A Serious Talk: Kids Demand Next-Generation Learning

In this video, kids have a serious talk with educators and parents. They issue a challenge for adults to better understand their world and start evolving with them. The future belongs to this new generation of learners. As educators, we need to get to work and help them follow their dreams of college and career success.

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[bo b]

Shameless propaganda to line Gates pockets. All of the best inventions we enjoy today we invented by people educated with books, teachers and chalkboards....

[Entertainmentwf]

I found this video to be a little harsh in generalization. Education requires both an integration of technology, but also skills without a machine. I would never even lay a finger on a machine if I were teaching elementary concepts, or even things such as mathematics. I'm a computer science educator (university level) and I would dare not even touch one for teaching any theory since people learn it without that FIRST, then can learn how to APPLY it with a machine.

[Entertainmentwf]

Agreed. Might I include that just a lot of skills should not be taught by machine, or using technology. For instance, it causes people to be dependent on it, when say potential future opportunities would require you NOT to have that at hand. All I know I would not do that with subjects such as arithmetic, or writing. Those and some of many skills people need to have before we can even touch a machine (aside from computers only being capable of much in interaction).

[ClassroomProfessor]

Wow, Pearson! Are really trying to get teachers off side?

The tone of this video is condescending and belittling of all teachers, no matter their tech skills or their teaching abilities. Sure, some teachers are behind the kids when it comes to confidence and competence with technology. But this isn't the way to encourage them to do better.

There are lots of ways teachers can be encouraged to make better use of tech in their classrooms; this wasn't it.

[Bretton James]

This video was extremely informational. I assume that this infomercial was not "aiming" or "targeting" any African-American adolescence.

Best regards,

Bretton James

[Kaley tinney]

Me going to 6th I agree about the next generation I understand what the past generations do and did.This generation is ours.The teaching methods change throughout the years,and its now time to change.