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The bottom line is:

"do not think too small, like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks that the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entire different view".

Mao-Tse- Tung

Someone asked me recently what are the biggest changes on the horizon in my job? I immediately thought of a small video I created 3 years ago. What I understand now is, change is inevitable, if conditions are correct, we have to retrain to be able to adapt to the following:
*Most students will have their own Wi-Fi enabled notebooks.
*Most students will access learning material personalised for them on Managed Learning Environment.
*Most students will socialise and be represented by their own avatar in the Virtual Learning Environment.
*Most students will belong to a school which has been organised into "Federations".
*Individual schools within the Federation will have the suffix Campus.
*Most exams will be online with rapid response results.

What should not have changed is the meaning behind teaching. Regardless of the supposedly broad and balanced technological innovation, the primary teaching vehicle of change should be to constantly challenge ourselves, students, parents and colleagues.
Raise the bar of knowledge and achievement by interrogating the seen and indirect assumptions and prejudices of ourselves, students, parents and colleagues. Followed by focusing on modelling to our peers and students the best principles ever thought and said transforming the WOW factor to engage all learners. Without this foundation new technology is nothing.

There is more. However, to keep it simple the video below illustrates the above:



My video of the week is by

Undisputed Chet Baker, who despite his brilliance, struggled with his inner demons, ultimately losing his life not reflecting how good he was. An important lesson to us all.

"My Funny Valetine"