Shift Happens

Shift Happens Today lets take a look at an incredibly powerful and provocative online presentation on education and social change. It was made by some American high school teachers a couple of years ago and its become quite well known in some educational circles. Dig in.

Education and Social Change The site linked below is well worth a look if you’re teaching education or if you’re learning the topic and want a bit of fresh material to help you reflect. I can’t vouch for the complete accuracy of every empirical claim in the presentation, but it certainly makes you think. It also makes you aware of the pace of social change today, but it’s also important to stand back from it and think carefully about what the presentation makers are implying about the role of education in modern society. For the teachers amongst you, you may also wish to think carefully about all these things, but also about whether you are using ICT as much, or as effectively as you could be. Click here - Did you Know?.