So it’s been a little while since the last blog, but I am back and ready for what could be my last ever year at Swansea met or more correctly University of Wales Trinity Saint Davids Swansea. I am interested and excited for the module, ICT is changing and growing and is only improving, the uses for ICT in the classroom as many positives and very little negative, I strongly believe that one day ICT will engage and motivate pupils to the extent that children will be begging their parents to stay up later and play one more maths game, so in my opinion ICT will play a major role in the future of education.
Mandy also posed this question:
'Over the last decade there have been vast changes in the way we live, learn and work, and with the advancement of technology and new learning tools, these things will continue to evolve. Today’s learners need new skills to survive and thrive in the future. Education should combine practical, intellectual, and social skills as never before'. What do you feel about the statement above? What does this mean for learning environments? How has technology impacted teaching and learning?
I think I have already started to answer the question in the first part of my blog. I agree almost 100% with the statement above it is no longer just good enough to teach pupils the basic subjects’ math, english and science. The world today is changing rapidly with the help of ICT people’s needs and wants change as the world grows and evolves to keep up with the needs for the population. The working world changes, old jobs are being replaced by computers and robots therefore what children learn needs to evolve as well. Complete new job titles and sectors are being created every year to supply the need of the world which means schools/teachers are educating pupils for jobs that have not even been created yet. What the curriculum and to some extent the foundation phase are placing emphasis on is the importance of teaching transferable skills. This seems to be the key word for CV’s and employment transferrable skills such as problem solving, critical thinking, social skills and teamwork are just a few.
There is a strong argument that computers and robots are taking all the jobs but what is not mentioned is that the robots need to be built designed and maintain there is currently a massive short of engineers and not just in the country but throughout Europe, the key to having a successful future is to have successful engineers.
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