21st Century Education in New Brunswick, Canada
21st Century Education
This video was produced by the New Brunswick Department of Education to stimulate discussion among educators and other stakeholders in public education in the province of New Brunswick. The 21st Century presents unique challenges for education worldwide. In order to keep pace with global change we must focus on 21st Century Skills and public education must adapt to keep students engaged. Rigor and relevance are key,
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Really, what’s so …
Really, what’s so great about it? Isn’t the thought of the spectacular rate of societal change around technology – and the widening gap caused by accelerating consumption of data (and e-goods) – cause for some deep pondering?
The eternal positivism around this is stunning.
Why can’t we feel good about doing more with less? And do public engagement that’s less glitter/hype and more about caring? Check the pamphlet put out by NB ED. Is it election time?
Where’s my whiteout?
Really like the …
Really like the video. My question: Does the Dep’t of Education really have what it takes to start making this happen? When dealing with them at different levels (personally and professionally), they also seem to get stuck in the bureaucracy of things! They are the most “by the book” person I know! I gave my name 2 years ago to be a literacy volunteer in schools and was promising to get my professional colleagues involved in their new program. I receive one call back and since… nothing!
Well done! My only …
Well done! My only question is how long it will take to get in place, and what that means for kids already in the school system????
Great video… …
Great video… looking forward to OutReach productions doing my twitter/youtube/biz cards!!
An inspirational …
An inspirational clip; thank you. Many of us are aspiring to move multiliteracies continually forward in our own classrooms and with our own skill bases also, here DownUnder! Would love to have the knowledge to be able to put clips like this together for my own classroom.
This is a truly …
This is a truly amazing video.
Props to the creator, this is some seriously amazing work.
they tried this… …
they tried this… i got a laptop in grade 7 and the program was removed 2 years later(in Fredericton)
I am from NB and we …
I am from NB and we rarely use 21st Century Edu.
I agree that …
I agree that computer literacy is very important (I make my living developing software for schools) but not at the expense of the basics skills. In order to be understood by people you are communicating with, to understand what others have to say, to promote your projects, or just to be taken seriously, you need to know how to read, write and speak well. No computer can do this for you. NB has one of the lowest literacy rates in Canada and something must be done to fix it.
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As for …
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As for the computer being obselete in ten years you may be refering to moore’s law which states that while computing power will double every 18-20 months it will eventually come to a halt when we run out of space to write on silicon chips. We may have a slow down in advances for a while when we reach this point, but quantum computers may be right behind. Computers are already the foundation of our societies today.
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One of …
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One of many reasons being how much more efficient systems become when integrated with modern computing technology. This is the future workplace.
Also, with modern computers you can make use of different methods (visuals, puzzles, audio etc) for teaching students, this also makes for a more engaging learning experience.
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We …
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We live in a technologically advancing first world country. A reversion to basics will just put us further out alignment with the rest of the world – the same world we want our children to flourish in. Competitive businesses, governments, hospitals, law enforcement agencies, supermarkets, and universities (just to mention a few) all have computer networking as the backbone of their institutions.
Hello, an overhaul …
Hello, an overhaul is necessary but not the one that is proposed in this video. What is badly needed is a back to the basics (ie: teaching kids how to write, read and count properly). Right now, many nice kids are having problem at school or finding proper jobs because they haven’t been taught how to write, count or read properly…This should be fixed before anything else…In 10 years, the computer we are using today will be obsolete, but knowing how to write, read and count will not.
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Is …
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Is that not evidence that the current system is flawed and that an overhaul of this magnitude is necessary.
I wonder how all …
I wonder how all this will be achievable when half of New-Brunswick youth is coming out of the school system technically illiterate and a large other portion of the other half can’t write properly or read complex documents…To access knowledge or to produce and sell innovative ideas or work requires good writing and reading skills, including a good mastery of the ‘old boring stuff’ such as grammar, syntax, vocabulary, etc…
Does the government thinks that software will take care of that too?
It’s nice to dream.
It’s nice to dream.
Great piece of work.
Great piece of work.
2/2…
The company …
2/2…
The company I work for sends hundreds of immigrants to N-B every year
and I am proud to know that they will receive an education
”a la fine pointe de la technologie”.
”Education, more than ever, must continue being a tool for personal and social transformation rather than adaptation” rosamaria 2015…That is absolutely true, but this video is only talking about the tools and the improvements in our education system to achive just that!
Congrats to all!
When I finished …
When I finished watching this video two things went threw my mind:
1- Who created and animated this video? Who ever you are, what a great job.
I love how you stepped away from the usual conservative way to approach education and how you adapted it to the real world.
2- Like any other spheres that govern our society, education has to stay up to date with our, fairly new-born, techno-world. I think this video represents perfectly New-Brunswick as the progressive canadian province that it is.
“Education is about …
“Education is about adapting to a changing world” (?) No. Education is about understanding change and (re)orienting it towards better living and a better world for all. The ” rapidly changing world” we are experiencing is widening the gap between the rich and the poor, the North and the South, the included and the not included. Education, more than ever, must continue being a tool for personal and social transformation rather than adaptation.
Excellent piece of …
Excellent piece of work! Dynamic, modern and pertinent! Good job MA!
Wow! Way to go NB, …
Wow! Way to go NB, catching up with the times….. of course this process will take time, but there are some great ideas in there.
Outreach prod – good job on the video…so up to date with the graphics and animation!
Great video….Wow. …
Great video….Wow. Not only creative but the animation is bang on!
I think this is a …
I think this is a great, provocative video that really gets people talking and opening up discussion on the way that society and the world is headed. AND, whether you agree or disagree with the message of the video, which is strictly a personal opinion, there’s no question that the graphic designer on the project really created high quality work. Kudos!
Excellent …
Excellent presentation.
Too bad about the edu-saurs complaining about the reality of today.