by GDC Team | Student Engagement
The vast world outside of school has amazing lessons for us all and that’s what outdoor education is all about. Weezie Yancey-Siegel reveals what it has in store for our learners’ personal development. via Open Colleges Must we always teach our... 
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Project Based Learning
One cannot begin to imagine future learning scenarios if we can’t see where we’ve come from. I remember sitting at my desk with my textbook and notebook open and the teacher at the front of the class lecturing. In the afternoon I would go home to reread the texts and... 
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Teaching
“Meet George Jetson!” My childhood Saturday mornings were spent imagining what the world would be like many years from then. Cities in the sky, automated rituals, robots working for us—it was the stuff of wonder. Countless humans have tried to predict what the future... 
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Solution Fluency
What will future schools look like in 100 years? One might start with ideas gathered from science fiction. Consider productions like Wall-E, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Ender’s Game and Firefly. In many of these scenarios, the authors issue us a bleak warning.... 
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Global Digital Citizen, Leadership, Media Fluency, Technology
We may not have our flying cars, but in a lot of ways the future is with us. Powered exoskeletons are allowing paraplegics to walk and giving fully able people many times normal human strength. Robotic drones, some completely automated, are flying through our skies... 
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Technology
What world-changing scientific discoveries might we see by 2025? Will we have moreenergy technologies that move us away from fossil fuels? Will there be cures for cancer and other diseases? How will we get around and communicate? To make some predictions, the Thomson... 
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Leadership, Teaching
One educator highlights future classrooms and curriculum during ISTE 2014 It’s an interesting question: What will something look like or be able to do 5, 10, or 20 years down the road? Classrooms and curriculum are no different. With education stakeholders calling for... by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Technology
Warfare is set to get more advanced with 3D-printed drones, self-healing aircraft and a “Transformer” aircraft that can split apart, say scientists at defence giant BAE Systems. Engineers believe the technology could be in use on military and civil... 
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Information Fluency
“The libraries of the future are different in so many ways to what we have now, especially in our schools. Step into the future in this MindShift article by Luba Vangelova.” 3D printers like this one can be found at Monticello High School’s new... 
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Technology
“Holograms are no longer science fiction today, and their prominence (and influence on our digital culture) continues to expand. This PC Mag article from Seamus Condron has more.” I don’t typically watch music awards shows, but on Sunday night I... 