Mindlab Week 3

  


Technology Disruption and Mixed Reality- Digital  
Media: New Vision for Education – Unlocking the Potential of Technology
Prepared in collaboration with The Boston Consulting Group (Journal)
Main points
21st Century Skills
Foundation literacies
Literacy
Numeracy
Scientific literacy
ICT literacy
Financial literacy
Cultural and civic literacy

Competencies
Critical thinking and problem solving
Creativity
Communication
Collaboration
Character qualities
Curiosity
Initiative
Persistence
Adaptability
Leadership
Social and cultural awareness
While we highlight a number of innovative examples, we observe that most digital professional development resources for teachers disproportionally focus on helping them improve foundational literacies in their students without adequate attention to developing competencies and character qualities.

Technology solutions for countries across the world for:
·       Lack of well trained teachers
·       Education for a broader audience at lower cost
·       Transferring best practise
·       Gaining insights into how children learn
·       Increased teacher productivity
Technology can develop 21st century skills of communication, creativity, persistence, and collaboration.
Through:
-        Personalised and adaptive curriculum tailored to meet individual needs
-        Open resources that teachers can upload, share and edit
-        Interactive simulation and games where students can interact with instructional content
-        Communication and interactive tools where students can work to solve real life problems in real time
-        Digital professional development to improve professional skills.
Student information systems are a valuable platform for schools.

Ideas linked to our inquiry How do we ensure that play-based and problem solving inquiry leads to higher levels of student engagement and accelerated progress for all students?
Making sure that all learning experiences involving technology are transformational and there are opportunities to develop key competencies


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