http://www.education.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Ministry/Initiatives/Lifelonglearners.pdf

Changes ahead! Less than 10 years to put this new vision in place.

The drive for Passion Projects is here. I love the idea of making international links/links to experts.

Non-digital teachers will struggle and consider leaving the profession. Key skills be lost? This recognition of me as a non-digital teacher sent me to Mindlab for training.

Gaming as a key element - will this favour the boys and give them the 'leg-up' that has been missing?
Is this 'Go Pokemon', 'Minecraft'? Is this fostering artificial communication? supportive option for very shy students.
MLEs are a key component - currently lots of negative feedback about this ways of teaching and learning.
SCHOOL
Employing or training up teachers to be digitally-minded
Where does the school need more teachers? Maths, Physics, Technology
The vision puts an increased emphasis on family and whanau. The School needs to share this MoE vision with them to help prevent the backlash on teachers who are working towards this pedagogical shift.

Everyone has a role to play

Society is finally waking up to the fact that more learning can take place outside school than in it! Kids know this, that is one of the reasons why school trips are so popular.
Outside of school students learn how to manage themselves, how to behave with new people or in unfamiliar environments, how to be respectful, gratitude at new opportunities and experiences, that it is ok to ask questions of experts... the list goes on.
What they are not doing is sitting at desks, filling in worksheets or watching the clock, waiting for the lesson to be over.
The idea of 'Design Learning' is still unsettling for me. But what I am sure about is that the classrooms need to be more seamless into society so my students are motivated and open to learning much more than I could expose them to in school. After all, "it takes a village to raise a child".