Education in the 21st century

Challenging students to work on real-world tasks

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1. CHALLENGING STUDENTS TO WORK ON REAL-WORLD TASKS 21.1.2012 New Media Inspiration @NMInspiration Petr Bela @petrbela @studentive
2. EDUCATION in the 21st century
3. Sir Ken Robinson
4. Changing Education Paradigms http://bit.ly/yyl2qI
5. Textbooks
6. SCHOOL IS A PLATFORM Not an institution Schools become "nerve centres" where students, teachers, wide community and businesses connect with a common goal to share their knowledge and learn from each other.
7. iTunes U
8. www.ml-class.org
9. Stanford online classes opening in Feb 2012
10. www.justiceharvard.org
11. www.khanacademy.org
12. http://bit.ly/A5dicY
13. ANTI-TEACHING Asking the right Question, and not giving the answer right away. Ask WHY instead of WHAT. Don’t ask: “What’s gonna be in the test?”
14. LEARN FOR LIFE Don’t learn for tests.
15. "I hear, I forget. I see, I remember. I do, I understand." Confucius We learn by doing, trial & error.
16. 3 ATTRIBUTES OF EDUCATION 1. student-centric “pull the information” teacher => mentor 2. project-based “apply it” 3. team-work “collaborate”
17. 7 SURVIVAL SKILLS Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Collaboration across Networks Agility and Adaptability Initiative and Entrepreneurialism Effective Oral and Written Communication Accessing and Analyzing Information Curiosity and Imagination
18. Working on useless projects is a waste. http://bit.ly/wuquZm
19. THE REAL WORLD What to do after school?
20. GRADUATE UNEMPLOYMENT Due to lack of practical experience How to solve the problem?
21. CHALLENGES ...it’s like World of Warcraft in real life! Connects students and companies through to work on real-world tasks.
22. www.studentive.com
24. REGISTER NOW www.studentive.com Launching in a few days... Are you a student? Company? Contact us at info@studentive.com
25. ONE MORE THING...
26. Over 150 participants and YOU! http://prague.startupweekend.org/ The first Startup Weekend in the Czech Republic! Prague, March 30 - April 1, 2012
27. WRAP UP Online learning: www.ml-class.org, www.launchpad-class.org, ... www.justiceharvard.org www.apple.com/education/itunes-u www.openculture.com/freeonlinecourses Studentive: www.facebook.com/studentive www.studentive.com info@studentive.com StartupWeekend Prague: @SWPrague prague.startupweekend.org www.facebook.com/StartupWeekendPrague