2. My reference point…
• 2008 - born 16 February
• 2010 - start pre-school
• 2013 - start school
• 2023 - sit first NCEA exams
• 2026 - enter workforce
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3. Their future?
• The top ten in-demand jobs in 2010 did not
exist in 2004
• We are preparing students for jobs that
don’t yet exist
• Using technologies that haven’t been
invented
• In order to solve problems we don’t even
know are problems yet.
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4. Their future?
• In a world that is increasingly
globalised
• Where interactions with other
cultures, other languages and other
ways of doing things will be the norm
• Where the ability to move smoothly
between and among these contexts
will differentiate those who are
successful.
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5. 20 things that became obsolete this decade
Getting film Newspaper
PDAs Dial-up classifieds
developed
Phone books,
Video stores Maps dictionaries, VCRs
encyclopedias
Floppy disks for
Landlines backup Public phones Fax machines
Long distance Email accounts you
charges have to pay for
CDs Bills in the mail
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8. Where will this take us?
http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_on_global_population_growth.html
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9. Schools frozen in time
• “schools frozen in time…”
• “a yawning chasm …separates the world
inside the schoolhouse from the world
outside.”
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10. The Digital World
Think of the communications technologies that are “taken for granted” now
that weren’t around when you were at school….
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11. New Tools
Then Now Next?
• Pen • Txting/Pxting • Virtual reality
• Chalkboard/ • Blogs/Wikis • Wearable computers
Whiteboard • Co
Pod/Vod-casting • Ubiquitous identity
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Agents and avitars
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Visualisation
• Slide shows • Digital cameras d• Miniaturisation
• Telephone • iMovie • Reusable paper
• Fax • Google • Semantic web
• Library • Peer2peer networks • Location-based
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27. CORE’s Ten Trends
1. Changing role of teachers and learners
2. Internet capable, mobile devices for learning
3. Globalised learning
4. Ubiquitous computing
5. Cyber citizenship
6. Digital literacy
7. Open education resources
8. Cloud computing
9. Advanced networks and school ‘loops’
10. Assessment practices
http://www.core-ed.org/lab/core-ten-trends-2010
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28. New Literacies
“Don’t you think that our
students need to be literate in
terms of multimedia, images
and sound…
…or they’ll be as
disadvantaged as we would
have been if we’d left school
without being able to read and
write?”
2010 Derek Wenmoth
29. Some things will have to change…
Education in the Future: Education for the Future:
• What will our schools be like? What must we be doing today
• Where will learning occur? to ensure that our students are
equipped with the skills and
• What will be the role of knowledge required to function
teachers? in the world of tomorrow?
• What technology will be used?
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30. What we want for our young people
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31. Confident
– Positive in their own identity
– Motivated and reliable
– Resourceful
– Enterprising and entrepreneurial
– Resilient
Source: NZ Curriculum, 2007
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32. Connected
– Able to relate well to others
– Effective users of communications tools
– Connected to the land and environment
– Members of communities
– International citizens
Source: NZ Curriculum, 2007
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33. Actively Involved
– Participants in a range of life contexts
– Contributors to the well being of NZ
Source: NZ Curriculum, 2007
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34. Lifelong Learners
– Literate and numerate
– Critical and creative thinkers
– Active seekers, users and creators of knowledge
– Informed decision makers
Source: NZ Curriculum, 2007
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35. 2020 & Beyond…
• To what extent are we prepared, as a society and
as educators, for the massive changes in human
capabilities that digital technologies are likely to
enable in the next 10 years?
• To what extent are our future visions for education
based upon assumptions about humanity, society
and technology that are no longer valid?
• To what extent can we, as educators, help to
shape the developments of technology in order to
enhance human development?
http://tinyurl.com/yvflfn
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38. Competing philosophies
Philosophy A Philosophy B
Education Broken, but can be fixed (quickly) Long term investment in the future
Technology Drives change Enables, supports and accelerates change
Teachers Another problem to be fixed Supported professionals
Learners The future workforce More than just the future workforce
Innovation Let a thousand flowers flourish Got to be scalable and sustainable
Success Input targets and attainment Wider long-term benefits
Curriculum Don’t trust teachers - ‘package’ it up Guidance and support for teachers
2010 Derek Wenmoth
39. Competing philosophies
Philosophy A Philosophy B
Education Broken, but can be fixed (quickly) Long term investment in the future
Technology Drives change Enables, supports and accelerates change
Teachers Another problem to be fixed Supported professionals
Learners The future workforce More than just the future workforce
Innovation Let a thousand flowers flourish Got to be scalable and sustainable
Success Input targets and attainment Wider long-term benefits
Curriculum Don’t trust teachers - ‘package’ it up Guidance and support for teachers
2010 Derek Wenmoth