Twenty-First Century Schools Committee

After reviewing predictions for their lifetime, my 10th graders developed a list of the knowledge and skills they will need to succeed. 

What I Need to Succeed in the Future ·       Originality and ideas·       Ability to multi-task·       Good grades·       Common sense·       Money management·       A wonderful place to “chill”·       Initiative·       Self-control·       Ambition·       Negotiation skills·       Hugs and kisses·       Confidence and self esteem·       Good health·       Mentors·       Family and Friends·       Food and cooking skills·       Computer skills·       Talent·       Music·       Self-motivation·       Patience·       Games and fun·       Be happy and in love·       Passion·       Convictions and the strength to live by them·       Resources·       Independence·       A clean police record·       Job/career·       Political and governmental savvy·       Karate/Kung fu skills·       College degree·       Communication skills·       Post-graduate school·       Money·       Gardening skills·       Morals·       Manners and etiquette·       Drawing skills·       Dancing skills·       Weapons·       Faith in God·       Goals·       Sense of humor·       Transportation·       Parenting skills·       Cleaning skills·       Preserve natural resources·       Preparation for death·       Friends and family·       Imagination·       Creativity·       Relationship skills·       Self-control·       Tolerance·       Connections

Debora Orrick 

My 10th grade students researched future predictions up to 2088.  Of the many types of predited events, the following are the ones that my 10th graders thought were the most possible:

Future Possibilities ·       Develop an earthquake warning system·       Three damaging earthquakes·       Earth will get hotter·       Virtual reality·       Lifespan will be 90 years·       Decreasing natural resources·       Painless surgery·       Food and water become more valuable and costly·       More addiction to drugs, alcohol, and food in children·       A plague will kill may people·       People have three or more marriages; divorce rate will increase·       Land will be reserved for forest farming·       Food scarce because population too big·       Medication to prevent obesity·       Earlier high school graduation·       Digital equipment will get smaller and faster·       Individualized advertising·       Colonize Mars·       Create and clone Martians·       Produce effective vaccines more quickly·       E-delivery of newspapers·       New highway system·       Flying cars·       Houses built stronger with new materials·       More natural disasters·       More immigrants to U.S.·       Digital books and libraries·       Robots do everything·       Cures for HIV, cancer, and diabetes·       Men are no longer the “bread winner” of the family·       Society is still as plagued by liars as it is today·       Earth becomes one big urban community

Debora Orrick

I’m attending a conference(Internet Librarian) and Joel, Paula, and I are also attending the Tech Forum conference on Friday in Austin.  I’m going to be posting some blog entries “live”from both conferences on our Technology committee’s blog if you’d like to hear updates about what we are learning.  So click on the link for the Technology Visionary blog to read them.  (www.vision.edublogs.org)

The conference is set by the ocean in Monterey, Ca., and since arriving, I’ve been thinking about the things we’ve talked about on the committee about students taking time to see the stars and nature.   I think providing ways for our students to slow down and process ideas is also part of the vision we should have of the future, because in this “high tech” environment, it is easy for all of us to get caught up in the speed of things and not stop and look at the “tide pools of life” in a close, reflective way.   Being here reminds me of the need to provide our students depth as well as breadth.

  view of a tide pool

More later.  Carolyn

I saw there were already some good questions on the previous post(below).

This new thread can be for helpful articles that you find as a committee and want to share with everyone else.

I’ll start it off with a link to Education Sector, which has a nice report on the status of high school reform movements.  I thought it might be helpful to your group! 

http://www.educationsector.org/research/research_show.htm?doc_id=362537#mpreport

Share other links here as well.   

(from Carolyn, peeking over from the Technology committee)

This is an area for us to collaborate, brainstorm, share links and articles we have read, and keep our communication active between committee meetings.

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