Preparing Our Students For A Lifetime Of Success!!!

The future will come no matter what, every tomorrow (future) becomes a today (present) if we are ready or not. As I stare out over the bright eyed, excited and carefree students in front of me, I can't help but worry about what the future holds for my students. The technological age is upon us, it continues to grow and flourish in this country not only in its own realm, but the applications in other careers and areas of life. This article from MSN Careers, focuses on the next ten to twenty years into the future to give us the ten jobs that will become relevant and best for growth. “As things like technology, medicine, science and environmentalism continue to advance in the coming years, several occupations are bound to emerge. By understanding these trends, job seekers can play a more active role in planning for their careers.” The technology jobs are not going to go away and children need to prepare for them. With such jobs as Cyber Security Specialist, Medical Records Administrator, Mobile Application Developer, Simulation Engineer, and Social Media Manager we see technology a vital element to the growth and success of the future. We are no longer a country of manufacturing giants and the future if the job market mimics this, we need people to make things easier, maintain things, and care for people. Technology will be a key component and can no longer be ignored in classrooms. Technology will provide genuine learning experience, that stretch beyond the for walls of our classrooms.
   

This video simply backs up the MSN article, yet again technology jobs are at the top of the list,  followed by medical professions (helping people), and followed by professions that use technology as vital tools.While both of these are geared to those searching for a job, it is our job to use these tools to prepare students for the future because they too will be searching someday. At the end of this video the narrator say the best way to know what you want to do is to go out, sample the work, see if and what you like about a certain career then decide what to do. If we as teachers can provide students with opportunities to explore, search, and manipulate different media, technological devices, and applications, we will not only prepare them for their own future, but we will create a better outlook for our economic future as a country.