What have we learned? Are we having fun yet?

Today we have a number of sites to visit for a broad discussion of influences of old affecting our 21st century thinking. We start with Ancient Wisdom for 21st Century Business Communication by Pamela Ziemann. This really applies to students, teachers and educators too. Explore this site. There are some very good tips to be seen.

From a Wikipedia page we have Diversity in Teaching in the Classroom - from days of old to now.

History and Artifacts leading to Teaching History in the 21st Century - bringing historical research to life.

We've learned that the old ones were very smart. They experimented, observed, recorded, created and had a great deal of skill and ingenuity. They used what they had and mystified us for centuries.
Have a look at this site as an example, 21st century technology reveals alchemists' secret recipe.

They learned to write and so, handed down through the ages, we have a collection of writings of philosophy, nature, science and much more.

We've learned that the humanities must not be forgotten in our 21st century. Use technology, but use it to further a whole knowledge, not a fractured knowledge.

Understanding our past allows us to understand our future. The study of anthropology - archaeology and material culture, socio-cultural anthropology, and biological anthropology helps us understand ourselves now and leads us into the future.

We must learn from the rise and fall of previous civilizations.

I'm not indicating we don't need technology, we do need it. Here is just one reason, of millions, why, 21st Century detective work reveals how ancient rock got off to a hot start. But not technology for technology's sake. It is back to the whole. And that is why teaching will have to become more student-centric than in the past. The Factory school standard has to be changed or we will fail our students - our scientists - our doctors - our teachers - our future.

Cheers - Mike