{"id":705,"date":"2016-11-03T16:41:09","date_gmt":"2016-11-03T20:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crescerance.wpdevcloud.com\/?p=705"},"modified":"2018-03-19T14:30:14","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T09:00:14","slug":"preparing-students-for-the-jobs-of-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mad-learn.com\/blog\/preparing-students-for-the-jobs-of-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparing Students for the Jobs of the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> \u201cWhat do you want your job to be when you grow up?\u201d Your answer to this question when you were growing up probably didn\u2019t quite match up to what your job is now\u2026 as a matter of fact, there\u2019s a chance your <\/span>job title didn\u2019t even exist<\/i> when you were growing up<\/a>. From 1997-2012 alone, <\/span>jobs in the technology sector grew by over 180%<\/b><\/a>. In today\u2019s technology and innovation-focused economy, it\u2019s easy to see that current jobs are changing. For example, community engagement managers or other PR careers have changed over time into social media managers.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, how do we prepare students for jobs that don\u2019t even exist yet? Well, we know that we\u2019re well into the digital age, and most of the new jobs that have been created have revolved around STEM or STEAM fields. According to the US Department of Commerce<\/a>, STEM job growth has been expanding at 3 times the rate of other career fields. We need to give students more opportunities for digital learning<\/a> in the classroom to make learning and working with technology a regular part of students\u2019 lives. Plus, students are already using most of this tech in their daily life, so it makes sense that students will be more engaged<\/a> when their curriculum includes technology.<\/p>\n

For example, when students are creating and designing their own mobile apps with MAD-learn<\/a>, they\u2019re truly engaged in the content that they\u2019re creating. These students are getting prepared for the app development career fields, from app graphic design to IT! Teaching our students to be the creators of their own technology instead of simply the consumers of it gives them the power to not only prepare for their future career path, but be the owners of their career path.<\/p>\n

It might be a clich\u00e9, but it\u2019s true- change is the only thing that is constant. When students are exposed to technology at school, they\u2019ll be ready to use whatever new technology their jobs will use in the future. Who knows, maybe they\u2019ll discover a new career path along the way!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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