Richard+Halkett+Global+Education+Cisco

=Richard Halkett Global Education Cisco=

author of //The Learning Society//

Yolink Sweetsearch k-12 safe search

What is the Learning Society? www.cisco.learningsociety.org

60% of society needed for cultural exchange real person identity 2, 4, 7 Knowledge is everywhere- hard for teachers 68.8% of Americans HS graduates 31.2% are not going to graduate
 * #of general technologies, 19th, 20th, 21st century
 * 10**
 * # of jobs average American will have by age 42
 * 1 trilion**
 * # of pages on the Internet
 * 10,000**
 * how many hours you need to become an expert
 * 1600**
 * # of hours students have spent on single subject

56 Million students 10 Million teachers needed to keep using current methodologies

World has not changed as much as you think Schools are a good place to start

Which changes are important?
 * Peer Learning and Cascade Method
 * anything interesting to kids to hook them
 * Sharing Scarce Resources
 * Project Based Learning
 * authentic learning
 * work in teams
 * 9 week modules
 * Videotext
 * Team Based Authentic Project Based Learning
 * get students to assess each other