This video was used as part of a poetry unit of work on Jabberwocky.  It’s fabulous fun!

The unit of work can be found at: http://ict-adventures-in-poetry.wikispaces.com/Conference+paper+

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Watch the video Did You Know 3.0 and ask yourself what implications this has for your teaching? How can we prepare for a future that we don’t know enough about. 

Ask Students

• What areas of employment would you like to be involved in?
• Think about how people will communicate in the future. What will this look like?
• What will happen to people without an internet connection or web device?
• What happens to those people who are not computer/technology literate?
• Discuss the comment “By 2012 a supercomputer will be built that exceeds the computational capabilities of the human brain”.
• What does this all mean for us?

My Thoughts

Preparing our students for the future will mean more about teaching them to think, learn and be critical thinkers rather than teaching content. Content will be available at the touch of a button. Interpreting that content and using it effectively will be the challenge of future generations.

Cheers,

Paul

Pro – Con – Neutral

1. Why would people be in favor of this?
2. Why would people be against it?
3. What would be a neutral position?

Gyre, 2009
8×11 feet, in three vertical panels

Depicts 2.4 million pieces of plastic, equal to the estimated number of pounds of plastic pollution that enter the world’s oceans every hour. All of the plastic in this image was collected from the Pacific Ocean.

Interpret This!

What is the subject of this artwork?

What is really the subject?

Explore details from the work.  What do you find most effective artistically?

Do you understand the meaning of gyre?  Did you know about the spread of plastic in the oceans?

Interpretation: Decide whether you think Chris Jordan’s work is more of an artistic or environmental statement.  Justify your opinion by supporting your view with specific insights or observations.