Keynote presentation at the Aurora Symposium, Palm Springs on 29 October, 2019.

1. Inspiring the next
generation of
leaders, thinkers
and problem-solvers
derek@futuremakers.nz
@dwenmoth
www.futuremakers.nz
http://www.wenmoth.net

2. Mihi - welcome
Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou,
tēnā koutou katoa Hello everybody here
Nga mihi nui ki a koutou katoa warm greetings to everyone
Ko ka tihi o kahukura te maunga Sugarloaf is my mountain
Ko Ōpwaho te awa The Opawa is my river
No Aotearoa ahau I am from New Zealand
Ko Wenmoth taku whānau I’m from the Wenmoth family
Ko Maurice taku papa Maurice is my father
Ko Rae taku mama Rae is my mother
Ko Jane taku hoa rangitira Jane is my wife
Ko Derek Wenmoth toku ingoa My name is Derek Wenmoth
Tēnā toutou katoa greetings to all of us

3. A long way from anywhere
12,000km
9,000km
Blankmap-World Wikimedia Commons Public Domain

4. Our changing world
When you think about
the future what comes
to mind?
What must we do to
prepare students for
living and working in
the 21st century?
How must our schools
and teachers change
to meet these
opportunities and
challenges?
Aufgang Weltkugel Pixabay CCO

6. Photo by Jeffrey Hamilton on Unsplash

7. Photo by Ludwig Schreier on Unsplash
The Fourth
Industrial
Revolution
Photo by Severin D. on Unsplash
Photo by Samuel Zeller on UnsplashPhoto: Manufacturing Equipment by Mixabest
Compliance
Conformity
Certainty
Change
Complexity
unCertainty

8. https://publicdomainreview.org/collections/france-in-the-year-2000-1899-1910/
• What are our theories
about knowledge?
• What do we know and
understand about the
brain?
• What do we believe about
learning and how it
occurs?

9. http://www.oecd.org/education/schooling-redesigned-9789264245914-en.htm
“Schools need to drive a shift from
a world where knowledge that is
stacked up somewhere depreciating
rapidly in value towards a world in
which the enriching power of
communication and collaborative
flows is increasing”
OECD Schooling redesigned: Foreword

10. Systems should…
• Make learning central, where learners
understand themselves as learners
• Ensure that learning is social and often collaborative
• Be highly attuned to learners’ motivations
and the importance of emotions
• Be acutely sensitive to individual differences
including in prior knowledge
• Use assessments consistent with its aims, with a
strong emphasis on formative feedback
• Promote horizontal connectedness across activities
and subjects, in and out of school
http://www.oecd.org/education/schooling-redesigned-9789264245914-en.htm

11. Photo by Alex Knight on Unsplash

12. He purapura i ruia mai i Rangiātea e kore e ngaro.
It’s fine to have recollections of the past, but wisdom comes from being able to
prepare opportunities for the future.
Photo by Drew Beamer on Unsplash

13. Hacker-cybercrime thedigitalartist Pixabay CC0
Technology and the web…
• Cyber crime
• Cyber bullying
• Online safety
• Online privacy
• Digital footprint
• Robots taking over
• Self-drive cars etc.
• AI – sentient computing

14. Bottles byrev Pixabay CC0
Plastic and the environment
• Now more plastic in the sea
than fish
• 85% of the world’s sea salt
supply has traces of plastic
• Microplastics in our diet
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/plastic-
pollution-facts/

15. Children-of-war janeb13 Pixabay CC0
War, terrorism and refugees
• 25.4 million refugees globally
• 1.2 million refugees need
resettlement right now
• 85% of refugees are hosted by
developing countries
https://www.amnesty.org/en/what-we-
do/refugees-asylum-seekers-and-migrants/global-
refugee-crisis-statistics-and-facts/

16. Drought-cracks seaq68 Pixabay CC0
Environmental change...
• Global warming
• Biodiversity loss
• Droughts and impact on food production
• Rising sea level and climate refugees

17. poverty wjgomes Pixabay CC0
NZ Child Poverty Measures
• 27% 0-17 year olds live in
households with incomes below
60% of the contemporary
medium after housing costs
• The number and proportion of
dependent 0-17 year olds living
in households with the most
severe income poverty have not
declined since 2012
http://www.nzchildren.co.nz/

18. Burger-food Engin_Akyurt Pixabay CC0
The New Zealand Health Survey
2017/18 found that:
• around 1 in 8 children (aged 2–14
years) were obese (12%)
• 17% of Māori children were obese
• 30% of Pacific children were obese
• children living in the most deprived
areas were 2.1 times as likely to be
obese as children living in the least
deprived areas
• the child obesity rate increased from
8% in 2006/07 to 12% in 2017/18.
https://www.health.govt.nz/nz-health-
statistics/health-statistics-and-data-sets/obesity-
statistics

19. Child-sitting rubberduck1951 Pixabay CC0
November 9, 2018
The Australian Loneliness
Report, released today by
the Australian Psychological
Society and Swinburne
University, found one in two
(50.5 percent) Australians
feel lonely for at least one
day in a week, while more
than one in four (27.6
percent) feel lonely for three
or more days.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-11-
australians-lonely.html

20. The Anthropocene
The Anthropocene defines Earth's most recent geologic time period as being human-influenced,
or anthropogenic, based on overwhelming global evidence that atmospheric, geologic,
hydrologic, biospheric and other earth system processes are now altered by humans.
http://www.anthropocene.info/Photo by Patrick Hendry on Unsplash

21. Image by Jackie Ramirez from Pixabay
We cannot
solve our problems with
the same thinking we used
when we created them.

22. “Education is the passport
to the future,
for tomorrow belongs to
those who prepare for it
today.”
Malcolm X, 1925 - 1965

23. https://www.oecd.org/education/2030/E2030%20Position%20Paper%20(05.04.2018).pdf

24. Ormiston Junior
College: year 7-10
• New school in South Auckland
• Culturally diverse
• Student led, thematic,
integrated topics
• Project-based, inquiry focus
• Assessment approach – using
micro-credentials

25. How do we “know”?
We have three ways to acquire
information:
1. We can discover it for ourselves
2. We can absorb it implicitly
3. We can be told explicitly
(Daniel Levitin (2017) Weaponized Lies, p.123)
https://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-districts/star-selwyn/fake-news-how-students-are-learning-fact-fiction

26. Exploring conspiracy
theories…
For example…
• Was the moon landing a coverup?
• Who killed JFK?
• Was 9/11 an inside job?
• Is climate change a hoax?
Assessments made of…
• Critical thinking
• Collaboration
• Scientific Inquiry
• Communication
https://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-districts/star-selwyn/fake-news-how-
students-are-learning-fact-fiction

27. https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/blog/2015/12/sustainable-development-goals-kick-off-with-start-of-new-year/
• A starting point for engaging students
• Make links with school’s values
• Useful framework to connect local with
global issues
• Aligns well with critical thinking
• Provides context for authentic, project-
based learning
• These are the issues that matter for the
future of our learners

28. https://www.ngunguru.school.nz
• Nganguru School
• Primary school, with 220
students
• Located in a coastal
settlement near
Whangarei - north of
Auckland
• Localised curriculum –
strong focus on local
environment as a context

29. Photo: Derek Wenmoth
• Focus on capabilities
• Celebrate cultural diversity
• Educate for understanding and
critical engagement
• Develop learner agency and voice
• Embrace risk and failure
• Emphasize character and
citizenship
• Localise your curriculum
• Engage in social good projects
BE FUTURE MAKERS!

30. Take care of our children
Take care of what they hear
Take care of what they see
Take care of what they feel
For how the children grow
So will be the shape of Aotearoa.
Dame Whina Cooper

31. Thank You
derek@futuremakers.nz
@dwenmoth
www.futuremakers.nz
http://www.wenmoth.net