Bernie Trilling , co-author of 21st Century Skills, Learning for Life in Our Times , spoke in the Tuesday TIES 2010 Keynote. He started by thanking TIES, and remembering "Oregon Trail," which you can still get on your iPhone! His focus today is on 21st Century Learning and the current progress on it. This is an interesting time for education right now. A tale of Two Cities...The best of times and the worst of times! What is really going on in Education right now: 1 Foot in the Industrial Age model-An old boat that looks a little rusty Drop out rates are high because the kids are "over-bored!" 1 Foot in the "iBoat!" The boats are moving apart from each other At some point we need to make a decision on where we are headed. This is the case all over the world How do we get through this transition? Churchill said, "You can always count on the Americans to do the right thing...After they have tried everything else!"" The critical question: What d...
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