Preparing our
​students for a
​global future.
Does it leverage the benefits of technology to connect learners, instructors and information regardless of place?

How does it prepare learners for a role in the global society?

Can it accommodate the needs of a global student body?
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Does it prepare learners for a multi-cultural learning experience?

Adoption rate to reach 25% of U.S. population (in years)

electricity 
45
telephone
36
radio
31
television
26
pc
16
mobile phone
13
internet
7
iPad
2.5

We are currently preparing students for jobs that don't exist, using technologies that haven't been invented, in order to solve problems we don't even know are problems yet.
Corning Incorporated looks at what a typical day in the future could hold.

What opportunities does the technology shown afford for teaching and learning?

What technology and opportunities are we already seeing?

Is there a universal applicability for some of these ideas? Can they begin to help all types of learners?

How could this impact teaching (and learning) at the early childhood age?

Virtual Tours

A brand new, 600 student kindergarten center that looks at how thoughtful planning and design can eliminate hours of time lost to transitions.
A study of how a vacant JCPenney could be converted into a dynamic early childhood Center for Muscatine Community School District.
The conversion of a 26,000 SF grocery store into a joint early childhood center and central office for Kearney School District.

THE RESULTS

Learning Connections
How can we begin to define our core values?

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SPACES THAT ALLOW FOR MOVEMENT
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UNIQUE STORAGE
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SPACES THAT CAN BE EASILY ADAPTED/CHANGED
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HEALTH AND WELLNESS/SUSTAINABILITY
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FLEXIBLE/ADAPTABLE/VERSATILE FURNITURE

Postcard From the Future
What were the common themes?

  • Online learning
  • Student centric
  • Family engagement
  • Digital learning
  • Social emotional
  • Teletherapy
  • Leveraging technology to help communicate
  • Community partnership
  • Virtual meetings (parents, teachers, students)
  • Highly blended classrooms & programs
  • Diversity
  • Play based
  • Virtual classrooms, virtual teachers
  • Eco friendly facilities