:: The 4th Era ::

“Skills young people should be learning to be prepared for a career in 2020 include:

The ability to concentrate, to focus deeply.

 

The ability to distinguish between the “noise” and the message in the ever-growing sea of information.

 

The ability to do public problem solving through cooperative work.

 

The ability to search effectively for information and to be able to discern the quality and veracity of the information one finds and then communicate these findings well.

 

Synthesizing skills (being able to bring together details from many sources).

 

The capability to be futures-minded through formal education in the practices of horizon-scanning, trends analysis and strategic foresight.”

 

Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:

 

https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2015/05/26/what-are-the-skills-needed-from-students-in-the-future/

 

Via Gust MEES, Jim Lerman

As cities build sensors and data systems into infrastructure, a team of innovative engineering students developed a "smart stick" to transform the urban experience for visually impaired people.

Learn more:

- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Internet+of+Things

- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=PBL

Via Gust MEES

Google's Global Education Evangelist Jaime Casap keynotes PBL World 2015.

Via Robert Johnson, Milena Bobeva