04 Jul 2018
Excursions to the moon, teleporting between classes, face recognition roll call or a school without bell times or walls. The school of the future is only limited by your imagination.
That is the message from the organisers of an exciting new challenge being launched today in the lead up to Education Week 2018.
The inaugural game changer challenge will showcase the theme of this year's Education Week, today's schools are creating tomorrow's world, which highlights how NSW public schools are equipping young people with the skills and capabilities they need to thrive in a rapidly changing, globalised world.
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The workshop includes teacher training in the use of design thinking as a teaching methodology and its application for school planning.
It will also include a team competition where schools will work under the guidance of industry professionals in fields as diverse as technology, creative design and foreign affairs to design the school of the future.
The challenge winner will be selected after a Shark Tank-style pitch to industry and education experts, including Department of Education Secretary Mark Scott.
For more information visit education webpage.