Who is Smik?

Tuesday, 9 September 2008

The Future of Education

I have put together a series of YouTube videos about future directions in education.
You might like to direct me to others.

Shift Happens- UK
There are a number of these Shift Happens videos, many of them derivative of each other, but the message is the same.



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21st Century - Pedadogy - Greg Whitby
Greg Whitby works in Catholic Education in Australia and this is one of a number of videos he has made.
His basic message is that education as we know it has to change - it is currently based on a 19th industrial model.



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Change the World in 5 minutes - Everyday at School
An Australian video from Film Australia about what students can do to change the world.



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Education Today and Tomorrow


A comparison of the old and the new.



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Learning to Change - Changing to Learn
The CosN video: a who's who in education talk about changes we must make.



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3 steps for 21st century Learning
What skills do our students need to learn?



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The 21st Century: What will it Look Like?
A year by year analysis of how the technology will change.



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What the Future Cellphone will be Like!



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Computers of the Future
virtual keyboards?? what next?



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The Ultimate Irony

- in an Australian educational setting you may not have been able to watch these videos.

Educators won't be able to watch this video, Greg Black, CEO of education.au, poses a challenge to the 2008 OECD conference delegates regarding the barriers teachers and students face in using web-based tools.



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