Thursday, July 25, 2013

Living on the Future Edge - The Age of Disruptive Innovation

Lee Crocket
Keynote 3

Moore's Law - Twice as much power for half the money every 24 months - held true since 1979, now down to every 12 months

Augmented Reality
  • How does it impact our teaching? - 
    • culture teaching will be more important the language teaching
    • inspirational teaching - a learning facilitator
    • 'In the future, people who need managing will not be employable' - Lee Crockett
    • The Arts are not ornamental they are fundamental - creative and service skills are needed
Disruptive Innovation
  • Changes in technology that make something or someone obsolete
  • There's a better way to do things
  • eg phones, computers, cameras, tapes and cds, - all ways of delivering information
  • Need to get your head around it and move with the times or become obsolete
  • 'Nobody needs obsolete excellence' - Ian Jukes
Can't see what is happening right in front of us! Need to step back and think about what is happening for our kids and their futures.

3 'un' that lead to downfall
  • unaware
  • unwilling
  • unable
1 action you are going to take starting right now.

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