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[|David Thornberg]: "There is no question that we are experiencing a fierce pace of change in an increasingly global economy. The challenge for schools was stated quite clearly by Jack Welch, the CEO of General Electric when he said, "If the rate of change inside an institution is less than the rate of change outside, the end is in sight." Schools that ignore the trends shaping tomorrow will cease to be relevant in the lives of their students, and will quickly disappear. We must transform all formal institutions of learning,... to ensure that we are preparing students for their future, not for our past."


 * How can e-learning - integrating information technologies into teaching and learning - enhance learning and teaching at John Paul College?
 * Who are our students? What lives do they lead?
 * How can we connect our classroom more closely with what matters to our students and the world they do and will inhabit to support their contribution as citizens of the future?

Who are our students? [|A Vision of Students Today]

What are the challenges and opportunities? [|Web 2.0]

What are the key [|trends] affecting education for the 21st Century? (From CoreEd)

When you have one hour and six minutes to spare, try [|this!]



From [|The New Zealand Curriculum]

Our vision is for our young people to be:
 * able to seize opportunities offered by new knowledge and technologies to contribute to a sustainable social, cultural, economic, and environmental future for our country
 * active seekers, users and creators of knowledge
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">effective users of communication tools
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">members of communities
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">international citizens
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">creative, energetic and enterprising
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">positive in their own identity