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Week 32 - Reflect on your learning journey (Check)

Stage 1: Problem identification In the first week of the programme, I wrote down my goals in the Personal Learning Outcome form. My goals were: 1. To better motivate my technology crazy boys 2. To learn how to better prepare my students for a 21st-century workplace 3. To learn new teaching techniques and skills The boys in my class this year are not nearly as technology crazy, but the other two points are definitely still relevant. We have had a lot of professional development at our school stressing how the educational needs of children graduating high school in the 2020's (our students) will be completely different from our own schooling. An example of this is provided by Mark Osbourne in his 2014 essay titled "Inviting Innovation". He wrote that "it is clear is that while “industrial-model” thinking may have served schools well during the industrial age, the 21st century requires a much more innovative, entrepreneurial approach".   In order to prepare...