The Future of Education: 1967 Style
Posted by jamesfrankel on April 18th, 2008
I came across an interesting post on Miikka Salvuo’s blog today referencing a video that was created in 1967 about the future of education. It is amazing how accurate the futurists’ predictions were. I urge you to check out the video for yourself and see what you think. While the version of the Internet is certainly archaic in retrospect, who could have imagined in 1967 that education today would rely so heavily on it. I also like the X/Y buttons/standardized assessment portrayal as well (how true is that in today’s education?).
Show the video to your students, see what they think. Have a conversation about the types of differentiated instruction they prefer. Ask them if they would ever want to learn two days a week in the comfort of their own home? Their immediate response might be “YES!” but I believe it would be interesting to dig a little deeper with them. List the pros and cons. Does it look like James is having fun learning? Is that important? How can this be related to music education? Can it?
I welcome your comments and questions.
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April 18th, 2008 at 10:20 am
[…] Props to James Frankel. […]
April 24th, 2008 at 3:20 am
I have recently taken a look at Microsoft’s Sharepoint Learning Kit , their attempt to use Sharepoint intranet solution in education. Their approach is scaringly similar to this. I think that the more we have “standards” in learning, the more the administrators see web based applications as a way to monitor the fulfilment of these standards. It is the easy way.
April 24th, 2008 at 3:21 am
I have recently taken a look at Microsoft’s Sharepoint Learning Kit , their attempt to use Sharepoint intranet solution in education. Their approach is quite similar to this video. I think that the more we have “standards” in learning, the more the administrators see web based applications as a way to monitor the fulfilment of these standards. It is the easy way.
April 27th, 2008 at 10:59 am
This is great, I found your blog by accident. I am going to show my students the video and see where the discussion goes.