Future+of+Education

Videoclips to inspire...
====The future is exciting with new technologies being developed daily. What does this mean for education? Here are some videoclips about the interesting advancements that are occurring...please comment by clicking on the discussion tab above. No time to watch? At the bottom of this page is a list of audio interviews about k12 technology in education that are downloadable. Have a listen.====

** The Fourth Screen ** (2:21 min - previewed at our SSG meeting)
media type="youtube" key="5V-2qQS3NY0" height="344" width="425" Illustrates how learning is becoming portable - anytime/anywhere.

**The Sixth Sense** (8:42 min - previewed at Whistler AEA/SSG conference)
media type="youtube" key="blBohrmyo-I" height="340" width="560" Created at the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Lab, the 'Sixth Sense' is a wearable gestural interface that augments the physical world with digital information and lets us use natural hand gestures to interact with that information.

**Did You Know 4.0** (4:46 min - previewed at Whistler AEA/SSG conference)
media type="youtube" key="6ILQrUrEWe8" height="340" width="560" ==== This completely new Fall 2009 version of **'Shift Happens'** was developed in partnership with **The Economist***. It includes facts and stats focusing on the changing media landscape, including convergence and technology. To find out more, visit http://mediaconvergence.economist.com and http://shifthappens.wikispaces.com ====

//*//**The Economist** is a weekly news an d [|international affairs] publication with just over 1.4 million copies per issue.

**The Machine is Use/ing Us** (4:33 min)
media type="youtube" key="NLlGopyXT_g" height="344" width="425" This short clip about Web 2.0 really gets us thinking and rethinking about what we are doing. Web 2.0 refers to web applications which facilitate interactive [|information sharing], [|collaboration] on the [|World Wide Web]. Examples of Web 2.0 include web-based communities, [|hosted services], [|web applications], [|social-networking sites], [|video-sharing sites], [|wikis], [|blogs], [|mashups] and [|folksonomies]. A Web 2.0 site allows its users to interact with other users or to change website [|content], in contrast to non-interactive websites where users are limited to the passive viewing of information that is provided to them.

**Project based Learning at High Tech High (14:52 min) **
media type="youtube" key="xfP53Alnbhk" height="295" width="480" An inspiring videoclip about **High Tech High**. School CEO, Larry Rosenstock, describes a vision of education that embraces learning that flows from personal interests, passion for discovery and a celebration of art, technology and craftsmanship.

**[|Schools of the Future]** (2:40 min)
media type="youtube" key="82AOdXqNkLM" height="344" width="425" One of a series of **Learning and Teaching** videos created in Scotland for their "Journey to Excellence Project." For more information click here: @http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/journeytoexcellence/

Audio Interviews from EdTechLive - Steve Hargadon's series of podcast interviews focusing on technology in K12 education. More resources can be found on the School 2.0 wiki.