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The video was interesting to say the least. The information presented and it's format, background and music, seems to convey a "beware of" theme. I think almost to the point of trying to scare its viewers.

While informative, it does create the question of what/where next? How do we as educators prepare students for a world we don't know? Jobs that await children of today have not been conceived. Twenty years ago my brother sat in a middle school classroom that did not have a curriculum to prepare him to be an "Associate Director of Systems and Security." What he gained were methods in which to continue to learn. As educators, I think our responsibility is to teach our students the "how" not the "what." How to access information. How to ask questions to gain knowledge. How to work smarter not harder. I think much of the current structure of education concerns itself with how "intelligent" a student is rather than how "smart" they are.

How do we get there? Where is there? No one can describe where "there" is so how can we prepare for it? I think rather than preparing for "there" we need to equip our students with the ability to problem solve. To think and be smart not just intelligent.