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Monday, March 2, 2015

21st Century Skills The Future of Technology and Education

Link to site (By Louis Loeffler)
"...Without 21st century skills, students are being prepared to succeed in yesterdays world?not tomorrows. Schools must do more to keep pace with rapid technology, research, and societal changes. To ensure that students will be ready to thrive in todays knowledge-based, global society, three significant things need to occur:

The public must acknowledge 21st century skills as essential to the education of todays learner.
Schools must embrace new designs for learning based on emerging research about how people learn, effective uses of technology, and 21st century skills in the context of rigorous academic content.
Policymakers must base school accountability on assessments that measure both academic achievement and 21st century skills."

What a great site or presentation by Louis Loeffler discussing the 21st Century skills required to thrive in the Digital Age (e.g. inventive thinking, effective communication, high productivity), learning and the influence of technology. While you struggle through all the layers in this site (a bit messy), you will find all sorts of interesting content in regards to learning, skills, and technology. Great stuff Louis Loeffler! Thanks for sharing this presentation to the world !

Insightful Videos Exploring Why the Finnish Education System Rocks!

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
- Nelson Mandela

Professor Thomas Baker wrote an insightful blog post recently about why the Finnish education system rocks, and included 5 YouTube videos sharing more insights and secrets behind their success.

I did share some secrets about the Finnish education system way back in 2009, and although I have discovered more interesting things about this awesome learning ecosystem, I am going to refrain from spilling it out here, and have decided to dedicate this post to harvest a juicy collection of videos providing more authentic insights.

This collection will hopefully be useful for you (and me), as the craze around the world to discover the Finnish education system is increasingly becoming a (wrestle) mania.

Finally, I will be adding new insightful videos about the Finnish education system as I discover them, and please share insightful videos that I might have missed out. In other words, dont hesitate to revisit this post :)

THE FINNISH EDUCATION SYSTEM (VIDEO COLLECTION)
Here we go: