The document discusses predictions about the future of education, emphasizing the need for adaptability and innovation in learning. It highlights how outdated views have led to misconceptions about technology's potential and stresses that education must evolve to keep pace with societal changes. The author advocates for a shift from traditional teaching methods to a more dynamic, student-driven approach.

1. How
education
will change

2. “this ‘telephone’ has too
many shortcomings to
be seriously considered
as a means of
communication.”
-Western Union internal memo, 1876

3. “the wireless music box has
no imaginable commercial
value. Who would pay for a
message sent to nobody in
particular?”
-an investor in response to David Sarnoff’s
push for radio in 1920

4. “while theoretically and
technically television may
be feasible, commercially
and financially it is an
impossibility.”
-Lee De Forest, radio pioneer, 1926

5. we’re wrong
more often
than we think

9. the pope’s inauguration

10. you want to start a
business?

12. we don’t need an
expensive credit
card terminal

14. you don’t need to hire
people

16. you don’t need a building
or pay for an entire
office

18. we don’t need a
taxi

21. we don’t need
to stay at a
hotel

24. we don’t have to go to a
restaurant

26. our world has
changed

27. we’re getting
smarter

28. The
Flynn
effect

29. school has
changed

30. Sir
Ken
Robinson

31. A
child
driven
educa9on

35. education is
going global

38. when it comes to
carrots or
sticks, sticks
only de-motivate

40. it’s the age of
non-linear
learning

42. why are we
still using
textbooks?

48. if you want anyone
to listen you have
to grab their
attention

54. we don’t need
teachers, we
need leaders.

59. Anything worth
memorizing is
worth looking
up.

60. education is
going to change
no matter what…

61. you can either be ahead
of the curve or behind
the curve.
The choice is yours.

62. do impossible
things.

63. jephmaystruck@gmail.com
@JephMaystruck
strategylab.ca