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Future Worldings (2040)

Today, The Gatekeeper program is integrated into the Cathedral app. Students and board employees are required to download the app to gain access to courses, readings, lectures, and assignments. The app is not voluntary! Many people have raised serious questions regarding the confidentiality claims of the app’s creators and managers.

There is a growing number of students and teachers who recognize that downloading The Gatekeeper, via Cathedral, grants unlimited access of people’s records and accounts to the provincial government. Through this app, the conservative government can also edit or suppress opinion polls and user feedback to make it appear as if students and teachers are entirely satisfied with teaching and learning occurring strictly in online environments.

There are rumours that a growing group of students, parents, and teachers strongly recognize, and prefer, the power of learning environments that integrate real-world and online educational experiences. This group is rumoured to believe in the irreplaceable learning opportunities that can only occur between digital and real-world spaces!

This group “…is about future worldings (the making of a different future)…” (Truman, 2018, 32). They are a group of students, parents, and teachers who work collaboratively to place everyone as “…speculative thinkers and writers [who] might conjure more just futures” (32).

It is rumoured that the government has made numerous attempts to find and suppress this group, but has been wholly unsuccessful. If you believe in pedagogical practices that integrate both online and real-world learning, it is said you will be able to find them!