This slideshow was created as an assignment for a graduate school class I am taking.

2. What tools do our students need to have to be successful in the future? imagination joyfulness social dexterity

3. design It’s the design that sells. Technology is basically the same . Give the world something it didn’t know it was missing. Brings pleasure and meaning to our lives

4. story Stories are how we remember Stories are often the way we bring meaning to our lives. fact: The queen died and the king died. story: The queen died and the king died of a broken heart.

5. symphony The ability to put together the pieces see relationships between two unrelated fields the ability to see the big picture instead of the specifics

6. empathy Computers can’t produce empathy. In the future emotional abilities are more important than intellectual abilities. allows us to work together Empathy can’t be outsourced to India.

7. play Proven healthful effects of laughter, lightheartedness, games, and humor. work + play = happier people (and more profits)

8. meaning The era of abundance: We have the means but not the meaning . We have the luxury of time to search for meaning. the search for meaning: a drive that exists in all of us