The Incredible Journey of Ms. Sylvia

Ms. Sylvia2041 National Teacher

of the Year

Space, the final frontier?

Another frontier…Educating the students of today to be the successful citizens tomorrow

Teachers in 2041…

engage their students in strange new concepts

help their students find new understanding of

writers and mathematicians,

scientists and historians

boldly take their students where no student has

gone before

In retirement, Ms. Sylvia is going to… • write an

autobiography • go on a

national speaking tour

… and appear on Good Morning America

Ms. SylviaGMA host-

Billy Parker, Jr.

Greatest Memories of her classroom… her students

Differences in her classroom…Then and now

1991• Ditto machine• Text books• Face to face

conversations• Phone calls• Straight rows of desks• Students working

independently

2041• Hand held devices• LiveChat• Holographer• Com-links• Student collaboration

– In the classroom– Across classrooms– Across cultures

GMA host-Billy Parker, Jr.

Ms. Sylvia, thank you for taking the time to talk with us today and

most especially, thank you for teaching our children. Your

outstanding career has changed the lives of so many and we all

applaud your work.