Today students were asked the question "What are we preparing for?" While I am not a big fan of the way that question is stated, I have decided to start there and see where it goes. I explained to the students as well that the question started with "What's the point of school?" or "When will we ever use this?" and that it will probably continue to change as we think about life in 2020 (which happens to be the year these students will graduate from high school).
Students had the choice of 3 video to watch
- The Future of Work
- What will Future Jobs Look Like (Andrew McAfee) until about 5mins.
- Watch your day in 2020 (based off of corning glass but interesting perspective)
From there, students were to use today's meet to name the video watched and opinions on the subject. After the discussion began I noted a few things for the students
- Think of it as a discussion between 30 people where everyone can all talk at the same time.
- After making your own opinion and thoughts, comment, agree, disagree, or question other people's comments
- I agree, I disagree, I was wondering, Just like ... I think
When referring to what your classmates said:
- Use their name or @ sign to give credit
- Use quotation marks if you want to copy and paste comment being replied to
The today's meet discussion reminded me of the good ol' Jetsons. To end, we discussed the Jetson's Youtube clip which focuses on how the future of technology was seen in 1960's
Reflection: Overall, we had some great discussion. Today's meet was a great tool for this because it did give all 30 students the opportunity to participate at the same time rather than having to raise their hand and wait their turn. As a teacher I was able to have a great discussion with several students while others watched and joined in as well. I thought it was interesting that many of the students were upset with the increase in technological advances discussed in the videos. Cost was an issue for many while others were concerned about the great outdoors and people actually having to do things for themselves. I am excited about where we can go from here.
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