I came across this video on kylepace that was created by COSN.  I was blown away by the video because I think it says everything about education today and in the future that has been swirling around in my head.  These are the things that resonated with me most from the video:

• the kids are having a much more stimulating, enriching environment outside of schools than they are inside of schools
• students are big communicators and content developers, yet all of the tools they use to do that are banned in schools
• it’s about relationship, it’s about community, productivity, access
• they live in the “nearly now” where they can reflect, retract, and research
• the student is at the center and school is just one of the places that they learn
• we’ve got a classroom system, where we could have a community system
• we have to develop a narrative that sustains 21st century learning

Schools and teachers are going to have to seriously consider these factors when developing new curricula as well as daily lessons.  We need to take advantage that they are so connected to and use it in a meaningful, collaborative, and creative way.