Classroom 2050: Unleashing AI, XR, Gaming

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🗓️ 14 August 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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With students learning in more places and different ways than we have ever seen, the pace of change in education is dizzying. Can this progress narrow learning gaps exacerbated by COVID-19 or will it fuel divides? How can we make the most of this once-in-a-generation opportunity? Join our panelists from Khan Academy, PrismsVR, and Minecraft Education as we discuss the classroom of the future, and how important technologies including AI, XR, and gaming should play a role in it.

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0:00.0	The situation is not good and a lot of people blame the pandemic but it was pretty bad before the pandemic.
0:05.5	The kids in school today are growing up into a world that's incredibly fast-paced and it's complex. I think a common misconception is that technology is
0:14.9	going to replace the pedagogy and it's not. Many parents are thinking
0:18.3	differently about what learning looks like, learning on a continuum, different experiences.
0:24.6	In Minecraft, they're like figuring out who they are as a human.
0:28.6	Like if they're the person playing with their friends who's organizing the mission,
0:32.8	maybe they're going to grow up to be a leader.
0:35.4	It is not a clear path to classroom 2050,
0:38.3	so we have to be able to hold the optimism and hope and boldness.
0:43.0	It's like the holodeck on Star Trek,
0:45.0	and I honestly didn't think that was going to happen in my lifetime.
0:47.0	I think that's going to happen in the next five years.
0:49.0	I know this panel was called the Classroom of 2050,
0:52.0	but I actually want to be very clear.
0:53.2	It's a classroom of 2023.
0:54.8	It's happening right now.
0:57.2	The year is 2023.
1:00.2	And so much has changed in the last 50 years when it comes to technology.
1:05.2	We now have smartphones that can fit in our pockets. We have the world's knowledge
1:10.2	accessible to anyone with an internet connection and even tools that summarize
1:14.9	incredibly complex concepts in the voice of our favorite fictional
1:19.3	characters. Now reflect on the state of the classroom, the very forum where we raise the next
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