Oct 21 2008
Inspiring Keynote #2 – Today’s Kids, Tomorrow’s Creatives
notes from the Moodle Moot 08 e-Learning Conference…
The second day of the Moodle e-Learning Conference, MoodleMoot, attended by Tracy Young and myself, was brilliantly kicked off by a Keynote from Professor Erica McWilliam, Assistant Dean (Research), Faculty of Education, QUT.
I took so many notes during this session, SOME of which I’ll share at the bottom of this post, but I strongly encourage you to have a look at the attached presentation.
Special thanks to Erica for giving me permission to share her wonderful presentation with you.
Here’s a taste of the brilliant presentation from Erica:
1703 Complaints
Students can no longer prepare bark to
calculate problems. They rely instead on
expensive slate. What will they do when the
slate breaks?
1815 Complaints
Students depend too much on paper instead
of slate. What will they do when we run out of
paper?
1917 Complaints
Students depend too much on ink. They
can’t sharpen a pencil with a knife anymore.
1928 Complaints
Students depend too much on store bought
ink. They don’t know how to make their own.
What happens when they run out?
1955 Complaints
Teachers refuse to accept papers written with
ballpoint pens. A fountain pen is the only
acceptable instrument!
1960 Complaints
Take away students’ slide rules and they no
longer have the skills to solve a problem!
1980 Complaints
Can students even function today without a
calculator?
2000 Complaints
Students are totally dependent on their
computers. What will they do when there is a
blackout?
2040 Complaints
They have given me a mixed class of
humans, hybrids and transhumanists. How
do I deal with the various learning styles?
2023 Complaints
They have implanted the
Library of Congress in their heads. What are
we supposed to teach them now?
Are you interested?
Then check out the presentation from this session, and stay tuned for my next blog post, which will include some great notes from this session about leadership, creative problem solving, team work and diversification, teaching and learning and much more…
