The Future of Work: Quantified Employees, Pop-Up Workplaces, And More Telepresence For many people, especially those working at desk jobs, the workplace is very different than it was 20 years ago: there’s a computer at every desk, telecommuting is fairly common, and the traditional cubicle is giving way to more collaborative spaces. We’ve seen predictions about where we’ll go from here before; now PSFK, a popular blog that also happens to be a thriving consultancy, has come up with its own version of the future of work, described in a new 138-page report. It’s not as fantastical as many future-forward reports--it’s planted firmly in ideas that are already gaining a lot of traction. Perhaps that makes it more accurate. Here are our takeaways. Startup Training and Skills Marketplaces PSFK imagines that learning initiatives for young entrepreneurs, such as Enstitute, will become the norm. Office Feedback Culture You know the employee that keeps screwing up and eventually just gets fired without really understanding why? Quantified Workers More Social Communication Tools
Ante Litteram by Alessandro Rabbone on Prezi How to deal with difficult students FLIP IT! Teacher Strategies to Transform Challenging Student Behavior This is the second blog in the series “Building Resilience in the Classroom.” Thanks to Apperson for sponsoring this series. Looking around your classroom, you know which students struggle to manage their emotions. There’s the student who at the slightest frustration crosses his arms and puts his head down on his desk. And the student who is so easily angered it seems impossible to anticipate her temper tantrums. The thing is, if we want to change children’s behavior, the first thing we have to change is our own. F: Feelings All behavior stems from feelings. For example, when your student Jon takes one look at the assignment you handed out and pushes the papers off his desk, crosses his arms over his chest and slumps in his chair, you can approach him and whisper, “I can see that you’re frustrated right now. ...” TIP: Rather than asking children “why” they did something (“Why did you push your papers off the desk?”) TIP: Tone is important during FLIP IT.
10 well paid jobs of the future Mr Bellini posited the idea of an elderly well-being consultant, who specialises in personalised care for older patients, or a memory augmentation surgeon who helps counter memory loss. He also saw big changes in farming as food resources became scarce, with genetically modified crops becoming common and crops grown vertically in areas resembling multi-storey car parks to save space. Ian Pearson, a futurologist who wrote You Tomorrow, sees job growth in the field of augmented reality, where the real world is overlaid with computer-generated images. “When you look at a building it’s constrained by planning laws, but in cyberspace you can make it look however you want,” he said. “A company with a high street presence could make their shop look like Downton Abbey, or set it in a post-nuclear apocalypse environment.” Mr Pearson also argued that the better technology gets, the more people will have to focus on their “human skills” to survive in the workforce. Best paid jobs of today
Quanto deve cambiare la scuola del duemila Ho pubblicato questo articolo su Internazionale web, dove scrivo da qualche tempo. Lo riprendo anche su NeU perché il tema è strategico per il paese e perché si connette con il precedente post Il futuro del lavoro: le due facce di uno stesso fenomeno di profondo cambiamento. Capelli bianchi, abito formale e disinvoltura cosmopolita nel commentare tabelle e istogrammi, Andreas Schleicher potrebbe essere scambiato per un pezzo grosso della Bce. Invece fa un lavoro molto più appassionante: è il direttore del programma Ocse-Pisa (l’indagine internazionale che confronta le competenze degli studenti di oltre 60 paesi del mondo), e uno dei massimi esperti mondiali di sistemi scolastici. “Competenze” (skills) è la parola-chiave per capire l’obiettivo del Pisa. L’idea di base è che imparare non sia un’attività che trova la sua giustificazione in se stessa, ma serva a sviluppare il potenziale di ogni individuo. Per cambiare un intero paese attraverso l’istruzione bastano due generazioni.
learn new stuff Josh Kaufman, book "20 Hours Future of Work: What Skills Will Help Us Keep Pace? From Elon Musk’s tweet that artificial intelligence may be more dangerous than nuclear weapons to the growing clamor of voices warning robots will take away our jobs, it is clear we are focusing more on the problems of AI, robotics, and automation than the solutions. While the problems are real and should be taken into account, social innovators around the world are already working to deliver solutions. It’s true that today’s technology is reworking the economy and our role in it. But this needn’t herald economic end times. This is nothing new. During the Industrial Revolution, in the US, we demanded every child attend school and learn reading, writing and math. Throughout the 20th century, humanity poured tremendous resources into ensuring every human develop these skills as technologies advanced. Most of us have heard of STEM skills (science, technology, engineering, and math), but there is another lesser known skillset that will also be critical.
La nuova didattica ‘Avanguardie educative’ dell'Indire: ecco come le scuole possono aderire Comincia a delinearsi il progetto Avanguardie educative, presentato ad inizio mese al Salone ABCD di Genova dall'Indire e da noi riportato all’interno di questa testata giornalistica: stiamo parlano dell’iniziativa che, grazie all’immediato coinvolgimento di 22 scuole capofila, ha lanciato un movimento aperto a tutte le scuole italiane al fine di introdurre nuovi modelli didattici innovativi, basati su un ripensamento complessivo del rapporto fra spazi e tempi dell'apprendimento. “Per un istituto – scrive l’Indire - aderire alle Avanguardie significa entrare a far parte di un movimento che si impegna a innovare il modello scolastico tradizionale, ormai disconnesso dalla società contemporanea e dal mondo del lavoro”. Dall’Indire assicurano, infine, che gli istituti che decideranno di impegnarsi in questo percorso potranno contare sul supporto delle 22 scuole capofila, oltre che sull'intervento dei ricercatori dell'Istituto nazionale di documentazione, innovazione e ricerca educativa.
What learning strategies do "quick learners" follow? Garbage designer, robot counsellor among the predicted jobs of 2030 About 15 years from now, farmers will have made their way from the countryside to the city, counsellors will help ensure the right robot goes to the right family and garbage designers will lead the upcycling movement. Those are some predictions made by the Canadian Scholarship Trust Plan’s Inspired Minds initiative, which aims to give Canadians a sneak peek of the job market in 2030. Some of the more curious careers include: Nostalgist: A mix between a therapist, an interior designer and a historical researcher, a nostalgist will help the wealthy elderly of 2030 create a living space inspired by their favourite decade. Rewilder: The old name for this job was "farmer." Farming will continue to take place, but in greenhouses located on skyscrapers, which will be known as vertical farms. Tele-surgeon: They're not fixing your telephone -- as telephones could very well be a thing of the past in 2030 -- they're fixing your insides.
La lezione frontale non basta più | Articoli & Racconti, Direzione/Presidenza, Lezioni, Sala Prof, Studenti | Prof 2.0 Se sapessi di avere una classe di 30 e più ragazzi prima mi dispererei poi mi rimboccherei le maniche, come mi è capitato. Se il lavoro dell’insegnante fosse quello di “erogare” lezioni i numeri non conterebbero, caricheremmo le nostre lezioni sulla rete e ci risparmieremmo l’odore della classe. Se teniamo in piedi il sistema “analogico” è perché siamo convinti che insegnare sia una relazione attuale: spazio e tempo condivisi nel dinamismo della vita e delle vite, qualsiasi odore abbiano. Ma perché il lavoro in classe sia efficace occorre essere messi nelle condizioni di poter curare queste tre dimensioni: avere troppi studenti mina (oltre che la pazienza) l’efficacia del lavoro. Ma mentre si dibatte noi entriamo in classe lo stesso: proprio per quei 30 e più. Siamo tuttora ancorati ad un tipo di lezione frontale in cui i ragazzi sono oggetto del nostro sapere da conferenzieri: la disposizione dei banchi lo dimostra. La Stampa, 15 settembre 2014