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Key Points from Videos: - 21st Century Education is Adapting to Change - at the rate of technology change education will advance 20 000 years, how do we prepare kids? - with the rate of change top jobs 6 years ago are now obselete - the number of career changes a person will have

How the information connects to our own experiences: - students are more engaged when technology is used as a teaching tool - school budgets are changing to more technology purchases -

Interpretive: - English skills/grammar/spelling skills are going downhill - greater need for reading comprehension (filtering necessary and unnecessary information, critical thinking) - more change with civic issues - societal pressure for tech. gadgets (peer pressure) - collaboration between schools, learning beyond your own walls - more money will be used for technology(social networking) than essentials, the "need" for tech. tools will become greater.

Decisional: - social networking has merit but students must be taught responsible use (be aware of the dangers) - Teachers need to be learners with the students