The document discusses challenging students to work on real-world tasks through connecting them with businesses. It advocates for a student-centric, project-based, team-oriented approach to education focused on solving practical problems. The document introduces Studentive, a platform that connects students and companies through challenges for students to work on real-world tasks, allowing them to learn by doing. It promotes this as a way to address graduate unemployment by giving students practical experience.

1. CHALLENGING STUDENTS
TO WORK ON REAL-WORLD TASKS
21.1.2012 Petr Bela
New Media Inspiration @petrbela
@NMInspiration @studentive

2. EDUCATION
in the 21st century

3. Sir Ken Robinson

4. Changing Education Paradigms
http://bit.ly/yyl2qI

5. Textbooks

6. SCHOOL IS A PLATFORM
Not an institution
Schools become "nerve centres" where students, teachers, wide
community and businesses connect with a common goal to
share their knowledge and learn from each other.

7. iTunes U

8. www.ml-class.org

9. Stanford online classes opening in Feb 2012

10. www.justiceharvard.org

11. www.khanacademy.org

12. http://bit.ly/A5dicY

13. ANTI-TEACHING
Asking the right Question,
and not giving the answer right away.
Ask WHY instead of WHAT.
Don’t ask: “What’s gonna be in the test?”

14. Don’t learn for tests.
LEARN FOR LIFE

15. "I hear, I forget.
I see, I remember.
I do, I understand."
Confucius
We learn by doing, trial & error.

16. 3 ATTRIBUTES OF EDUCATION
1. student-centric
“pull the information”
teacher => mentor
2. project-based
“apply it”
3. team-work
“collaborate”

17. 7 SURVIVAL SKILLS
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Collaboration across Networks
Agility and Adaptability
Initiative and Entrepreneurialism
Effective Oral and Written Communication
Accessing and Analyzing Information
Curiosity and Imagination

18. Working on useless projects is a waste.
http://bit.ly/wuquZm

19. THE REAL WORLD
What to do after school?

20. GRADUATE UNEMPLOYMENT
Due to lack of practical experience
How to solve the problem?

21. Connects students and companies
through
CHALLENGES
to work on real-world tasks.
...it’s like World of Warcraft in real life!

22. www.studentive.com

24. Are you a student?
REGISTER NOW
www.studentive.com
Company?
Contact us at info@studentive.com
Launching in a few days...

25. ONE MORE THING...

26. The first Startup Weekend in the Czech Republic!
Prague, March 30 - April 1, 2012
Over 150 participants and YOU!
http://prague.startupweekend.org/

27. WRAP UP
Online learning:
www.ml-class.org, www.launchpad-class.org, ...
www.justiceharvard.org
www.apple.com/education/itunes-u
www.openculture.com/freeonlinecourses
Studentive:
www.facebook.com/studentive
www.studentive.com
info@studentive.com
StartupWeekend Prague:
@SWPrague
prague.startupweekend.org
www.facebook.com/StartupWeekendPrague