I have seen this before as my principal has shown us this at a staff meeting. It is very odd preparing students for jobs that do not even exist today. When we went to high school, we pretty much new about careers that we could possibly enter into as we would go off to college. Now, we truly do not know what our students are going to be going off to. K-12 education needs to continue to respond and prepare students to compete in a truly world-wide/globalized world and economy. As the data shows, India and China are not only repopulating quickly, but also continuing to be world powers. With the economy the way it is and so many jobs and manufacturing going overseas, schools need to respond.
So what can we do? I think we need to continue to educate kids to become problem solvers and thinkers. No matter what job or position awaits them, they are going to have to work collaboratively to solve problems or create something new. We need to continue to expose our students to culture and experiences that make our students realize that their world is no longer as big as their town, city, or county. It is even bigger than our country! We need to get our kids to understand that what is happening in places in the world like China and India, will have a significant impact on what this country will be doing in the years to come. We need to get them to truly understand that the shift is happening, and it is happening quicker, and quicker every day. We have to keep up the best we can!
Wow. I have seen a video like this before and actually showed it at a PTA meeting. We are trying to purchase smartboards for our school and my principal asked me to present. I am excited to see how new technology will change the way we teach. I truly believe before I am done teaching, textbooks will be on the computer. I believe every child will have their own laptop or smartphone to use for their lessons. What an exciting time to be a teacher.
I have seen this before as my principal has shown us this at a staff meeting. It is very odd preparing students for jobs that do not even exist today. When we went to high school, we pretty much new about careers that we could possibly enter into as we would go off to college. Now, we truly do not know what our students are going to be going off to. K-12 education needs to continue to respond and prepare students to compete in a truly world-wide/globalized world and economy. As the data shows, India and China are not only repopulating quickly, but also continuing to be world powers. With the economy the way it is and so many jobs and manufacturing going overseas, schools need to respond.
ReplyDeleteSo what can we do? I think we need to continue to educate kids to become problem solvers and thinkers. No matter what job or position awaits them, they are going to have to work collaboratively to solve problems or create something new. We need to continue to expose our students to culture and experiences that make our students realize that their world is no longer as big as their town, city, or county. It is even bigger than our country! We need to get our kids to understand that what is happening in places in the world like China and India, will have a significant impact on what this country will be doing in the years to come. We need to get them to truly understand that the shift is happening, and it is happening quicker, and quicker every day. We have to keep up the best we can!
Wow. I have seen a video like this before and actually showed it at a PTA meeting. We are trying to purchase smartboards for our school and my principal asked me to present. I am excited to see how new technology will change the way we teach. I truly believe before I am done teaching, textbooks will be on the computer. I believe every child will have their own laptop or smartphone to use for their lessons. What an exciting time to be a teacher.
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