr. Dolittle, Life of Fred, and the Hardy Boys.
I’m forgetting things, but that’s at least an idea.
My biggest challenge, as I’ve previously mentioned, is the time factor and getting that one-on-one with each of them. A primary goal of mine is to mold them into independent learners.
Activities for us today: 3 hours of gymnastics, 1 hour of soccer, and Scouts and in between I made it to the gym, a treat for me.
After we made it home for a late dinner around 8:30, we still had studies to finish so the kids finally made it to bed around 10:30. Now, that’s late for them, and I don’t like going that long in the day, so most likely I’ll let them sleep in:) Being able to adjust your sleep schedule is certainly a benefit of homeschooling.
Off to prep for tomorrow. Still doing research on math and what things might be of value in our home studies. There’s so much out there that it’s overwhelming at times. More work to be done!
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