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CHALLENGING STUDENTSTO WORK ON REAL-WORLD TASKS
21.1.2012New Media Inspiration@NMInspiration
Petr Bela@petrbela@studentive
EDUCATIONin the 21st century
Sir Ken Robinson
Changing Education Paradigmshttp://bit.ly/yyl2qI
Textbooks
SCHOOL IS A PLATFORMNot an institution
Schools become "nerve centres" where students, teachers, wide community and businesses connect with a common goal to
share their knowledge and learn from each other.
iTunes U
Stanford online classes opening in Feb 2012
ANTI-TEACHINGAsking the right Question,
and not giving the answer right away.
Ask WHY instead of WHAT.Don’t ask: “What’s gonna be in the test?”
LEARN FOR LIFEDon’t learn for tests.
"I hear, I forget.I see, I remember.
I do, I understand."
Confucius
We learn by doing, trial & error.
3 ATTRIBUTES OF EDUCATION
1. student-centric “pull the information” teacher => mentor
2. project-based “apply it”
3. team-work “collaborate”
7 SURVIVAL SKILLS
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Collaboration across Networks
Agility and Adaptability
Initiative and Entrepreneurialism
Effective Oral and Written Communication
Accessing and Analyzing Information
Curiosity and Imagination
Working on useless projects is a waste.http://bit.ly/wuquZm
THE REAL WORLDWhat to do after school?
GRADUATE UNEMPLOYMENTDue to lack of practical experience
How to solve the problem?
CHALLENGES
...it’s like World of Warcraft in real life!
Connects students and companies
through
to work on real-world tasks.
REGISTER NOWwww.studentive.com
Launching in a few days...
Are you a student?
Company?Contact us at [email protected]
ONE MORE THING...
Over 150 participants and YOU!
http://prague.startupweekend.org/
The first Startup Weekend in the Czech Republic!Prague, March 30 - April 1, 2012
WRAP UPOnline learning:www.ml-class.org, www.launchpad-class.org, ...www.justiceharvard.orgwww.apple.com/education/itunes-uwww.openculture.com/freeonlinecourses
Studentive:www.facebook.com/studentive www.studentive.com [email protected]
StartupWeekend Prague:@SWPragueprague.startupweekend.orgwww.facebook.com/StartupWeekendPrague
