The document discusses the changes in technology, banking, entertainment, shopping and communication over the last 20 years and how Pattie Maes' Sixth Sense technology could represent the future. It states that while we don't know the future technologies students will use, schools can prepare them by teaching five new subjects: using language/symbols/text, thinking, participating and contributing, relating to others, and managing self. These subjects focus on skills like collaboration, communication, resilience and goal-setting that will help students adapt to constant changes.

2. What do Learners need in the 21st Century? Next year = 2010 1 / 10 of the way through the 21 st C

4. What brought about these changes?

6. Pattie Maes Sixth Sense Video Clip

7. If this is the future, how do we prepare our students for the their future? We don’t know what technologies will be available to these students in the future but we can give them some skills that will assist them to cope with their ever changing world.

8. There are 5 New Subjects being taught to your children. They are: Using Language, symbols and text Thinking Participating and Contributing Relating to others Managing Self

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