The Steve Doyle Show Part Two swung into action today. 400 participants at ITSC 07 - wow!  Stephanie Hamilton from Apple USA was our first Keynote again this year. She talke a lot about what the kids of today need to be successful in our changing world. She called them “the Instant On Generation”. Everything is immediatey available for them. They are constantly multi-tasking. Why can’t the kids of today sit still? Are they ADHD or just multi-tasking? Medicate or Educate? Our kids today are the Instant-On, Personalize It, Have It My Way generation

Creativity is the key to success in the 21st century. A big shift from left-brained to”whole-brained”. Employers are now looking for creativity, Engineering students now have to take Arts units,

1. •She was a bit horrified at the inequitable access to Broadband in Australia
   

2. •Teachers can no loner rely on just imparting facts/knowledge
   

3. •It is estimated that by 2020 the amount of  information/knowledge will double every 15 minutes
   

4. •Apple are working on a section of the iTunes Store called iTunes U which they hope will become a giant free repository of learning information and educational content
   

5. •Business is looking for Collaboration and Creativity, yet our school systems often stifle both.
   

6. •Collaboration is often called “cheating”
   

7. •For our kids Email is “so yesterday” , too slow. Now its SMS & Instant Messaging.
   

8. •We must encourage more risk-taking in schools.
   

9. •Have a look at a TeacherTube video called “Did You Know”
   

10. •Emerging technologies in Education - Virtual Worlds, Mashup,Folksonomy - tagging your content eg Del.iciou.us  Flickr
    

11. •Growth of free educational Podcasts in iTunes store 2005=3,000, 2007=1.25 million
    

12. •Business now want “whole-brained” workers rather than “Left-brained”
    

13. •We must build Creativity and Innovation into our curriculum
    

14. •Kids view our schools as a Qantas Flight. “Sit down, face forward, strap yourself in, turn off your electronic devices” and be bored for several hours. If you are lucky the trip will be relevant, if not you can resume your life in 4 or 5 hours.
    

15. •Unfortunately, too often the bean counters are designing our educational infrastructures. Business Infrastructure vs Learning Design infrastructure.
    

16. •FORGET Total Cost of Ownership,
    

17. •How about Total Opportunity of Ownership?
    

18. •I don’t want 100,000 identical boxes sitting on desks. How does that cater to creativity, collaboration and risk-taking????
    

19. •Technology needs to be IN THE CLASSROOM not in a lab.
    

20. •How do we create an engaging learning environment for the Instant On Generation?
    

21. •Fix the bandwidth issue in Australia
    

22. •The Web 2.0, Constant On, User Generated Content Generation