ULearn11 keynote speaker Dr Jack Bacon is a noted futurist and a technological historian. In this presentation he asserts that humans have been doubling what we know and what we can do every 30 years since the Renaissance, and the exponent of our acceleration is showing many signs of picking up in many facets of society. Dr Bacon tells us that it appears that human understanding of that universe now going through an explosive new creation of its own.
ULearn11 keynote speaker Dr Jack Bacon is a noted futurist and a technological historian. In this presentation he asserts that humans have been doubling what we know and what we can do every 30 years since the Renaissance, and the exponent of our acceleration is showing many signs of picking up in many facets of society. Dr Bacon tells us that it appears that human understanding of that universe now going through an explosive new creation of its own.
ULearn11 keynote speaker Dr Jack Bacon is a noted futurist and a technological historian. In this presentation he asserts that humans have been doubling what we know and what we can do every 30 years since the Renaissance, and the exponent of our acceleration is showing many signs of picking up in many facets of society. Dr Bacon tells us that it appears that human understanding of that universe now going through an explosive new creation of its own.
In this EDtalk Mark Treadwell talks about the need for a paradigm shift in teaching and learning, where new tools and technologies are used to enable new ways of learning. Mark describes the renaissance of the 14th-16th centuries and makes comparisons with the changing learning landscape of the 21st century.
Tony Zaloum is a specialist classroom teacher at Orewa College. His role is to help move teaching and learning across the school through professional development and supporting teachers on a one to one basis. Tony explains the importance of ‘trust’ in giving any feedback.
In this EDtalk, the leadership team at Stonefields School in Auckland discuss the thinking they have done about the future of schooling around NZ and globally. They have looked at research and predictions, and talk here about how education can be, not just how it has always been. The key mantra at Stonefields School is to 'think big and be brave'.
