Did You Know – The Sequel?

Did You Know? started a world – wide discussion. At the moment it knows its 4.0 version as you could read in my previous post. But I felt the need to give somewhat more background and resources for you to help continue the discussion. We use the discussion in our Strategic Sales Management Program when we reflect upon Vision, and Strategic Planning.

Did You Know? is intended to be a conversation starter. As you use the presentation with various audiences, leave plenty of time at the end for questions and discussion. Questions such as the following are good ways to start conversation:

• What are your initial reactions to what you saw in the presentation?
• How are these changes manifesting themselves in your personal lives? Professional lives?
• What do we think it means to prepare students for the 21st century? What skills do students need to survive and thrive in this new era?
• What implications does this have for our current way of doing things?
• Do we need to change? If so, how?
• How do we get from here to there?
• What challenges must we overcome as we move forward?
• What supports will we need as we move forward?
• What kind of training will we need to move forward?
• What kind of commitments will we need to make (with each other, our students, and our community) to move forward?
• Who’s scared? Why?
• What will we do next? What are some concrete actions that we can take in the near future?
• Is it possible for a teacher to be an excellent teacher if he/she does not use technology?

The original blog post by Karl Fisher:

Blog post Fishbowl

The Wiki that completes all background information:

shifthappens.wikispaces.com

Congratulations for the Xplane guys with the design work:

www.xplane.com

Have fun discussing.

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Did You Know? 4.0

This is an amazing story of a simple presentation that became a world-wide discussion. “Did You Know?” started originally out as a PowerPoint presentation for a faculty meeting in August 2006 at  Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colorado, United States. The presentation “went viral” on the Web in February 2007 and, as of June 2007, had been seen by at least 5 million online viewers. Today the old and new versions of the online presentation have been seen by at least 20 million people, not including the countless others who have seen it at conferences, workshops, training institutes, and other venues.

Some questions for your thinking:

What skills do you want to teach your kids?

What and how many languages does your kid speak?

How will this impact your professional life?

How are you preparing to coop with these changes?

How is your organization adapting to these changes?