THE FUTURE IS NOW CONFERENCE NOTES
Greg Whitby Keynote speaker Teaching is about Passion, precision and focus. Improve the learning of the child. Target areas - learning, leading and teaching Learning about the future - need to teach kids to learn for the future. Openness we are use to socially is not transferred to education - kids are switching off because they expect freedom and openness but don't get it. Can't go back. I think we are seeing this as students are used to having several different sources of input (e.g. screens, people, videos etc) and some struggle with the one-dimensional aspect of school. This will become more apparent over time as society moves more and more to use technology for all aspects of life. Www.elance.com - cutting out the middle man. Jobs are becoming more flexible and changing in nature. How are we preparing children for this? Need to be self-motivated learners and able to promote themselves. Gap between school and learning is growing. Information is accessible eve...