Considering how the generation of people that read this blog get their information, and the fact that this video has over 1.2 million views, I’m going to assume some of you have already seen this, but I want to touch on one of its many points.
“We are currently preparing students for jobs that don’t exist yet, using technologies that haven’t been invented, in order to solve problems we don’t even know are problems yet.”
The people teaching today’s students cannot possibly prepare them for these exponential times because they are not naturals at adapting to the evolution of technology. The kids they’re teaching are. When it comes to technology these kids don’t need teaching because they are able to grasp most of it on their own. This is the case to a lesser extent with my over-estimated generation, but is definitely the case starting with the generation below mine.
Until, at the absolute earliest, my digital-from-a-formative-age generation is teaching these digital-native kids, students will outpace their teachers when it comes to technology. It is a distinct possibility that the teachers will never catch up again, because the sheer amount and pace of information is simply unteachable.
Yes we are preparing students for jobs that don’t exist yet, where they will use technologies that don’t exist yet, to solve problems we don’t even know are problems. But that’s assuming these children need to be taught everything. Now. Considering the information we are giving them, and the example we are setting, my questions is this:
What will our children teach themselves?
March 30, 2009 at 10:17 pm |
For those of you that made it through this I’ll throw up this thought from my Dad after he watched it:
“Interesting. It makes me wander when we will exceed the human being’s ability to adapt.”
April 3, 2009 at 11:55 am |
wander [sic]
April 3, 2009 at 11:55 am |
hahahah sorry xo
April 3, 2009 at 12:52 pm |
Haha, from the girl who types like she’s talking with her mouth full.