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If you were picking up your GCSE or A Level results over the past couple of weeks, we hope you got what you were hoping for!
Do you ever think about the way that you’ve been taught? And how things will change in the future?
Are you planning on going into a career of education? How would you do things differently?
Lots of people will be going back to school over the next couple of weeks. When we go back to school we might not be thinking about how the education system has changed over the years, or how it might change in the future.
We were talking about education all this week at Live UnLtd. Here’s a Round-Up of some of the things we shared. We’re always sharing, so make sure you’re keeping up to date with us on Facebook and Twitter.
Teaching Technology
The way we learn in the classroom is changing thanks, in part, to new technology, which can not only make lessons more fun and interactive but can also better prepare us for future careers.
Don’t put your hands up
Increasingly technology adds to the classroom experience. This multi-platform app allows pupils and students to anonymously tell their teacher/lecturer that they are confused without having to put up their hands and actually saying so. This avoids potential embarrassment.
Understoodit works by a teacher or lecturer setting up an account and then pupils simply log on to that teacher’s page during their lesson. When a pupil ‘gets it’ they press the Understood button. But if they’re confused, they click the Confused button. The teacher will then see a ratio between those who are confused and those who understand, and try and explain things differently so that everyone can catch up.
TED Talks to the world
Using the Internet to spread great ideas is hardly new but TED is a global nonprofit organisation that has been devoted to educate through short talks at their conferences since 1984. There are now over 900 videos of these inspiring talks available on their site, such as the one below by Salman Khan.
“We prefer you on YouTube”
Khan is the creator of a series of more than 2,000 educational videos. Above, he calls for teachers to consider flipping the traditional classroom format by giving students video lectures to watch at home, and do ‘homework in the classroom’. What do you think?
It’s not just tech
But not all schools have access to expensive gadgets. And not all learning and experience necessarily has to be gained in the classroom.
There are plenty of other ways that learning can be made fun and accessible. In fact, many Live UnLtd projects have been set up to share knowledge and teach people, such as Beyond The Classroom. And when people set up these projects, they also learn a lot for themselves.
Farm in a classroom
Stephen Ritz is a teacher from New York’s tough South Bronx who is fizzing with energy. Along with groups of young people, Stephen grows lush gardens for food, visually pleasant greenery, and to create jobs.
Education for the world we live in today
Sir Ken Robinson argues for new methods in education in a powerful and convincing talk. After all, he says, the basis of our education system is hundreds of years old and so was designed for a world that is very different to that of the 21st century.
Imagination
Imagination
There are lots of jobs out there that didn’t exist twenty years ago, especially with the way the Internet has grown and changed the way we communicate.
A project called “Imagination” is trying to challenge the way young people are taught at school, looking at creativity and areas such as “The Culture Of Games” and “Inside The ‘Virtual Cave’” as new ways of teaching people.
Read more here.
Young People Want To Learn
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The press often finds it easy to dismiss young people, calling them lazy or resistant to education. But a recent report shows that the current generation of young people buys more books than any generation before them.
So that’s something to back you up if you ever hear anyone saying something about young people being lazy and not wanting to learn!
Read more here.
What is the future of education?
We posted the video of Sir Ken Robinson above about how he feels that education needs to change. He talks about how he thinks people learn in different ways, and that the whole education system needs to be adapted to fit into the modern day.
So what is the future of education? And what might it look like?
Some educators talk about all of the new ways that technology and an understanding of how people learn hold the key to how people will be taught in the future. It’s really worth watching.
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