Book Reflection

Reading this book has me thinking about where education is heading and what changes we will need to make as educators. Technology is becoming more and more a part of our children's lives. Schools need to keep up with those advances to keep students interested and challenged. We are preparing our students for jobs not yet created! Work is becoming less routine and manual, and more abstract, knowledge-based and design oriented. Our education system is going to need to step up to the plate if we are going to be successful in producing graduates with 21st Century skills. Students need more real world problem solving and more authentic learning experiences to make learning last and more useful. Many teachers that have been in education for some time have not been trained to teach like this. We need to educate ourselves by taking classes and communicating and collaborating with other educators. Professional development should be a top priority of administrators. This will ensure a transition from 20th Century schools to 21st Century schools and true success for our students and their future.