What will our students need to operate effectively in 2037?
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September 18, 2007 at 1:29 pm |
They will need to develop a way to filter the multitude of stimuli they encounter.
They will need to explore the very nature of humanness, what sentient intelligence is, and how to maintain a connection to what and who they care about.
Contact with nature.
September 18, 2007 at 1:31 pm |
Our students will need computer skills taught in school with daily practice and access to the Internet at home to further practice their newly acquired skills on communication and discovery. In addition, students will need to be aware that they will be changing not only jobs, but careers as adults and therefore must learn a wide range of skills during their school years.
September 18, 2007 at 1:34 pm |
Students also need to know that learning doesn’t stop after school. They need to be lifelong learners. This is especially true when it comes to technology.
September 18, 2007 at 1:39 pm |
Our students will need to be effective thinkers, problem solvers, and decision makers. They need to understand the power of communication- its changes and its fluence.
September 18, 2007 at 1:40 pm |
The culture of the world is changing rapidly. Perhaps the one thing that is given impetus to this change has been the general access to the computer, the internet, and related technologies.
the rate of change over the last 25-35 years has been exponential and breathtaking! When I was in college in the ’70′s, I remember a friend bought one of the new Texas Instruments hand held scientific calculators for about $75. We were wowed by the cost and the technology. Today, these things can be found in “dollar store” bins!
At this rate of technological growth, assuming it stays consistent, keeping up with the technology will be a major challenge. How does one stay “technologically literate”? Education will have to truly become a “cradle to grave” necessity!!
So to answer the question,in a word, I believe students will have to find ways to stay abreast of the technology and its capabilities.
September 18, 2007 at 1:42 pm |
How can we know what they will need?
September 18, 2007 at 1:46 pm |
Students will need all of the basic skills and a lot more in order to be successful in a global world. They will need functional skills with a wide variety of communication tools (most of which have not yet been invented). This future will require the ability to collaborate with people in different parts of the world. Many of these colleagues will never be met in “real” life. Ethics and safety will become a critical issue in a globally connected, always on, high speed world. Students will also need the ability to deal with time – connectedness and be able to unplug/unwind/separate work from non-work time.
September 24, 2007 at 4:16 pm |
Our students will need to be good at deciding where to go to get information and what to do with it, how to shape and package it for their purposes, and how to shape it.
But when I think about this, I always come back to how we can encourage them to be caring citizens of our blue dot: Earth, and of their fellow travelers.
September 24, 2007 at 4:18 pm |
Our students will need technology resources that are readily available to them at school, home and within the community. Our students need to be taught basic skills starting at an early age and continue to learn how to be “technologically literate” throughout their life. Many functions in life with be delt with by technology/computers and everyone must stay “up to date” as much as they can.
September 24, 2007 at 4:18 pm |
Students will need relevant information and communication skills for their time. Because thse are always changing, they will need to be life-long learners. They will need to keep current. They will need to know how to access, analyze and evaluate many different kinds of information sources and verify credibility. They will need to know how to produce media messages. -Abe
September 24, 2007 at 4:22 pm |
Student will need a multitude of computer skills beginning with typing and the continuing through limitless options. They will also need to be prepared to search for facts and not necessarily believe all that they read; critical thinkers. The knowledge that they really can grow up to be what they want and that they have the power to possibly develop a new job in the future. They need to stay in school and DREAM BIG!!!!
October 11, 2007 at 9:15 am |
I think our young will need to develop respect for other people and the ability to think and communicate well- listening, speaking, reading and writing- but also amplifying the messages with connections to the GLOBAL NETWORK via web authoring, audio broadcasting, video broadcasting, and etcetera.
These skills will enhance their employment options, but also strengthen our democracy and give them pleasure.
October 11, 2007 at 9:19 am |
Students will need the resources to access technology at school and at home. At this time, I believe there is inequity in the resources between schools.
Teachers will need to facilitate a variety of higher level thinking skills such as critical thinking and problem solving. These skills will serve the students well as they use technology in their future professions or simply to make better entertainment choices.
October 11, 2007 at 9:21 am |
I’m concerned that our students find ways to connect to the human and natural world around them that bring satisfaction and meaning to their lives, in a world where a great deal of our interaction is virtual. For instance, I am sitting in a room of 7 peer professionals, and the only sound is the clicking of the keyboard and an occasional beep from a computer… we tend to gravitate to electronics if they are there. And electronics are everywhere for our kids!
October 11, 2007 at 9:23 am |
Students must be encouraged to have an open mind, continue to be inquisitive and to try new things. They have to learn that failure the first time is not an end, but an opportunity to try again or reformat their attempt. Learning doesn’t end when a diploma is received, but is life-long for those who are open to it.
Today’s students need teachers today who aren’t afraid to learn about new technology, try it repeatedly and incorporate it in their lessons. One teaches just not through words, but through actions, too.
October 11, 2007 at 9:29 am |
I agree with Cindy regarding the present status of technology access in our district. I am very concerned that students from lower economic backgrounds are not getting a fair shake in this district as far as hands-on time with up-to-date computer technology is concerned. And in comparison to other local districts, I worry that ICSD is way behind in providing the quantity and quality of computer technology that our students will need to be familiar with as adults. But I’m not sure how to address this insufficiency: if I were just a parent / taxpayer in this district and I was aware of this issue, I expect I’d be much more vocal. But can we expect parents to be aware of it, and if they are, can we reasonably expect them to understand the ramifications of this inequity?
October 11, 2007 at 9:35 am |
I know that all students will have to be aware of how the world is changing technology wise as we speak.
So many issues, themes, and topics are being created and developed with the use of computers today. A student must know how to access information and communicate back and forth in the school setting and in the everyday common work place.
I am still very concerned about the many students who don’t have computers at home and those who may not by up to date with all of the current information necessary to get along in our technology society today.
As a person, I know how I am as a learner. As an educator I am learning how I must be able to teach. I realize I have a lot of good hard, (fun) work ahead of me and I am up for the challenge!
October 16, 2008 at 10:05 am |
I just finished viewing “A vision of K-12 students today.” I feel somewhat stunned.
The phrase,”We learn by doing” stood out for me-a phrase that has been my mantra for early learners. Seeing it in context with computer learning only felt scarry because “we learn by doing” best in a social context. Now that I have reacted I can think. There is a world of interaction available for our children by using the computer-is it the same quality as face to face? What will be lost for our children when they become more and more connected to technology and less to the people sitting next to them. Balance is the key. What will our students need? Continued work to connect face to face interactions of all types with connecting children via tech communities
October 16, 2008 at 10:28 am |
Since it’s so difficult or impossible for us to know what the job opportunities will be for our students in 10 not to speak of 30 years, I think that we need to teach students to think. They must be effective problem solvers who are very flexible. They will probably change the type of work they do many times in their lifetimes – so they must be life long learners. They also must be able to communicate and interact with others really well whether in person on digitally.
October 16, 2008 at 10:29 am |
Our students will need to be self directed learners, in that the world and technologies are changing at a rapid pace, and adults will need to know how to find, evaluate and apply information. Critical thinking skills are essential as people are bombarded by information. I agree with Sue that human (person-to-person) interactions are significant. I wonder how relationships are effected by the use of technologies and how best to use technology to make connections of all sorts.
October 16, 2008 at 10:36 am |
What specifically will students need is a hard question because if I look back 30 years, who wold have know. As a big present for my brother about 35 years ago my father bought my brother time on a main frame computer. And a little while later I learned to program in basic. That was pretty radical.
We now they will need to type. We know that they will need to think. They will need to evaluate sources and discard flashy not accurate data. They will need to be growing a literacy in digital communication. I say growing because it is always changing. Digital communication is different from book literacy. The layout of the information is different. The embedded hierarchy of content is different.
October 16, 2008 at 10:37 am |
I would like to say that I have no idea what students will need in 2037. They will use technology in a way that most adults now do not use. I believe that students will need to be continuously exposed to new technologies, tools and experiences on a daily basis. They will need teachers to be risk takers and jump into projects where students will create, collaborate, and produce rather than sit back and watch as technology continues to evolve.
October 16, 2008 at 10:39 am |
Our students will need to have technology at their fingertips. As we write these thoughts new technology is being developed. I think about the students in my classroom, in particular those that do not have access to technology. I also think about how much time is being consumed by technology. There was a recent news report that our children have vitamin D deficiencies due to not enough sunlight. It seems that as our world develops more and more problems such as global warming we are spending less time in it. I hope we don’t lose track of the natural world around us and replace it with the virtual world. I think about how many students are spending time playing video games instead of flipping over a rock to look for salamanders and worms.
October 16, 2008 at 10:43 am |
Our children need computers and up-to-date equipment available for their use. They need at least one computer per student in school, not just a handful of computers for an entire classroom’s use. Laptops should be sent home in lending programs for children whose families do not have a computer at home. There should be keyboarding instruction instead of so much attention and time spent on handwriting. Online tutorials in reading and all subject areas should be available and computer programs should be used in stead of mounds of paper homework. Schools should establish online publications and inter-school journals for students.
October 16, 2008 at 10:45 am |
Re: Video Vision of K-12 Students Today. I share Susie’s reaction to the video. To learn and explore, create, tell stories, be engaged — these are all activities that were available to children throughout human history and are not just available to them today with technology. However, the ending of the video, children saying “we are digital learners,” is the crux of the matter. These students are the first generation to have been brought up completely immersed in digital and video media, and perhaps their brains have developed to expect and work with digital and video tools. A recent article in Scientific American: Mind supports this possibility. The article “iBrain” reports on research by Small and Vogal indicating that the constant exposure to digital and video media does, indeed, affect the way we learn, think and behave.
Re: Interpersonal and sensory learning. In several of the videos, we hear students and teachers talk about the potential for interpersonal communication that is enhanced by technology. They seek engagement for students, participation, and creativity. Interpersonal communication and engagement with the world, however, exist at a distance when using technology. What we miss are subtleties as well as the physical and sensory input that we get from face-to-face communication and real-life engagement with the world. How this will affect our children is yet to be discovered.
In this vein, as we look at our expectations for the world in 30 years, we find that we cannot know what the outcome of this experiment in digital and video technology will be. Who will we be? How will we communicate? Indeed, what will our political, economic, and religious realities be in 30 years? The world is changing faster than ever, as the “Did you know . . .” slide show clearly points out. Perhaps our kids will need to know skills and ideas we have yet to recognize.
August 3, 2009 at 9:23 am |
I am more and more convinced that I do not know what students will need besides critical thinking skills and all the intelligence and sensitivity they can muster. The future is uncertain, full of potential for good and evil.
August 3, 2009 at 9:24 am |
Students will need to be critical thinkers, able to access information and “read” these messages with the ability to identify purpose, audience, bias within the message and more. Students will need to be creative and innovative, not simply knowledgeable about content, but be able to use content/knowledge as a lever to better themselves and the world.
August 3, 2009 at 9:25 am |
As per your request Andy, our students will need a thorough understanding of computer (etc,) technology and the ability to know how to find out what they need to learn and how to find the places to learn it. They will need to accept the fact that they must be life-long learners. Change is the norm; change is the constant.
They will also need to have some kind of ethical background for applying ethics to these changes.
August 3, 2009 at 9:27 am |
The best tools I believe we can give our students is confidence. They need to believe that they will be able to learn and use technology as it comes along.
The best way to give them the confidence is to give them exposure tot he technology not as a separate entity but embedded in their everyday school work. Kids don’t need to go to school to learn how to use a cell phone, and ipod or download load apps or movies or dod social networking. Somehow when it is available they are learning it . I believe we make all kids have equal access to using tech as an educational tool and well as an entertainment tool. If we make it available, embed it in the curriculum like we do text books, they will learn it.
August 3, 2009 at 9:29 am |
OK I have just learned to proofread my entry before I submit it. Sorry for all the typos above.
August 3, 2009 at 9:33 am |
As technology changes it becomes more important for our students to be critical thinkers. They need to decipher what is real and not real, safe and not safe, etc.