Ms. Becky Lo, Education Lead, Public Sector Group, Microsoft Hong Kong Limited

1. The Role of Technology in a
New World of Learning
Becky Lo
Education Lead
Microsoft Hong Kong Limited
23 February, 2013

2. The demand for working skills has changed
Economy-wide measures of routine and non-routine task input
65 Nonroutine interactive
Nonroutine analytic
Mean task input as percentiles of
60 Routine manual
Routine cognitive
55 Nonroutine manual
the 1960 task distribution
50
45
40
1960 1970 1980 1990 2002
Source: Data for this graph taken from, How Computerized Work and Globalization Shape Human Skill Demands by Frank Levy [MIT] and Richard Murnane [Harvard Graduate School
of Education], 2005 publication

3. 21 st century workplaces
 Ways of thinking. Creativity, critical thinking, problem-
solving, decision-making
 Ways of working. Communication, collaboration
 Tools for working. ICT, information literacy
 Skills for living in the world. Citizenship, life and
career, personal and social responsibility

4. “ In a world of constant flux,
learning has as much to do
with creating the new as
learning the old
”
Image source: Joi Ito

5. “ In the 21st century it is about
learning the skills and the tools
to remake content. It is about
becoming the creator and
the producer
”
New Learners of the 21st Century

9. the father of educational computing
“My goal in life is to find ways in which children can use technology
as a constructive medium to do things that they could not do
before; to do things at a level of complexity that was not previously
accessible to children” – Prof. Seymour Papert (1998)
building skills for tomorrow

10. The Role of Technology
Students
Learning

11. Software & Services for Learning

13. Support note taking with digital pen, sketching, annotating, showing
process, prototyping and complex visual thinking
Handwriting recognition for mathematics, music, chemistry etc.
Support for functional software for graphic design and creativity
Support typing for longer assignments, multitask for complex
research and knowledge building
Support music composition, playing, composing etc.
Video and audio capture and editing
Support for small amounts of typing
Voice, video, and audio collaboration
Internet research

14. Unified Ecosystem
A rich platform to make a real impact for better learning