[SENco-forum] 21st century skills

Re: [SENco-forum] 21st century skills Should schools also be teaching fire

Well I can too now as my wife bought me the Dangerous Book for Boys last
Christmas.

But you say Mad Max isn¹t real.........

Jamie

From: Maggie Downie <maizie2004 at yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:20:48 +0100 (BST)
To: Jamie Munro <jmunro at djsn.co.uk>, Peter Syme <APAHSyme at compuserve.com>
Cc: Peter Syme <106070.776 at compuserve.com>,
<senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk>, Martin Miles <Mmilesep at aol.com>, Tim Rupp
<tgrupp at ntlworld.com>
Subject: Re: [SENco-forum] 21st century skills

Hee Hee; don't be silly.  Most of our kids can do that anyway!!

Mad Max isn't REAL, you know....

Maggie

Jamie Munro <jmunro at djsn.co.uk> wrote:
> Re: [SENco-forum] 21st century skills     Should schools also be teaching fire
> making and rabbit skinning then? ;-)
>  
>  I¹m a big fan of dystopian future sci-fi.  Can¹t say I ever saw Mad Max using
> his times tables.
>  
>  Jamie
>  
> 
> From: Maggie Downie <maizie2004 at yahoo.co.uk>
>  Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:24:32 +0100 (BST)
>  To: Jamie Munro <jmunro at djsn.co.uk>, Peter Syme <APAHSyme at compuserve.com>
>  Cc: Peter Syme <106070.776 at compuserve.com>, <senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk>,
> Martin Miles <Mmilesep at aol.com>, Tim Rupp <tgrupp at ntlworld.com>, Maggie Downie
> <maizie2004 at yahoo.co.uk>
>  Subject: Re: [SENco-forum] 21st century skills
>  
>  Who is to say that the 21st century will continue to be an era of
> technological wizardry which will obviate the need for 'traditional' skills,
> such as handwriting?
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>    Are we aiming to produce a generation who are completely helpless in a
> power cut (or worse)?
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>  Maggie
>  
>  Jamie Munro <jmunro at djsn.co.uk> wrote:
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>>>  > As I keep pointing out, this is the 21st Century - should we be teaching
>>>  > children the skills they need to be medieval farmers or biblical boat
>>>  > builders?
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>>>  > Jamie
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