Top 10 Things I Top 10 Things I learnt from U-Learn learnt from U-Learn

0808by Glenn Pressnellby Glenn Pressnell

1. 1. In order to become In order to become better teachers, we better teachers, we

must become different must become different learners!learners!

. . 2. All children will 2. All children will

be “googable” within be “googable” within the next 50 years!the next 50 years!

3. The new 3. The new innovations of the innovations of the future will not be future will not be

mainstream!mainstream!

4. Following your 4. Following your passion will be more passion will be more

important than important than following traditional following traditional

learning models!learning models!

5. “Flight of the 5. “Flight of the Creative Class”Creative Class”

The creative industry The creative industry will be the dominant will be the dominant

workforce, up to 80%!workforce, up to 80%!

66. . There has There has never been a never been a

better time to be better time to be a teacher!a teacher!

7. Pitch your focus 7. Pitch your focus questions high then questions high then bring them back to a bring them back to a more child-friendly more child-friendly

levellevel

8. 8. You don’t necessarily have You don’t necessarily have to have the confidence to to have the confidence to use the tools yourself, but use the tools yourself, but

be confident enough to be confident enough to hand over the tools to the hand over the tools to the

children.children.

9. We learn more 9. We learn more together than we together than we ever could apart!ever could apart!

10. Mr Waller will 10. Mr Waller will do anything for a do anything for a

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