Now that you have read many of your peers' Future School Extrapolation Projects,
what are you thinking? Holistically, what are your reasonable
extrapolations regarding all of the extrapolations you have read? What
potential changes excite you the most? What potential changes fill you
with angst and apprehension? Other thoughts?
(Please complete this blog response by 2:30p.m. on Fri., August 28th)
After looking at my classmates Future School projects, I am thinking that most of these are really good ideas. my extrapolations on what a classroom and what class will be like were very similar to some of what I read. Skyping into class and online classes was a very common theme. Some potential changes that excited me the most where the little segway things used to get to class and the profiling tests that help you find the perfect professions. No potential changes filled me with angst or apprehension.
ReplyDeleteI think it was very interesting how a lot of the schools people thought of kinda took away our free will in a sense. There was a common theme that your job will be chosen by a group of people after you graduate, based on your strengths. But another thing that stuck out to me is the fact that when people talked about society, it was pretty much the same as we have now, with our clique’s and who’s popular and un-popular. It’s interesting that no tech, no style, nothing, can rid of the fact that we have to put others down and bring ourselves up.
ReplyDeleteI liked how everyone had tons of positive things in their projects. Nobody focused on the bad, and everything was for the greater good.Where we would eat and not get in trouble, getting rid of grades as a whole, and trying to make it so life would be more about learning instead of the grade. The one thing I didn't like from these presentations is the fact that some people decided to focus on the bad, and say all this stuff that could go wrong, and that was their view of 2055. Always think of a bright future.
ReplyDeleteMy fellow peers are very clever. I thought it was interesting that most projects had the same idea about teachers: real teachers will be replaced by holograms. According to most students projects, the future for students and the world looks dull. Students will be very smart OR almost be robots with a chip in their head, but sports aren’t real, social life is almost or already gone, and technology is their whole life. These ideas make my stomach churn because although high school is an academic place, it’s social factor is what makes it unique. If technology takes over, it won’t be the same ever again. It was very interesting and amusing to see the different projects and the thoughts my peers could come up with. Hopefully the students of the future will be able to do the same.
ReplyDeleteI am excited to see what schools will look like in 40 years. One thing I noticed that almost everyone had on their slide show was that teachers will no longer be there in the classroom and I think that it is wrong for that to happen. I am also looking forward to how transportation in schools will look like.
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ReplyDeleteI think it is interesting and really weird to think about the future. As well it is weird to hear all the ideas that everyone else had. For example what I thought was really cool to think about was how someone sad to think of kids/students not just as a number. But overall I was really surprised because there wasn't a lot of the same Ideas and I thought that was cool.
ReplyDeleteA common theme in the projects was technology was going to keep playing a bigger and bigger part in our educational lives. This would make sense because whenever new technology becomes available, some way is found to make it beneficial to schools. I love the idea of almost everything being electronic because then you are not as cluttered with papers and books laying everywhere because every book and assignment will be on some sort of electronic device. I am also a little afraid of how technology may rule our lives, like the novel 1984 where no human has any privacy and their lives are ruled by a government that tells them exactly how to live their lives.
ReplyDeleteMy extrapolations were similar to almost everyone’s in the class. Everyone’s projects revolved mainly revolved around the idea of a more technology in classrooms, and better ways for learning. Potential changes that I’m most excited about include free college (in the near future) and more advanced technology to aid in schooling. Potential changes that I’m not happy about include how schools will have to begin changing how they get more obese children to class (rather than helping to stop obesity). I think this project was a good way to look at everybody’s thoughts for the future, and it was cool to see everyone’s different ideas.
ReplyDeleteAs I scrolled through all of the presentations I noticed one particular concept the most. The concept of choice. That was a more regular thing I saw which showed that we as a generation want our own choice for our life. I am excited about the changes and the thing I'm most excited about is the new technology and security involved with the schools.
ReplyDeleteSome thoughts that I had were that our freedom is being taken away a little bit. Like dress code and being put into a job straight out of school even if we don't want to. One thing that would be cool to see is all the advancements in the classroom like possibly no teachers and no more paper a vary tech filled classrooms.
ReplyDeleteI thought this was a really interesting project. It was really fascinating to think that most of our ideas could be plausible in 2055. I noticed how some of the projects diminished free will, like extreme dress codes or assigning you to a career. I also noticed schools were bigger and more focused on the individual student's optimal growth environment rather than just telling them all the same information and grading the same. Making learning more individualized and less stressful actually helped the greater good, because every student felt like he/she could contribute to society. One idea that excited me was the widespread 3-D printer that could be used to print food and school supplies. Some projects' ideas were a little frightening, but only because they seemed very possible. Overall, I liked this project and it was interesting to see my peers' extrapolations and to think about what school will be like in 2055.
ReplyDeleteMany people in their presentations suggested a more controlled from of education and the students placement. I suggested along with a few others that the placement of the students in school is based off of a complex personality test which every student will take to find exactly where a student will excel the most. I think an immediately decided placement that is all controlled and the same for all students is not the direction we should go towards in the future. In the future people should realize that not all students learn the same and that education needs more flexibility. The personality test method is also realistic, it's an idea that would actually make education more advanced, more than just fancy technology and holograms of teachers. I hope the education system will actually use science to make important changes in the future to benefit the generation of students to maximum potential.
ReplyDeleteMost presentations involved new technology. There seemed to be less teachers involved in the learning process. It seemed like learning could be done on Skype or online, both of which already exist. Most ideas didn't seem too far into the future. The potential change that excites me the most is the integration of completely new technology, technologies that don't exist as of now. One of the possible problems with these ideas might be a loss of structure holding these people together. In general it looks like technology will be ruling our classrooms in the near future.
ReplyDeleteSchool in the future could be very interesting and cool. There were many great ideas that quite could possibly be in schools in 40 years. One of my favorite ideas is changing the grading system. Right now, grades are based on a student's performance on tests, quizzes, and assignments. This might seem good at first, but it is not a perfect solution. Many people had the idea that grades should be based off of the individual student, and not everyone should be taking the same assignments. The grades should be based on how much the student has academically grown over the year, instead of how he or she performed on a test that they took. This would be a better system because like most things, some people perform better in school, and some don’t. This would give all of the students an opportunity to achieve what they want in school. I also believe that students would learn more if they did not have all of the stress of doing daily assignments for grades, and not getting any sleep because they have their final exam in the morning. There were also many interesting ideas such as the pencil won’t be around anymore. This is a possibility. With classrooms becoming more and more technology oriented, pencils might disappear in 10 years, let alone 40. It is quite interesting to look and extrapolate on what school will look like in 40 years. All of the ideas that we came up with very well might be in schools in 40 years.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading all of the future school presentations, it was apparent that most of the technology ideas used extrapolation to project their ideas into the future. While some ideas were reasonable like a different grading system or more freedom for the students, some were incredibly dystopian and almost frightening. One of the concepts was a “learning chair,” where the student would be strapped in and take injections to ensure their health and knowledge. Some were smaller scale like more strict dress codes and a child being given a job when they were born, ideas that could be used in the near future. The potential changes that excite me the most are having glass/wall-less schools and a less harsh grading system. Schools without true walls make the school brighter and less closed in, giving the students a feeling of freedom. If grading systems are based more on an individual than on a set standard, students will experience less stress of worrying about a number that tells them how well they are learning a concept. I can’t wait to see some of this technology in the future, maybe even before we graduate college.
ReplyDeleteI love the wide range of ideas we all had, and the fact that some were very similar. For example, online learning, sports and technology having advanced being similar, but then all those ideas had variety. The things I find as reasonable predictions are the sports advancement and medical advancement, grading being different and easier on the students, and online learning being much more popular. The extrapolations that excite me are classrooms having fewer students because the future students will get to learn better because the teachers/other students (for if there aren't teachers) will be able to ask more questions and learn better. Technology makes me excited, but also gives me angst. Technology is great for so many things like helping you learn new things, not have to waste paper, communication, and so many other things. On the other hand technology can be terrifying because what if everyone in the future is so wrapped up in technology nature isn't enjoyed, friends in real life aren't made, and nothing would really seem real anymore because it would all be through the internet. Also, someone had the idea of having doors that are green if the students are on time, but turns red and beeps if they are late. Which is a brilliant idea, but that would be so distracting and probably encourage people who are late to just not show up. On that note, technology will be more distracting, and it already is distracting! All in all, the future seems like it will be incredible, but it is also something to fear at the same time.
ReplyDeleteAfter going around and seeing my classmates presentations there were many exciting ideas. One of the most interesting and exciting ideas I saw was grading. They predicted that the grading system would be completely different and would be individualized for student. For example, students grades would be based off of their growth at the end of the year. I think that this is a very realistic idea. In the past years teachers have become less focused on grades and more focused on the learning of students, and making sure they take in the information. A student can have an A, but not have learned much at all. Another extrapolating idea that I saw was careers after school. I saw on many presentations the idea that students would go through their time in school taking specific classes to prepare themselves jobs they have been assigned at birth. For example, if a baby was assigned the Job of engineer then they would spend their years in school, K-12, taking classes that are related to engineering. This reminded me of the book “The Giver”. In this story, they would go and train for jobs they had been assigned after they reached a certain age. The society was basically controlled by the government and told how to live their lives. These two ideas have me really excited, mainly because they seem like very realistic possibilities for the future of Schools.
ReplyDeleteMany people think that schools would have more control over students in the future; that students would be injected with a tracker, that androids similar to a RoboCop would hunt us down if we ditched, that students would have to go through scanners to enter the building and their classrooms. Out of the 10 (or so) different projects that I viewed, grading was not mentioned. Careers, building architecture, sports, and classroom setting were the focus in most of the slides. Careers were heavily based on technology, though one student claimed many people would become ecologists or politicians which was refreshing. Buildings would have a modern, pristine design. Sports would focus on the protection of the individual to the point of where athletes wore body suits as protection. I disagree with that idea as a body suit might give athletes an unfair advantage. For example, in American Football (rugby), athletes would be way harder to tackle if they have all this armor to keep them whole. Classroom settings were mainly void of teachers and had a fast-food vibe: you get in, get injected with knowledge, and then leave.
ReplyDeleteThere wasn't much that excited me; it seemed that many believed the world would be fairly bland and void of entertainment - simply clean and efficient.
What made me anxious, however, was this repeated notion that we'd be injected with chips like dogs. Chips might become a thing in the far future, but in 50 years? That's unlikely. People today don't even trust vaccines and they're supposed to take a chip in their neck that tracks them and controls their mind? Recently, a continuation on the NSA's reach was trumped in congress proving that people don't like to be watched and controlled - especially in the US. Every single human on this planet has natural rights to how they live their life, to privacy, and control over their own thoughts.
The projects I saw seemed to have very little thought placed into them and were more copies of popular Sci-Fi films than original work.
I feel like a common theme in all of our projects was that school will be mostly on computers. There won't be teachers like there used to be. Sports will still be in school though. We didn't mention sports in our slide show. Most other groups did however, they saw sports as being safer but still as popular as they are now.
ReplyDeleteOn some of the slide shows grades were different then they are now. I liked in most of the presentations that grades and academic success weren't just based on how well you test.
The Part of other people's presentations that scared me the most was the lack of freedom after school. In almost every slide show it mentioned that once we graduated school we would be forced into a certain job. This common theme is almost a reflection of how our society is today. Every kid is expected to be a doctor, engineer, or a business man. This extrapolation is less of an extrapolation and more of a reflection.
Throughout a lot of the different projects, I noticed that human teachers will not be a part of school, rather they are replaced by holograms or computers. I found this interesting, because once the teachers are gone, the human/relatable element of school is also gone, which I would dislike. I do think that most of the points made in the different projects were good extrapolations, each having some of their own extrapolations. There was, however, an underlying theme throughout them all that I noticed, and that is that schools will essentially be dominated by technology. I like the idea of incorporating more and more technology into the school system, but if too much is implemented (i.e. making everything computerized), I would dislike the changes. I think that in the future, and in school in particular, technology cannot go overboard, as there are aspects of life which cannot be replaced by computers, such as the touch of another human, or even talking to another human. Something I did like that I noticed in some projects is a different grading scale, and that is something I could get behind. Grades do reflect (partially) how a student does in class and how much they are learning, but more often than not, they are a source of major stress, so it puts a lot of unnecessary pressure onto the students. A changed grading scale, or even no grading scale at all, is something that I would like in future schools.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading some of my classmates extrapolations about the future, I think that there are some very cool things that could happen I also think there could be very serious negative aspects to the future. What I am very anxious about is that all books will be replaced like in Fahrenheit 451 or that there will no longer be any human teachers. What I am most excited about is the Virtual Reality aspect that a lot of people mentioned so instead of a teacher talking about the arctic you can visit it through virtual Reality.I also am interested to think that there will be a scanning device to take attendance so that way students can immediately indulge in learning.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading all of the other presentation from class mates it seems that all the ideas were about the same regarding technology. Ideas that I saw that were different were putting a chip inside of a person giving them knowledge. A idea that was repetitive with most presentations was grading, they all said that the grading would be different by making letter grades different. The classes were different with the technology use for example holographic teachers, no pencils or paper, no textbooks, bigger classes, and computer like tables.
ReplyDeleteMany of the projects had reasonable extrapolations for what school will look like in 40 years. Many projects focused on grading and transportation. A few projects talked about grading being based on the individual, instead of a set scale that every student is graded on. Another reasonable extrapolation I saw was, how transportation will look like for schools in 2055. Many projects had a form of transportation that is used for a large population of people, such as moving walkways, electric boards, and trams that go underground from one subject wing to another. I am really looking forward to the hopeful changes of transportation because hallways are getting crowded because everyone walks at a different pace. This jams hallways, with moving walkways this controls the pace of everyone which makes it easier to get from class to class. There are no extrapolations that fill me with angst, as I am looking forward to any changes. There aren’t many more major thoughts about the extrapolations made, as the technology pieces of many projects were all the same. We are already having technology based classrooms, this isn’t an over-the-top extrapolation. Those are my thoughts on what school will look like in 2055 based on extrapolations from what we know now.
ReplyDeleteAfter seeing my peer's examples of the possibilities of what school might look like 2055,extrapolation is described very well.Common themes that I was seeing was the replacement of pencils and "digital paper" using tablets and skyping classes.Other than that is was seeing more the same of everything.All in all,everybody did a great job on their projects.
ReplyDeleteWhen seeing my peers projects on school in 2055 made me think about how alike our ideas were. There were a ton of projects that pretty much has one or two of the same ideas as me. A lot of ideas really excited me like the idea of hoverboards moving the kids around the school or moving the teachers around the school. Another idea that excited me a lot was the idea of new grading systems. Infinite Campus today is great but to think of having a different grading system sounds better in this day. Some ideas of school in 2055 didn’t seem all that fun like the attendence machine I like the idea but it would make it extremely hard to get away with being late to class. Everyone in their life has been late to class so having this machine would make it so when we are late it immediately affects our grade.
ReplyDeleteSome things that make me excited about the future is the technology and the advances that it will make, but also I am afraid of the advances in tech because these advances to pose threat to hacking and other types of cyber attacks and this could pose very difficult for teachers and staff of the future. My thoughts are that the future can be a wondrous thing, but also can be a living nightmare, it could be so be so good yet so bad. Which makes live in fear, yet also look very ahead to the future and look at the glass half full yet also half empty. I am excited about all advancements in technologies but I am also very nervous about these because people will become more and more antisocial than we already are.
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What I have noticed as we were looking at other people's presentations was that some of them had a dystopian feel to them. A few had examples of limited Free Will while you attended school. Like when you graduate, you don't have a choice of what job you want. You are just suppose to let other people decide your fate and you are happy with that. Some reasonable extrapolations that I noticed was that books and pencils wouldn't be used as often, instead they are replaced with computers or desks with computer screens built into them. Another example was having bigger smart boards that will be used in the classroom.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading my peers “Future schools” projects, I found interesting how many people had something on security, sports, and learning, will be different in 2055. Alot of people talked about how they thought that security would be increased in schools, and it seemed like it is something that everybody hope improves in the future. With shootings and all the other things that can happen, i agree that security should and will be improved in schools in 2055. Another subject that a lot of students had ideas about, was sports. With new technology and improvements in clothing lines like Nike and Adidas, I am sure that Sports in 2055, will be more safe and will have new uniforms, and will have a new style emerge for different sports. Probably the least exciting improvement, in schools in 2055, to me, was the learning in the classroom. I already don't like the amount of technology that is use in learning today. Its hard to think that in forty years, my children will be learning almost entirely through a computer, and my generation of learning will have been lost. School in forty years would have been hard for me to adapt to, but thank god i will be done with my education by then.
ReplyDeleteWhat I Saw when we were looking at other peoples schools, I saw a large amount of Dystopian society's compared to the amount of Utopian society's. There was a lot that said you would be put into a profession, not one that you would choose. There was also one that had almost complete military professions, and very few civilian jobs.
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