21st Education & the Modern Classroom

How many websites are created every hour?

• 200

• 2000

• 20000

• 222

How many Youtube videos are uploaded every hour?

• 350

• 35

• 2100

• millions

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How many Youtube videos do people watch every day?

• 2 trillion

• 2 million

• 2 billion

• 20 million

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What's the average number of Facebook friends a teenager will have by the time they leave school?

• 1000 followers

• 1000 friends

• It depends on how popular they are.

• 10000 friends

What makes today's students part of a globalised world?

• They know people from other countries.

• They are able to participate in online games all night.

• The manner in which they consume, produce and communicate information in previously unimaginable ways.

• Like students all over the world, they hate doing homework.

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Why do educators have to think about how they adapt education for the future?

• To help students spend less time doing homework so they have more time to meet friends online.

• To prepare students for careers that span multiple jobs, positions and skill sets, some of which are yet to be invented.

• To help students to promote themselves on social media by teaching them how to take better selfies.

• To help students predict the future.

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How can technology be utilised to prepare students better for the 21st century.

• By enabling cameras to observe their every action, highlighting whenever they are lazy or doing something they shouldn't be doing.

• By allowing students at least two hours every day to engage in online games to help them relax.

• To help students memorise facts, figures and vocabulary.

• By using enabling technologies in a personalised way, thereby encouraging students to think critically and be more creative.

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What are schools in South Korea doing that not only facilitates flexible learning but also helps the environment?

• Encouraging students to ride bicycles or switch to electric bikes, instead of getting a lift in their parents cars.

• Reminding students to switch off the lights and A/C when they leave the classroom.

• Switching from traditional paper text books to digital books.

• Encouraging students to recycles their old text books.

In which country are students allowed to access the internet while taking an exam?

• Japan

• Denmark

• Vietnam

• America

In which country are students encouraged to create their own learning schedules?

• Austria

• Albania

• Australia

• America

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