1. Activity #1: Exploring Our Future Outlooks

2. Competition Details
Think about the future of learning. What might school be like in 2027?
Write a story about one possible future of learning.
Submit it to the competition.
Have your work published and the chance to win an iPad or VISA gift card

3. How do you see the future?
How do you see the future? Some of us think the future will be great, other people are fearful of it, and others don’t think about it all that much. Before we look at the future of learning, we should understand how we already think about the future.

4. Exploring Our Future Outlooks
I determine my own future and can meaningfully influence the futures of others
The future is undetermined and entirely unpredictable
The future is already determined
My own future and the futures of others are out of my control
Scroll through the statements, asking students to first place themselves along the horizontal axis based on how strongly they agree with either of the statements (they can be somewhere in the middle), and then move vertically based on how strongly they agree with the second two statements. They should place their sticky notes in the place that best represents the combination of these two views.

5. What’s Your Future Outlook?
Ask students to review where their sticky note is and decide whether that description is an accurate depiction of how they view the future. Ask them to complete the reflection questions on handout #1.