I was recently thinking about Personalized Learning and doing research about how to find best practices in the classroom along with the technology that will come our way. The conversation lent itself to best practices of the 21st century, even though we are 17 years into the century.
Then I wondered…
What will the 22nd century classroom look like?
The core principles of empowering students along with voice and choice will not go away. What will it look like from there? What will the role of the physical school building be? What will the role of the teacher be? How will the curriculum develop?
There are a lot more questions that will be fun to begin to hash out and be part of the discussion.
It is interesting to see how instructional practices evolve and circle back around in education. We can’t possibly prepare students for jobs that don’t even exist yet. That’s why it’s so important for students to learn the soft skills that will help them be successful in any environment. Students need to effectively collaborate, communicate, problem-solve, manage their time (among other skills).
Thanks for the insight! Agree with you on helping students be successful no matter the environment. I wonder if we can get ahead of the cycle, call something “new”, write a book using past references, and retire rich? 😀 I also wonder how we can implement meaningful problem-finding. Have a great Day!
Howdy,
Humans are bad at predicting the future. The idea of backwards design in education sounds great. We say where we want students to be when they graduate and we work towards that goal for a few decades. Unfortunately, that doesn’t seem to work both in terms of what we predicted are the needs and the ability of schools and society to maintain that focus. We should look at the skills that the students need right now to make sense of and participate in the world around them. Learning to learn in this world of limitless information is the greatest challenge that students can face.
Thanks and have the best day ever.
-Josh
Thanks for the insight and definitely agree with you. Just interesting to think about sometimes with the rapid speed of change that technology has brought to us. Just had a student today do his presentation in US History using his Google Home that he programmed to talk through different situations. Have a great day!