5 Simple Ideas to Bring Our Schools Into the 21st Century By Mark Finnern @finnern

Possible

Session

SXSWedu

2015

Self Driving Cars

IBM Watson

Divergent Thinking

NASA Test: Percentage of Kids with Genius Level Divergent Thinking

5 Simple Ideas for the 21st Century School

Idea #1 Let Children Solve Real World Problems

I Can Built

This!

Idea #2 Let Children Select

Which Problem They Want to

Tackle!

Sylvia’s Supe Awesome Maker Fair ?

I Can Built This! II

Idea #3 Share Problem + Project Processwith the World on the Net

I. Research Solutions

II. Share Your Solution

Idea #4Transparent Handover / Sharing of the Solution

We All Are AstronautsOn This Connected Planet

Idea #5 Project Fridays

Project Everyday!

Greatest Gift?

Don’t wait: - Family Time = Exploring

Time- Be Active in the

Community- Help Change Our Schools

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