Education AU summit Post 2 "The New World”

The theme for this summit is to discuss the use of new technologies in learning….  “So what has changed?”  Interesting question…  Perspectives from folk from different industry hopefully bringing it all back to education and learning. 

Core of Literacy being creativity?  hmm different to my school experience. 

Content knowledge not enough to succeed.  What knowledge is important for future employment or survival in the 21st century.  A concept of the new world changing the redefinitions of literacy.  What are we trying to achieve in terms of literacy skills of students?  I guess it comes down to understanding the learner and what works for them. 

What teachers know and what students are learning – The big miss match?  Oh the gap is getting bigger the more I think about this one. 

A world where we are swamped with information and limited skills to discern what is relevant and what is not.  Oh here is the skill that is needed to be taught more than much of what I use to have to teach as a classroom practitioner.  Confidence, creativity, citizenship and character – Developing citizens for the 21st century – What role do 21st century technologies have in this. 

Just some thoughts from some opening addresses some that I will expand on a bit further as I begin to digest some of these ideas. 

My country is ranked 15 in the world for access to Broadband…  Number 1 is Iceland!!!!  Couldn’t find the US on the list – that was a surprise….

Use of mobile phones in schools…. Well we have banned them in education.  What are the possibilities.  I remember a presentation some months ago that discussed the way a college prof was submitting his lecturers to all 3G mobile phones of students at the end of each class.  slides synced with voice in the hands of students within seconds of the class finishing!!

What has changed….  Everything except the size of our brains!!  hmm I like that!!  Now for the first guest speaker….  Phillip Adams…

Phillip is a media personality here in Aus…  Post 3 some thoughts from him….  This is the first time I have done a post like this on the fly.  I will try and wrap it all up in a podcast next week.  Apologies for spelling errors!!!

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