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Introducing TrendsWatch 2016
TrendsWatch 2016 is now up on the web! You can download your free PDF copy from the Alliance website. (Print copies will be available later this spring from the AAM Bookstore.) Here are the chapters in this year’s report: Labor 3.0: new … -
More on our Ford Fellow Search: the future of distributed work
Did you go to work today? Did you go into the office? For much of the last century those two actions were synonymous. But now, for many Americans, the answers to these questions are respectively a) yes and b) no. I’m bringing this up … -
Life’s Persistent Problems: TED Talk June 2040
Sylvea here. I’d like to introduce Dr. Tom P. Abeles, editor of On the Horizon, a foresight journal on education. His #FutureFictionFriday story is a 2040 TEDTalk about continuous learning . Dr. Abeles shares several future … -
Do-ing Diversity in Museums
Chris Taylor’s commitment to helping his institution make traction in conversations about diversity, inclusion, and professional development led to the creation of The Department of Inclusion and Community Engagement (DICE) at the … -
Experiments in Virtual Reality at The Museum of Flight
TrendsWatch 2016 will go up on the web at the end of this week! And (spoiler alert) one of the topics I cover this year is the explosive rise of Augmented and Virtual Reality devices. The technology behind AR/VR is rapidly becoming more … -
FFF: NATIONAL COUNCIL OF EDUCATION HISTORIANS ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2040
<!—-> This week Kate Stoessel, a sixth grade Social Studies teacher in Houston sent us a creative story in the form of a conference keynote from the year 2040. She shares several future innovations in education and highlights … -
Stacking the Futurist Deck
I’m the first to admit it can be hard to catapult from dealing with today’s urgent problems to thinking about the long-term future. Fortunately, futurists have developed many tools to help guide organizations through the process of … -
What type of future do you envision for P-12 education?
Would you like to see your ideas about the future of education shared far beyond your local museum or school? What current P-12 issues are important to you? What works and where are the opportunities for change? Draft your story today and … -
Future Friday Fiction!: The Wax
This week, our Future Friday Fiction work is by Joe Tankersley, a futurist. His story is set in New Orleans and imagines a future where a VR enhanced music program is developed by a museum. Check out the other entries here and submit your … -
Museums and Fair Labor Practices
Fair wages, living wages, the CEO pay ratio, unpaid internships, short term contracts, unbiased hiring, outsourced work—labor issues are front and center in our field. TrendsWatch 2016 (which will come out at the end of this month) tackles …
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