Think about the changes and trends that will shape the world our students will know in the years to come. Add to the Teacher Community of Practice discussion:
- One thing you found surprising
- One thing you found concerning
- One think you found exciting
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surprising: Printable world. I just found it so eye opening that this could even be a possibility at the depths in which it was discussed.
concerning: A.I. intelligence becoming more intelligent than humans and the implications that come with this.
exciting: Driverless world and all that this entails. The idea that my sons might not ever have the opportunity to drive. It is exciting the opportunities that will open up because of this. I for one can’t wait for this technology.
Surprising: All the different ways that Ai has already started to be developed.
Concerning: The changes that may occur in the types of work available to people.
Exciting: The potential for Ai to improve educational outcomes for students
Surprising – like most, the drones really took me by surprise! TO think they are going to be trialled here in Australia and I haven’t heard even a whisker about them before. I can’t wait to see how this goes.
Concerning – nanobot technology. I think this is beyond most people’s comprehension and thus runs the risk, perhaps, of becoming less regulated (we can’t control what we can’t see).
Exciting – driverless cars. Bring. It. ON.
Surprising – The drone transportation, is it here already! I need this!
Concerning – The at risk employment opportunities available to the next generations, all this technology will have a massive impact.
Exciting – the medical advancements is just incredible!
yes drone transportation sounds so fascinating. I am so excited about all 5 trends and just find it all so fascinating. Definitely the medical advancements are great I just hope everyone will have access to the technology equally.
Surprising – the at risk jobs being the higher cognitive/routine ones – researchers, etc
Concerning – the security and privacy concerns – the cyber criminals are keeping pace
exciting – I love technology and love learning and sharing it
I do worry about the young people in schooling developing those essentials skills they will need to get future jobs – how do we define what they need and how do we develop resources to keep up?
I agree it is surprising that there is so much potential for Ai to take manual jobs.
yes definitely sercurity and privacy I feel will be difficult to keep up with. It already feels like we are scrambling at times to keep up with cyber criminals.
change is happening very quickly. We need to adapt and be ready for change. Driver less cars – this one is abit strange to me. I like driving. I saw a show with a person in the car and phoning someone to say he was driving with no hands – next thing the car had crashed into the building he wanted to go to. It didn’t stop. Facial recognition – is privacy a thing of the past? But it is kind of exciting to wonder what the changes will be and how the world will be in the future?
I agree we really need to embrace change and move with it or we will be left behind
Surprising: how little we really know about what the world of our students will look like, never have we experienced such rapid change in our world!
Concerning: facial recognition and lack of privacy, or more so, how these are used to control the population. What will be the ramifications for those members of society who break the rules? Speak out against the Government etc?
Exciting: the innovation that will be required, what an exciting time to be alive! The advances to medicine that nano-technology and 3D printing alone provide are so mind blowing!
Our students – and, more concerningly (and close to home) – our childrens’ futures! Lack of privacy really concerns me too, because that is fundamental to our human existence.
Surprising: the jobs of tomorrow – WOW so interesting opportunities ahead
Concerning: how we will all cope with the rapid changes that will occur over what appears to be a short period of time. Change is hard and how will adapt may bring about some significant impacts on people’s mental health
Exciting: that the world we know now is going to be so different from the world to come and that is going to be very exciting
I think change is harder for those having lived over a longer period – the young grow with it and are so accepting. Surprised to hear my 4yo grandson ask Siri to launch an app but sad that my nursing home dad cant speak to take advantage of all this technology.
Surprising: some of the jobs that may be replaceable in the future.
concerning: Driverless cars and the effects of all this technology on our privacy!
exciting: changes to the way we work and live
Surprising: teachers will still be needed!
Exciting: still jobs for creative people, for those who want to care for others
Concerning: managing security on the world stage
I agree! It almost feels like teachers could become obsolete. Who needs an education when there are machines to do everything for you!! the discussion…
YAY – go you good teachers!!! supporting students for the future!
also surprised me to see us up there – especially with the mad rush to push everything online recently and hearing about automated assessments.
When thinking about the changes and trends that will shape the world our students will know in the years to come, i feel suprised, concerned and excited. I remeber about 5 years back I had to explain to a 16 year old what a camera was. The ones you put a film into and roll on your self. He was mind blown! Listening to Michael and what he has discussed in this last session has been every eye opening. Suprising – the loss of jobs from the sectors that require brain power and routine. Did not think this would be… Read more »
I think people will always have an interest in the past and want to study history.
Surprising: How long some of this technology still takes to develop. Just like a COVID-19 vaccine I thought driver-less cars would be here by now given the investment in the product.
Concerning: The removal of real humans and their genuine reactions and real concern and compassion in interactions. Coming from a robot I know it’s just a pre-programmed response and I don’t believe it.
Exciting: The medical break-throughs already in use like the Da Vinci robot performing surgery or the microscopic robots in bloodstreams destroying tumours.
humans will always need humans, a robot may replace the things we do, hopefully it will free up more time for the humans to create a community again. Rose coloured glasses i know…
the humans are behind the technology, hence the time line in creation…
I’m more surprised there hasnt been a more updated “the Jetsons” cartoon!
Good point Joanne, it really is surprising how LONG some of this stuff takes to become a reality when often we’ve been seeing it in movies for years (thanks to CGI!!).
Interesting to think about the jobs that may not exist, and the jobs that will appear in the future. I was surprised at the fields that are not likely to exist,
Some of the technology is concerning, for example AI, seems to invade privacy, we don’t necessarily get a say in participating. It’s happening all around us.
I think it’s exciting to think about what the future looks like considering all of the information we have covered.
Barb, my thoughts exactly!
It’s the invasion of privacy I worry about.
I agree, maintaining people’s privacy and the thought of ‘big brother’ have always concerned people and will obviously continue to do so in this ‘brave new world’.
Its been interesting to read other comments and I agree with comments posted. Most surprising is the aspects of Artificial Intelligence. Change is moving very rapidly and a concern is the jobs that will be made redundant due to changes in technology. Exciting and daunting: changes to workforce and workplaces
Surprising:That my children may never have a drivers license
Concerning: The amount of people that may not have the skills or be interested in retraining to get a new job if there job is replaced by robots.
Exciting: Driver less cars and Drone delivery
I agree Liz, hard to imagine not needing a driver licence.
surprising: the percentage of jobs that are predicted to be automated so soon
concerning: the amount of people who will require retaining or be out of work due to this automation
exciting: we can keep being creative difficult to replace that
It makes sense now but I found it surprising that the jobs that will be lost are those requiring a high level of brain power.
Face recognition and privacy of the individual concerns me greatly.
Very exciting to see the workforce in 5 years time and what has changed.
I was also surprised that the jobs most at risk require a high a level of brain power. I don’t quite understand how AI replaces an actual insurance appraiser using their intuition and gut feeling to detect that someone may be lying or bending the truth. Or that a robot telemarker can do a better job than a human. I can easily slam the phone down on an automated call but feel slightly guilty doing it to a real human cold calling.
Joanne, the AI that is used in the customer service roles is indistinguishable from real people. If you have rung a large company to speak to a customer service staff member, you might already have spoken with AI – you wouldn’t know.
One thing I found surprising: the rate of change
One thing I found concerning: we are trying to prepare our students for jobs that don’t exist yet
One thing I found exciting: there will be new jobs that no one has even heard of yet
Yes, the rate of change is surprising but also exciting when I hear from MM was is already taking place. If students acquire positive attributes from education, they will be easily transferable in any employment situation
1 thing i found surprising is the amount of new job roles that will emerge
1 thing i found concerning is the amount of jobs to be replaced or displaced by technology
1 thing i found exciting is my role and profession is in a low risk being both variable and manual.
These are all good points, teacher is variable and manual according to the chart, although there is a shift to online learning, where only an assessor is required.
Surprising: The types of jobs Artificial intelligence will affect – and to an extent has already started to do so. Concerning: The employment of people – I suspect that with the rate that AI is progressing manual labour jobs will also become obsolete sooner rather than later. Exciting: I love technology – so I’m super excited to be a part of this technology revolution. Perhaps we will have a “helperbot” to help us with our jobs? Perhaps we will have more time with family and friends? When I started work in the 1980’s our office had one of the first… Read more »
Great points, Julie – I agree with you – more time with family and friends! Fabulous
I find that I am agreeing many of the comments already posted -The most surprising to me is the effect on jobs that require the higher cognitive functions. Concerns of course are around cyber security and privacy – what will that look like in the near future and exciting would be the great leaps forward in health care
Finding myself agreeing with your comments, especially concerned about privacy.
Yes Wendy, Cyber security concerns me also.
And im also agreeing with you Wendy D!
I too am finding myself agreeing with most comments. so many exciting things yet some worrying things too
yes i agree with your comment – alot of humans will be concerned with the security….
One thing I found that will be a big change are the new roles that will be come about eg a remote healthcare specialist, that will be phenomenal.
Remote healthcare is becoming very real and very quickly.
One thing you found surprising, part of the legal sector no longer needed.
One thing you found concerning, security concerns with all the new technology.
One thing you found exciting, the new jobs created by technology.
I am looking forward to using Uber air travel as I can not stand traffic jams.
yes me too sounds like fun
What i found surprising – some of the disruption prone professions
What i found Concerning – change fatigue and the loss of jobs through automation
What i found exciting – the breakthroughs that will enhance health and well being
I agree the loss of jobs through automation is going to be truly significant we can only hope that the new jobs develop at the same rate as jobs are lost.
I am also concerned about change fatigue, Kerry, although I think we are getting better at accepting it’s all part of life now.
Surprising – Jobs like in the legal profession becoming obsolete. Is there no room for opinion, is everything just exactly the same where we can rely on a data bank of information or is there just cut and dry answers for everything now? Concerning – I worry for my children’s work futures. Do we no longer opt for jobs that interest us and stimulate us, or do we instead go for a career where we think it will still be existing in 10 years time. Exciting – New jobs will continue to be invented along with new technology for as… Read more »
I also worry about my children’s work futures. Perhaps work will be so efficient in the future that they will have plenty of spare time to do what they enjoy… we can only hope 🙂
Yes, I feel the same regarding my children’s future. I hope they will be equipped and it will be the norm to them.
I am also surprised that there seems to be no room for opinion. Is this the end of creativity, solving problems in unconventional ways, for alternative ways of looking at situations? One size does not always fit all and I want out-of-the-box thinking to be prized into the future!
Surprising: The short time before the trends of artificial intelligence will affect the lives of people – workers of today and the future.
Concerning: The employment of people – what will happen to people that do not like and/or do not have the ability of working with a computers, prefer physical employment,
Exciting: The most exciting trend is in the medical area where the health of people can be maintained, improved by fighting disease.
The most amazing and exciting changes are going to be in healthcare – this will definitely be an area of new jobs
Suprising – Legal area being something that will impacted (high cognitive skill set) but when I think about it further it really is just a big database of knowledge. Concerning – the speed of change (I have 20 years more until retirrement and I may need to upskill myself 2-3 more times to maintain my worklife experience), then there is the concern about my daughter and she is just starting her worklife. Exciting – Just living in this space, I find the whole virtual environment / AR / AI space generally exciting and want to know how I can be… Read more »
Surprising: The things that can be done by improved robotics and facial recognition for security purposes.
Concerning: The number of jobs that will vanish because of scientific technology.
Exciting: The things that scientific inventions can do in the field of medicine and medical treatment.
The marvel of medical changes – I recently had an elderly family member break a bone in his leg, 1 day later he had had a partial hip replacement and was walking home from the hospital all due to technological innovations (Only a few years ago that would have been a major production with weeks in recovery and longer in planning). Whats next?!
I watched a documentary about 3D limb replacement for returned soldiers, so interesting.
Wow! I’ll have to see if I can find that to watch. That sounds fascinating.
Surprising – Legal jobs that can be replaced.
Concerning – 375 million workers globally to be displaced by technology.
Exciting – The new jobs for tomorrow and opportunity to be involved in the training for these.
Exciting – but how do we train people for these new jobs, in the vocational space i really feel that governments, schools and teachers are so focussed on “Job ready” skills that we are not training students to be able to be thinkers, innovators, creators, adopters, developers etc.
I work in technology, and I think that the courses we teach certainly create innovative thinkers, creators, early adopters of technology and developers.
It’s a nerd thing 😀
Surprising – Such a high percentage of legal jobs can be replaced.
Concerning – More than 370 millions people’s job can be taken by robots.
Exciting – New categories of jobs will be created in the future.
I agree with your comments on large number of people being displaced with artificial intelligence but cannot see there will be a large number of jobs created by the trends.
The High Risk of Job Losses in the legal sector, I found this very surprising
I also found the Issues with AI and stolen Identity of concern.
I found the ease of tumour detection with Micro technology exciting
I agree with security concerns relating to legal theft using AI and facial recognition.
Surprising: Legal jobs are to disappear
Concerning: the speed of the expected Changes
Exciting: some of the jobs
Surprising – Company audits will be assessed by robots – much quicker and able to assess more precisely than a human.
Concerning – Many professions that we think are valuable in the future will no longer be the case. We encourage our children to go to university but there may not be the jobs for them.
Exciting – For many tertiary education is not for them, so to have an abundance of manual jobs will assist in everyone being able to seek employment as I think unemployment leads to mental health issues.
Many professions that we think are valuable in the future will no longer be the case. We encourage our children to go to university but there may not be the jobs for them.
I agree we need to rethink what we are telling our children about education and University qualifications
I guess they will be studying different degrees and you would hope that the Universities are already looking to the future with qualifications they will offer.
i feel we need to really point the youth in the right direction for their future and encourage those that are interested in a more manual,variable job role ,not push for all to continue to uni pathway .
Company audits will be assessed by robots – much quicker and able to assess more precisely than a human.
Surprising – that lawyers/accountants etc will be at high risk of automation
Concerning – the world we might be in when we get to “artificial super intelligence”
exciting – the opportunities for our children in jobs that are innovative
Surprising – the list of high risk professions
Concerning – about the new issues that will arise from AI
Exciting – the list of jobs of tomorrow
The new issues of AI will create greatly impact on us and our next generation.
i agree the list of new job roles sound very encouraging and interesting and also that some good old job roles will still exist
surprising – impact on legal system
concerning – robots human roles
exciting – future generation opportunities
Surprising- my job is low risk of robots taking over
Concerning- robots taking over human jobs
Exciting- Jobs changing to cater for the 21st century.
Surprising – the impact of future possibilities on the legal system.
Concerning – the real possibility of my own redundancy.
Exciting – What opportunities will be available for future generations.
Yes Kim, as a conservative generation our jobs will surely become redundant, and so we may have to re-train and give our professional pathways new perspectives to be able to compete with the digital natives.
Surprising – the impact of future possibilities on the legal system and that algorithm can decide how a person can act..
Concerning – where I am going to be in terms of employment in the future.
Exciting – What the future will look like and what opportunities will be available for the next generation.
It is exciting that more new jobs will be created due to the introduction of new technology. My concern is if our education and training system can be fast enough to make changes to cater our next generation for the fast changing needs of the future society.
It was a surprise to me that jobs that require high cognitive function, but are relatively routine, would be at risk of being automated. It concerns me that so many jobs would be automated and that dealing with issues within this automated environment would be difficult, not to mention the amount of things that could go wrong if unchecked. It is exciting to think about what the jobs of the future will be.
I could not agree more
I found it surprising that 39% of legal jobs will go. It is concerning that our identities are more at risk. It is however exciting that our children will have jobs that we have never heard of today.
We have already seen the impact of automation within the conveyancing world. It works so well … most of the time!
One thing I found surprising …… that the more manual labour and care employment fields are less disruption prone
One thing I found concerning…. the percentage of jobs that will be lost through automation
One thing I found exciting ….. the new variety of jobs that will appear in the future and the possibilities out their for our children/students
The numbers that are tossed around regarding the job losses are unimaginable…..I hope we remember to revel in the bright side of all this technology!
The list of vulnerable careers was not that surprising as it is happening in tax returns, customer service, umpiring of games, and in the secretarial area. I also believe the manual jobs will be affected as it has already started eg bricklaying is being streamlined, train drivers etc – few careers will not be affected.
I am concerned about the type of jobs that will come and if they will meet the needs of people.
If you look at it, some of these manual jobs have been around since the beginning of mankind.
I find it surprising to think about cognitive, routine jobs being at high risk
I find it personally concerning that I can’t get my head around jobs I’ve never heard of
I find it exciting to be doing training that eases me towards a future focus
I found surprising that the legal jobs will be so much affected and so soon.
I am concerned about the loss of human interactions and communication.
I am excited at all the new job opportunities that will be created.
As a community services teacher, I found it a bit comforting that the human/care interaction professions seemed to be at low risk
Surprising: I am surprised by the thought that ‘cognitively high’ jobs would be so easily replaced
Concerning: I am concerned at not knowing what is possible and how quickly things can change !
Exciting: I am excited for the future in terms of meeting the needs of diverse learners and industry effectively and easily.
Good to read that others feel concerned about how quickly things can change. It is mind blowing!
The speed of change concerns me also …. but then when you look back over the past 15 years the change has been pretty substantial and rapid. that Windows 95 video was a perfect example.
Surprising: Legal jobs are within the ‘at risk’ professions
Concerning: the timeframes for these changes & trends…. much quicker than I would have thought.
Exciting: opportunities that will open due to these changes
The opportunities are exciting ! I agree…
I agree that the time frame is much quicker that I would have expected.
It is great to know that as some jobs disappear, other exciting opportunities will open up
Yes great outlook to have on all this change!
Yes. It’s funny to think back to our lives before mobile phones but it wasn’t that long ago.
Surprised to hear 47% of jobs are likely to disappear with automation, concerned that the low risk professions in the arts, music, nursing and teaching are underpaid, excited about advances in automation and nanotechnology that impact on sustainability of our environment and medical breakthroughs.
An interesting point you bring up that the professions that are low risk are some of the lowest paid.
That is a very good insight! No better time to ensure we understand our priorities and live by them.
Yes Lisa, it’s interesting that ‘caring’ jobs that actually cannot be replaced are currently low-paid and the ones that generate maximum income can be replaced by data automation, science and technology.
Something I found surprising that legal jobs were the ones most expected to be on the chopping block.
What concerns me the most is what the future will hold for the next generations I have 3 boys and I worry what is coming forward.
I find very exciting that as he mentioned manual labour jobs having some what protection and this means hands on and personal service eg beauty therapy being a little safer
It is great to learn that manual jobs that require innovation and problem solving skills will be reasonably safe.
Yes I agree that trades people will be reasonable safe.