Ian Jukes

Target Audience: School & district administrators, Ministry of Education & youth policy makers, curriculum leaders, & parents

Cost: $100.00
(a discount will apply should you upgrade to a full conference day)

Time: 9:00 – 10:30 am

Location:
Sheraton Parkway North Hotel and Suites
600 Highway 7 East (at Highways 404 & 7)
Richmond Hill, Ontario L4B 1B2 Canada

Living on the Future Edge:
    Thinking About Tomorrow Today

In a world where change is the constant you can't trust your eyes because what you see will be replaced tomorrow. You think your eyes are showing you reality. In fact, they are showing you history. By carefully examining the significance of several global exponential trends (Moore's Law, Photonics, the Internet, InfoWhelm, Biotechnology, Nanotechnology, and Neuroinformatics), this presentation profoundly challenges your fundamental assumptions about the world we live in and the future that awaits us.

How can schools prepare students for this ever-changing world? How do we effectively engage learners so that they perform exceptionally well on provincial exams, and also simultaneously learn the critical 21st century skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, information and technological fluency, useful failure, project-based learning and metacognitive skills needed to excel in both school and life? We’ll identify several educational principles and processes that transcend the new technologies.