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

EdTech Magazine

The extent of change that we’ll see from robotics, artificial intelligence and the like is both incredible and unsettling. 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.

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STEM Helps Students Launch into the Future

EdTech Magazine

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. Project-based learning and science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education give students the tools to solve real-world problems while also building their critical-thinking skills. DeQueen (Ark.)

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How Augmented Reality Fosters Student Curiosity and Collaboration

Edsurge

AR is also a powerful tool for visualizing complex concepts, allowing students to explore abstract ideas through interactive 3D representations. Heather Brantley, an instructional technologist and teacher at a Texas junior high school, recognizes the value of integrating augmented reality tools into her lessons.

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Interplay Raises $18M to Build a Lynda.com for Essential Skilled Trades

Edsurge

There’s been a lot of great edtech serving the knowledge worker, such as tools like Pluralsight. A McKinsey report predicts that maintenance and repair work is “not as highly susceptible to automation by 2030.” Technology may well change the nature of trades skills and what tools are used to get the job done.

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How do schools train for a workplace that doesn’t exist yet?

The Hechinger Report

We’ve all heard the dire predictions about the coming robot apocalypse. As many as 800 million people worldwide could be displaced and need to find new jobs by 2030. Carnevale told me that, first of all, the story of robots creating mass unemployment has been overhyped. Automation threatens 47 percent of jobs.

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Community Colleges Have Long Powered the Economy. To Sustain That Role, They Must Innovate.

Edsurge

We need our career and technical education programs to innovate in order to prepare students for high-wage, high-skill, high-demand science, technical, engineering, and mathematics-based occupations that are crucial in re-tooling America for a prosperous future. By 2030, all baby boomers will be age 65 or older.

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Digital K-12 Classroom Online Summit | Feb 21-23, 2020

EdTechnocation.com

All-Access Pass ( Post-Event ) | Sale starts on February 21, 2020 Get it for €79.90 (Euro) / $88.91 PURCHASE HERE The 3-Day Content Lineup: More sessions and a full daily schedule coming soon!