The inevitable problem with 21st Century Skills, as seen at Blaugh.com. I recently went to the Re-Inventing 21st Century Skills Symposium in Washington D.C., and spent a lot of time talking about skills that kids need to succeed in the Friedman-esque flat world. I can envision my colleagues reacting to the presentation we have to put together with this kid in mind. I hope we can push beyond this type of thinking, though, because there is a whole new world waiting out there.
It kind of hit home, too, when one of my co-attendees told us about seeing the homeless sleeping in Rock Creek Park during his morning walk. Ironic that two thousand educators were sitting in a ballroom discussing DNA based computing and less than a mile away people are struggling to survive. I guess we all got a dose of perspective along with our excitement.
I hope that we are successful in firing up our colleagues. I would hate to see all of the good intentions we came home with fall apart.
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