Future Work Skills 2020

Click here to read about and download the report from Apollo Research Institute (April 2011).

You can also read this related post "Ten Skills for the Future Workforce" by Marcia Connor summarizing and sharing other resources.

"Letting Go of Boolean Operators: Rethinking How Research Is Taught in Schools" (Sarah Ludwig)

Sarah Ludwig on ALA TechSource writes:

I am constantly struggling with the sense that I’m doing a lot of talking for nothing. I painstakingly teach kids how to use a database and they go straight back to Wikipedia as soon as I turn them loose. I show them how to use keywords and operators and they always fall back on their “ask Google a question” method.
I get frustrated. I’ve considered asking their teachers to require the use of databases. But lately I’ve been admitting to myself the deep, dark truth: I’ve got it backwards. I’m forcing students to use tools and search methods that are more cumbersome, more frustrating, and less successful simply because I, the librarian, think it’s the best thing to do. 

She concludes the introduction:

Obviously, it’s our job to teach students how to find the best information they can. But I think there is a better way.And then goes on to share some valuable ideas.

Click here to read her full piece, followed by some interesting comments...

Here is Stuart Brown in a TED Talk about PLAY

'E-Learning and Online Teaching' (Scoop.it)

A nicely curated blend of informational resources related to this topic
from Dennis T. O'Connor.  Check it out here....

(To learn more about Scoop.it visit the site...)

by Dennis T. O'Connor