Watch A Great Short Film On The Future Of Technology And Education

Watch it. No really, watch it!

But first, here's a taste:

"There’s a very big difference between access to information, and school. They used to be the same thing.”

“Knowing something is probably an obsolete idea. You don’t actually need to know anything. You can find out at the point when you need to know it. It’s the teacher’s job to point young minds towards the right kind of question. The teacher doesn’t need to give any answers. The answers are everywhere…learners who find the answers for themselves retain it better than if they’re told the answer.”

"everyday is going to surprise you…everyday is a surprise. Learning prepares you to cope with the surprises. Education prepares you to cope with certainty. There is no certainty."

Watch A Great Short Film On The Future Of Technology And Education:

We’re still teaching our kids using a 20th-century paradigm, but many visionaries--like the ones in this video--have plans to take our advances in computing and technology and use them to explode the idea of what education can be.