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Teaching Beyond the Classroom

• Preparing Today's Students for Tomorrow's Future
  by Addressing the Forgotten Trends of the Future

Presented by Yvonne Howard , Caroline Le, Angela
Slaughter, and Tonya White
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Top 10 Trends of the Extreme Future
As presented by IGF in conjunction with Dr.
James Canton (2007).
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Our Purpose

• Our intention here is to
• Highlight several often forgotten trends
• Discuss their relevance to and implications for
  the success of future generations, despite their
  unpopular nature
• Inform the practice of educators as they impact
  the futures of todays students both in and
  outside of the classroom

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The Innovation Economy

• "The first step to winning the future is
  encouraging American innovation. Barack Obama

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What Does Innovation Look Like?
While new science, inventions, and technology,
are highly valued innovations, Fareed Zakaria
(2011) duly stresses that the most important
innovation encompasses more than just scientific
or technological breakthroughs
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Implications for The Future of Innovation

• According to the Partnership for 21st Century
  Skills (2007), all aspects of educating our
  children should be in line with preparing
  students to become productive citizens with the
  21st century skills they need to be competitive.
• If we expect students to function successfully in
  our constantly evolving world, it is imperative
  that they be equipped with lifelong learning and
  thinking skills.

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How Do We Prepare Todays Students to be the
Innovators of Tomorrow?

• Provide Learning Experiences That Help Students
  Develop 21st Century Skills
• Social Interaction
• Creativity and Innovation
• Evaluating Arguments
• Critical Thinking Problem Solving
• Communication Collaboration
• Information, Media, Technology Literacy
• Career Skills
• Life Skills

• Students need to be able to think outside the
  box, solve problems, judge situations, and many
  other things that are important to not only
  learning in the classroom but functioning in an
  advanced society, workforce, and economy.
• For More Resources on 21st Century Learning
  Experiences, Skills, and Information, visit some
  of the following websites
• http//p21.org/
• http//eduscapes.com/tap/topic69.htm
• http//qwiki.com
• http//www.comicmaster.org/uk
• http//www.screencast-o-matic.com/

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  The Next Workforce

• Why the future workforce must embrace innovation
  to become globally competitive

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How Will Tomorrows Workforce Look?

• Over the next twenty years, more than seventy
  million baby boomers will retire and todays
  youth will become the future workforce.
• With many of the manufacturing jobs shifting to
  third world countries, the workforce will consist
  primarily of women, minorities, and overseas
  workers.
• The contemporary education system will need to
  evaluate how well we are preparing todays youth
  for the workforce of tomorrow (Estopher, 2011).

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Are the Youth of Today Ready to Meet the
Challenges and Competition of a Global Economy?

• The Facts
• Public education currently provides students with
  the basic skill sets to either go to college or
  enter the workforce.
• The America that once was a service nation
  providing manufacturing jobs to employ people
  with no skill sets or job training is in the
  past. The blue-collar work force is
  systematically a part of the past.
• Educators now have to find a way to ensure that
  secondary education is preparing its students to
  compete in a global high tech society (Estopher,
  2011).
• In the 21st century the future workforce demands
  crucial 21st Century Skills coupled with
  Academic, Life, and Career skills.
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• According to Golden (2006) Our high school
  students are poised to enter the global
  marketplace or to continue their education beyond
  K-12, and we must ready them for a "flat" world
  in which competition for jobs and higher
  education is fierce.

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How Can Teachers Help Prepare Students for the
Future Workforce?

• Incorporate a variety of instructional strategies
  in their curriculum in order to prepare the
  workforce of tomorrow.
• Begin thinking like strategic planners and
  embrace the innovation and instructional
  leadership needed to prepare students for a
  changing global economy and workforce (Kasarda,
  2000).
• Introduce students to a diverse array of social
  interactions and collaboration opportunities that
  will prepare them for the workforce for the
  future, which will consist of women, minorities,
  and overseas workers (Canton, 2006)

• Instill in students the importance of continuing
  their education in the sciences and technical
  skills to be competitive globally (Canton, 2006).
  
• Help students embrace a positive outlook on the
  future and support them in becoming the leaders
  of tomorrow while encouraging them to be a part
  of the solution and not the problem (Canton,
  2006).
• Teach and nurture the skills necessary to become
  successful entrepreneurs and financial managers.
  

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The Future of the Climate ChangeGlobal Warming
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What is Global Warming?

• Global Warming is the rise in temperature of
  the Earths atmosphere and ocean. This rise in
  temperature will invoke devastating effects on
  the natural environment and human life (Avery,
  2010).

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Causes of Global Warming

• Release of greenhouse gases such as CO2, Methane,
  Chlorofluorocarbons, and Nitrous Oxide
• Burning of fossil fuels
• Heavy use of power plants, cars, airplanes,
  buildings, and other man-made structures that
  release CO2
• Nylon and nitric acid production
• Use of fertilizers in agriculture
• Burning of organic matter
• Deforestation
• As discussed by Liben (2009)

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Effects of Global Warming

• Melting of Polar Ice Caps
• Creates a rise in the sea level and disruption of
  natural currents
• Alteration of Wildlife Habits and Adaptations
• Reduces sea life habitats
• Spread of Diseases
• Insects carrying diseases will migrate North
• Economic Disaster
• Expenses for treating diseases, disaster relief
  for hurricanes, and floods
• Depletion of Natural Resources
• Hinderance of further development of countries
• As discussed by Liben (2009)

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The Future of Climate Change

• How well are teachers preparing students for
  changes in our environment? Many subjects are
  taught in a school setting on a daily basis.
  However, no emphasis is placed on natural and
  man-made causes that affect our living condition
  now and in the future.
• Our students need to understand how detrimental
  environment changes are and actions that can be
  taken to maintain the quality of life in the
  future.
• We must make an effort to educate our future
  leaders about global warming because of its
  adverse effects on all stakeholders.

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Implications of Global Warming for Teachers

• We want to develop well-rounded individuals who
  are
• Informed of worldly issues
• Able to communicate intelligently in order to
  formulate solutions to future problems
• Able to contribute to a global society in a way
  that can help humanity
• In order to be successful with this challenging
  task we must educate students on real life topics
  that will affect their future.

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How to Prepare Students for the Future of Climate
Change
Learning starts at home therefore, teachers need
to educate parents and the community on the
effects of global warming and ways to help reduce
causes of global warming
Ask parents to carpool in order to minimize the
release CO2 into the atmosphere because CO2
enables global warming (Berg, 2008)
Help students learn how to switch to
energy-efficient lighting and reducing energy
needed for heating or cooling to help reduce
emissions (Liben, 2009).
Teach students how to monitor use of lights,
games, and computers and turn them off when they
are not in use to help reduce global warming
(Berg, 2008)
Spend more time outdoors to reduce the need to
use electricity
Facilitate with students and families the
planting of trees and recycling as a community
effort to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide
released into the air thus reducing the long-wave
radiation and trapped heat
(Liben, 2009)
Engage students in global warming assignments and
projects for all students
Encourage the reduce, recycle, and reuse motto in
school as well as at home
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Future of Global Warming

• Please Remember
• The future of the next generation in regards to
  climate change is very uncertain but we should
  anticipate and prepare for
• The further depletion of many natural resources
• High risk of wildlife extinctions, floods,
  droughts, disease
• A Rise in sea level
• Economic disaster
• Global warming is only one of many environmental
  issues that students need to be aware of.
• As educators we need to go above the basic
  curriculum and teach our students about issues
  that have the potential to destroy their future.

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Linking Educators and Students to Global Warming

• Listed below are websites to engage students
  in learning about global warming by conducting
  experiments and providing age appropriate
  information
• http//learningtogive.org/lessons/unit372/lesson1.
  html
• http//www.pbs.org/now/classroom/globalwarming.htm
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• http//www.climateclassroom.org/
• http//commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/letsnet/noframes/
  subjects/science/b5u1.html

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Inconspicuous Trends - Significant Implications

• The Innovation Economy
• Todays students need to be active participants
  in and/or supporters of innovation
• Educators must help cultivate 21st Century Skills
  necessary to be prepared for all established
  trends of the future
• The Next Workforce
• The workforce is becoming increasingly more
  diverse and globalized
• Educators must facilitate the preparation of
  students to compete in a global, highly technical
  society
• The Future of Climate Change
• The environment is changing and students must be
  aware of the changes and motivated to maintain a
  clean, safe, and life sustaining planet
• Educators must prepare students for an increase
  in global warming, pollution, and threats to the
  bio-diversity of life on Earth

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