3rd Blog Entry: Schools and Technology

     For my third blog post I would like to touch popular culture in modern schools today, and how it might improve education. Technology for example is widely being integrated into school systems as a main source of education for teachers.  According to (http://www.blogger.com/www.edtechactionnetwork.org) computers in classrooms improve learning and achievement among urban, suburban and rural students of all ages and abilities and aids all students to meet high standards. This website also tells us various reasons why most schools push for technology in their classrooms. “As schools strive to meet Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) under the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001, technology makes a difference in improving test scores and helping students reach performance goals. Technology also engages students in learning; improves attendance, decreases dropout rates, increases graduation     rates and facilitates parent involvement.} (http://www.blogger.com/www.edtechactionnetwork.org)

    
 I’ve included a video here to enhance my point:

With technology included in schools education can be much more effective for kids at an earlier age. Kids will learn much more information sooner versus kids who went to school with no technology. Studies show more effectiveness in kids education, test scores, achievement, and satisfaction with technology.

1st Blog Entry: Antibiotic Resistance.

Antibiotic resistance is simply what it is, a disease or infection immune to antibiotics. There is an awareness rose by hospitals globally that antibiotics are being administered unnecessarily for common colds, flu, and so on. Because of this patient’s immune systems are gradually building resistance to administered drugs. It is stated “more than 133 million courses of antibiotics are prescribed by doctors each year. It is estimated that 50 percent of these latter prescriptions are unnecessary since they are being prescribed for colds, coughs and other viral infections” (acponline.com)”

The main issue in this common debate is we as patients need to be more specific when we go visit our doctors when be diagnosed with a certain sickness and such. If we give the wrong symptoms the doctors will administer the wrong antibiotic and essentially hurt us in the long run. To be absolutely sure from now on we can start testing our symptoms to be sure we are being treated with the right medicine and not building our immune systems to resist antibiotics. A “Throat culture” or as we all know it a swab sample, is the perfect way to prevent these mishaps.  Many patients are too stubborn and demand their doctors to give them antibiotics. We need to be aware of this important issue so we can prevent it from happening more.  

First Blog

Im new to this whole blog deal so tread lightly please :)