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K–12 Educators Embrace Ingenuity and Adaptation to Prepare Students for the Future

EdTech Magazine

CoSN leaders recognized the significance of this dynamic in this year’s conference theme , “Envision 2030,” a nod to the fact that the Class of 2030 is just starting their educational journey. One interesting finding from the WEF’s “ The Future of Jobs Report 2018 ” is that future workers may put a premium on different skills.

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STEM Helps Students Launch into the Future

EdTech Magazine

Wed, 10/10/2018 - 10:10. In fact, according to a 2017 report by Dell , 85 percent of the jobs that will exist in 2030 haven’t even been invented yet. At Warren Township High School in Illinois, students are also learning these skills by participating in a yearly hackathon. . STEM Helps Students Launch into the Future.

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K–12 Schools Should Teach Soft Skills to Prepare Students for the Future Workforce

EdTech Magazine

Thu, 08/30/2018 - 17:18. While digital tools are woven into educational pedagogy nationwide, another component of learning may help educators give students advantages in a world not yet known to them. While rapidly advancing technologies should be introduced to schools, students’ social and emotional learning should also be nurtured.

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District Tinker-Fests and Hackathons Rev Up Student Interest in STEM Education

EdTech Magazine

Fri, 10/05/2018 - 08:55. K–12 District STEM Fairs Energize Students to Learn. A startling 2017 report by Dell , which was written by the Institute for the Future (IFTF) and a panel of 20 tech, business and academic experts from around the world, estimates that 85 percent of the jobs that will exist in 2030 haven’t been invented yet.

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How to prepare students for the jobs of the future

eSchool News

A 2018 report by the Institute for the Future (IFTF) said that 85 percent of the jobs that today’s students will do in 2030 don’t exist yet. Today, many now wonder if the same thing will happen again with our current students and will there be a skills gap between graduates and careers? Well, it will.

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To Improve Education, We Need to Look at the Last 50 Years, Not Just the Last 18 Months

Edsurge

Though teachers, parents, students and administrators are still navigating the day-to-day logistics of how to handle the contagious Delta variant, most students are back in a school building to learn—at least for the time being. How badly have our students fallen behind ? Have the gaps gotten bigger ?

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Ready to Become a MY World 360? Creator?

Digital Promise

As we approach 2020—the start of a “decade of action” leading up to the 2030 deadline set for achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—we are pleased to announce the launch of a new round of MY World 360?. Since 2018, MY World 360?

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