Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Digital Nation | Arne Duncan: The Class of the Future

Subject Area

Digital Literacy and Computer Science

Grade(s)

9, 10, 11, 12

Overview

The Class of the Future: it may not meet in a classroom at all, and students may be learning a totally different set of skills, says Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, in this video from FRONTLINE: Digital Nation. In this video, Duncan talks about how the way students receive, process, and communicate information could change in the education world due to the everchanging digital world. 

    Digital Literacy and Computer Science (2018) Grade(s): 09-12

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    Debate the positive and negative effects of computing innovations in personal, ethical, social, economic, and cultural spheres.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:DLCS18.HS.23

    Vocabulary

    • innovation
    • ethics
    • social
    • economic

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • how to discuss positive and negative effects of computing innovations in multiple contexts.
    • that changes in computing innovations can have a range of effects in many contexts.
    • how to communicate their beliefs about computing innovations and the effects caused by advances.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • recognize that innovations can have both positive and negative consequences.
    • identify positive and negative effects of innovation.
    • communicate support for or against innovation.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • advancements can also have drawbacks.
    • we are in a state of change that will require adaptation and education to be a constant.
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    CR Resource Type

    Audio/Video

    Resource Provider

    PBS
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    Custom
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