education in the 21st century

CHALLENGING STUDENTSTO WORK ON REAL-WORLD TASKS

21.1.2012New Media Inspiration@NMInspiration

Petr Bela@petrbela@studentive

EDUCATIONin the 21st century

Sir Ken Robinson

Changing Education Paradigmshttp://bit.ly/yyl2qI

Textbooks

SCHOOL IS A PLATFORMNot 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.

iTunes U

www.ml-class.org

Stanford online classes opening in Feb 2012

www.justiceharvard.org

www.khanacademy.org

http://bit.ly/A5dicY

ANTI-TEACHINGAsking 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?”

LEARN FOR LIFEDon’t learn for tests.

"I hear, I forget.I see, I remember.

I do, I understand."

Confucius

We learn by doing, trial & error.

3 ATTRIBUTES OF EDUCATION

1. student-centric “pull the information” teacher => mentor

2. project-based “apply it”

3. team-work “collaborate”

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

Working on useless projects is a waste.http://bit.ly/wuquZm

THE REAL WORLDWhat to do after school?

GRADUATE UNEMPLOYMENTDue to lack of practical experience

How to solve the problem?

CHALLENGES

...it’s like World of Warcraft in real life!

Connects students and companies

through

to work on real-world tasks.

www.studentive.com

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Company?Contact us at info@studentive.com

ONE MORE THING...

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The first Startup Weekend in the Czech Republic!Prague, March 30 - April 1, 2012

WRAP UPOnline learning:www.ml-class.org, www.launchpad-class.org, ...www.justiceharvard.orgwww.apple.com/education/itunes-uwww.openculture.com/freeonlinecourses

Studentive:www.facebook.com/studentive www.studentive.com info@studentive.com

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