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This is a powerful concept which shows that for students to learn anything they need
to be shown that the information they are receiving is important. Once a student finds
a subject ‘cool,’ everything changes in their brain and the way they perceive it.
I admit that it is hard to realize this concept. Trying to use new ways to teach subjects
like math and biology is a challenge. But teachers must realize that learning these and
similar subjects mostly by using books and a blackboard cannot compete with teaching
through virtual reality, which would be much more practical and fun.
These new ways to learn may sound fantastical and unreal now, but they are all
achievable through technology, design and imagination. Seeing how technology is
developing so fast, it seems we will have the opportunity to turn education into anything
we can think of very soon. Given the option – what would you turn it into?
3.2
International projects and their lifelong potential
Jelena Malinović – Slovenia
It is very difficult to imagine education today as simply learning from a prescribed
coursebook. Without modern technology and above all ICT tools, the world would
suddenly stand still and time would simply stop. In today's world ICT has become an
important part of teaching and learning. With the help of modern technology the
knowledge that a young person obtains no longer stays within the walls of the
classroom, but goes beyond it.
Look around you. This room is full of people young and old, from different countries,
cultures, races, creeds and languages. How did we all get here and what are we doing
in such a small country like Slovenia? Well, the answer to all these questions is very
simple – international projects. Something that our parents, grandparents and great-
grandparents never knew even existed when they were going to school. Today it is
possible for everyone to share knowledge with others worldwide, because thanks to
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