What Does Will.I.Am Know Anyway?!

This post is not likely to get me a lot of fans.  In fact, this post is more like a rant, so if you aren't open to taking a hard look at things here, you may want to stop reading....consider yourself warned.

Besides the abundance of technology tools we have here to do our jobs, what do we offer our students in the way of 21st Century tools to do their jobs?  Are we too quick to dismiss the productivity potential in the devices that our students already own?

We call ourselves a university prep school, and for the most part, we do a fine job of preparing our students for the rigors of university life.  However, are we really doing enough to prepare our students for the experiences and roles they will have in their futures?  I defy anyone to list five occupations today that do not require a person to know how to use a computer quite well and how to employ the technology tools appropriate for their work.  I can't think of many.  If you know me very well, you've probably heard this rant (or some version of it) in the past.  What got me on this topic, again?  Take a look at the video below and at how Will.I.Am from the Black Eyed Peas describes how he uses technology tools incessantly in order to drive his music career.


Technology is everywhere.  It's not an option; it's a way of life outside the walls of our school.  Shouldn't the inside of our school and the activities that go on within the walls have a greater similarity to the outside?