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It's interesting to see the numbers and facts appearing on the screen as the music intensifies the message being delivered by this video. Social media has grown so fast and has been spread worldwide.It can be scary to see how fast things are changing and it's easy to feel outdated when technology is constantly moving forward at this fast speed. And during this five minute video 67 babies were born in the US, 274 babies were born in China and 395 babies were born in India...do you know how many times I've seen this video??
This equals to a large amount of babies being born to a world where there are 600 tweets a sec. By the time these kids are my age they will be watching shocking videos like this and thinking that things are moving as fast as they ever have, and they will probably be right.
"The future of learning is shifting from pouring knowledge into individuals' head to enabling them to tune their networks to solve unanticipated problems as they confront them." (Tony O'Driscoll)
I think this quote is fitting with the information provided on this video, mainly because there is so much information available to us all the time, and it's important to know how to sort through this and understand what is and what is not important and how to use the information we are getting in a useful manner.
The main message I got from this video is that I can't stay still, I must move forward with the technology.In the begging of this course I did not have a twitter account, so I decided I will try to tweet. The whole concept of #hashtags is a little foreign to me so I think it's good to step outside my comfort zone and try something new. I never really got the point of tweeting and saying what you think and feel to the world, I was quite ok not sharing my thought in that manner, but it won't hurt to try.
#youliveyoulearn

Daniel Pink - Drive

Motivation, desire to accomplish something, drive!
This is something I've always had plenty of, in the things I want to accomplish that is, on the things I don't care much about my drive is usually in the opposite direction.
While watching Daniel Pink's video all I could think of was "of course!!!" it all made sense that intrinsic motivation leads to more creativity and productivity.I have noticed just watching my own behavior that what motivates me more is usually an intrinsic motive rather than an extrinsic one, such as a monetary reward. Not that money can't motivate me but as I feel like it is on a short term basis and not in the long run.
When it comes to my work life, what motivated me to dedicate myself in the past wasn't how much money I was making, but the impact my work had on the overall picture. How well recognized I am, sure having a bonus here and there feels good at the time. But knowing you are capable and that your work is valuable feels much better for longer.
I see this in children as well. I work with a two-year-old ( kind of human being that is very unpredictable ),  often I am trying to motivate him to do something, such as put his shoes on to go outside or put away his toys. Usually when the motivator is extrinsic and I say if you do this you will get a gummy. Sure he will sometimes do it, sometimes not, it usually turns into a struggle and we both end up frustrated.
But when my patience is at a high and we talk about the importance of doing the task I'm asking of him and I give him time to understand it and complete the task there is no struggle. And I forget about the gummy all together, and so does he.
Intrinsic motivation is harder to find, usually you have to dig a little deeper but the result is worth it, no matter what setting you are in.