One of the "stops" at Future Snapshot in GTF was a spot, where you could send an email to yourself from the year 2017. Message could be an advice from your futureself or just a quick hello. People received those emails today (14.10.2008) in real-life .

Here are some of the messages that people wanted to share here anonymously:

- "Enjoy the moment. Do not worry about small details. Enjoy life, enjoy every moment with your children. Treat other people with respect, every day. Treat yourself with r..

Mielenkiintoinen dokumentti "mekaaninen rakkaus" kertoo miten robottien ( esim. elävä kotieläintä muistuttava hylkeen poikanen, joka huutaa rakkautta ja haluaa syliin) kautta voidaan esim. auttaa vanhuksia ylläpitämään psykofyysistä kuntoaan.

Myös ihmisen kaltaisia robotteja vilisee ohjelmassa.

http://areena.yle.fi/toista?id=1561266

• We are having a debate in second life about the meaning on lack of continuous open access.
• With educational equality and meaningful speech we can prevent conflicts speed equality between people.
• We creating a space / world where we have borders but we don't have borders. Within and across religions as well. And in banking: privatised - multinationalised.
• Students teach one another.
• How to create communal individuality without selfishness?
• Consciousness of complex responsibility in fractionalized na..

• no more pincodes & passwords?
• there are too many of them
• digital & networked
• radical
• China owns US(A)
• caring
• one code for each person for everything
• olen näyttelijä ja keikkailen bändini kanssa, olen terve!
• we all live together in peace
• conscious technology
• the big celebration year in Finland!
• a lot of grandchildren
• humanity is important
• new ways to build the feeling of belonging
• Finland = 100 years
• children & youth are really involved in decision making processes
• wireless, brainless, loneliness!
• we feel as sa..

Learning in (organizations) networks / knots

• plan & do review is part of everyones approach
• second life
• kampukset
• yksin oppiminen
• netissä
• ei oppiainerajoja
• kokonaisuudet
• opiskellaan asioita ei aineita
• ei oppilaitoksia
• monipuoliset asiantuntijat
• ei opettajia vaan mentoreita ja ohjaajia
• oppimista verkostoissa
• lähiverkostot & laajemmat verkostot
• ilmiölähtöinen oppiminen
• oppiminen "in between"
• moniparadigmaisuus
• kansainvälistynyt oppiminen
• ei ole valmista
• vastuu omasta oppimisesta / itsensä johtaminen
• yhteisöll..

In schools:

• holistic
• more individualized
• more teamwork
• not guided by books
• linkage between subjects
• less formal
• independent of place
• change in the role of teacher
• integration of schools into the surrounding world

• lower organizations
• better people skills & communication
• knowledge sharing
• strategic based -> no unnecessary things for "just the fun"
• group skills are more important
• new goals for learning from society

How did we get there...

2008

• areas where will be need for workers, constru..

A just society 2017

• multicultural society
• virtual communities
• equality before the law
• diversity
• equal right to education
• responsibility of individuals
• balance between the responsibility of society and individual

How did we get there? 2017

• practical curriculum for all students
• "safety net" for all
• the structures of welfare society have been maintained
• building of apartments
• equality in education
• tolerance
• tutoring of locals to a multicultural society
• language course online for immigrants before arr..

• tasa-arvon edistäminen / huippulahjakkaiden tukeminen
• läsnäolo (jossakin) / oma-aika (ei sitoutunut) - oma valinta
• yksilöllisyys / yhteisöllisyys
• palveluorganisaation reaktio?
• nopeus / hitaus
• yhteisöllisyyden auttamisaspekti
• valmentaa toimenpiteitä
• lokaali / globaali
• yksilö & yritys (pk)
• aine / aihe vs. arvot
• substanssi vs. metataidot
• peer to peer learning
• harrastuneisuuden sytytys

Thank you all for participating in this Future Snapshot blog seed and the Future Snapshot area at GTF in Wanha Satama. We will post the results and insights here next week. We wish you the best and a successful Future :)

Vesa Auvinen
Dazzle Oy

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