This document provides a guide for teachers and learners on realities of 21st century living. It discusses unlearning past truths that now hold us back, using design thinking to create the best solutions, leveraging efficiency through the right tools to reduce pain and suffering, distinguishing important tech trends that will last from passing fads, and gamifying aspects of life to feel like a superhero.

1. 5
Realities of 21st Century Living
A Guide for Teachers & Learners
by Michael Greene

2. Unlearning
Forgetting the truths we learned
which got us where we are but hold
us back from where we are going

3. Design Thinking
Using the design process in order
to create the best whatever you’re
working on today.

4. 3 Efficiency
Using the right tools to get the
job done and reduce the pain
and suffering to do so.

5. Tech Fads
Social, Mobile, Cloud, or whatever
everybody’s talking about today.
Which ones are important and here
to stay.

6. Gamification
Taking the things that make games fun
and applying them to the rest of life.
Who doesn’t want to be a superhero