"Creativity, Curiosity, and Learning" - Milton Chen

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Milton Chen is senior fellow and executive director emeritus at the George Lucas Educational Foundation, a nonprofit operating foundation in the San Francisco Bay Area that utilizes its multimedia website, Edutopia.org, and documentary films to communicate a new vision for 21st century education. He served as executive director of GLEF for 12 years, and during his tenure, GLEF and Edutopia, greatly expanded their editorial publishing efforts, including the award-winning Edutopia magazine. Learn more at http://enthompson.unl.edu/

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[00:00:37.036]>>> GOOD EVENING, VERY NICE TO SEE ALL OF YOU, THANK YOU FOR
[00:00:41.508]COMING THIS EVENING, I'M DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND
[00:00:45.678]HUMAN SCIENCES HERE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA.
[00:00:48.481]AND I'M HONORED AND VERY PLEASED TO WELCOME YOU TO THE THOMPSON
[00:00:54.621]FORUM ON WORLD ISSUES. FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS THE UNIVERSITY AND
[00:00:59.025]THE COOPER FOUNDATION HAVE PARTNERED WITH THE LEAD CENTER
[00:01:04.096]IN THE LEAD CENTER OF PERFORMING ARTS, TO BRING A DIVERSITY OF
[00:01:12.138]VIEWPOINTS ON INTERNATIONAL AND PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES TO THE
[00:01:15.008]UNIVERSITY AND TO THE PEOPLE OF NEBRASKA.
[00:01:18.344]THE WHOLE GOAL OF THIS IS TO PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING AND TO
[00:01:23.149]ENCOURAGE DEBATE.
[00:01:25.485]THIS LECTURE SERIES HONORS THE LATE IAN JACK THOMAS.
[00:01:34.060]LONG TIME CHAIRMAN OF THE COOPER FOUNDATION.
[00:01:37.363]FEW WERE SUPPORTIVE OF THE UNIVERSITY AS JACK.
[00:01:42.769]WE ARE GRATEFUL TO THE COOPER FOUNDATION FOR ITS ONGOING
[00:01:47.006]SUPPORT AND TO JACK AND HIS WIFE KATIE TO CREATE A FUND THAT
[00:01:53.112]SUPPORTS THIS FORUM.
[00:01:54.314]SPEAKERS THIS YEAR, ARE ADDRESSING THE SCENE, CREATING
[00:01:57.717]THE WORLD.
[00:01:59.252]IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU MILTON CHEN, A SENIOR FELLOW
[00:02:04.958]AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR EMERITUS OF THE GEORGE LUCAS EDUCATIONAL
[00:02:12.732]FOUNDATION.
[00:02:13.132]A NONPROFIT FOUNDATION, THAT USES THE MEDIA WEBSITE,
[00:02:19.205]EDUTOPIA, AND DOCUMENTARY FILMS TO COMMUNICATE A NEW VISION OF
[00:02:24.344]21ST CENTURY OF EDUCATION.
[00:02:26.012]HE SERVED AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THIS ORGANIZATION FOR 12
[00:02:30.550]YEARS.
[00:02:30.850]AND DURING HIS TENURE HE EXPANDED THE EDITORIAL EFFORTS,
[00:02:39.993]INCLUDING THE WORLD WINNING EDUTOPIA MAGAZINE.
[00:02:43.796]HIS CAREER EXPAND FOUR DECADES AT THE INTERSECTION OF PRESCHOOL
[00:02:49.736]AND K-12 EDUCATION MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY.
[00:02:52.305]PRIOR TO JOINING THE ORGANIZATION, HE SERVED FOR 10
[00:02:57.076]YEARS AS THE FOUNDING DIRECTOR OF KQED CENTER OF EDUCATION, IN
[00:03:09.856]THE 1970'S HE WAS THE DIRECTOR OF THE SESAME FOUNDATION.
[00:03:20.767]HELPING TO CREATE SESAME STREET, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN
[00:03:28.207]THE PROGRAMS?
[00:03:28.575]YOU CAN STAY.
[00:03:29.876]HE'S BEEN AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AT THE HARVARD SCHOOL OF
[00:03:34.948]EDUCATION, AND ONE OF THE 35 FULBRIGHT NEW CENTURY SCHOLARS'
[00:03:37.717]CONDUCTING THE RESEARCH ON THE DIVERSITY ISSUES IN SCHOOLS AND
[00:03:42.722]UNIVERSITIES.
[00:03:43.156]HE RECEIVED A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN SOCIAL STUDIES FROM HARVARD,
[00:03:49.095]AND A MASTER FROM
[00:03:51.998]STANFORD, WE HAD DINNER WITH HIM THIS EVENING, HE SPENT TIME
[00:03:55.735]WITH YOUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AND STAFF WITH THE LINCOLN
[00:04:01.507]PUBLIC SCHOOLS THIS AFTERNOON.
[00:04:03.643]YOU'LL FIND HE'S A DELIGHTFUL SPEAKER, HE HAS CHALLENGING
[00:04:08.848]IDEAS OF THE INTERSECTION OF CREATION AND TECHNOLOGY.
[00:04:11.818]AND SOMETHING ELSE YOU MIGHT LIKE TO KNOW OF HIM, WHEN HE WAS
[00:04:15.555]50, NOT VERY LONG AGO, HE WAS NAMED A JEDI MASTER BY GEORGE
[00:04:23.730]LUCAS.
[00:04:24.097]SO PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING DR. MILTON CHEN.
[00:04:28.668][APPLAUSE] I ALMOST FORGOT.
[00:04:37.143]I ALMOST FORGOT ONE OTHER IMPORTANT THING, IS AFTER HIS
[00:04:43.082]TALK, HE'LL ABOUT THE LOBBY -- HE'LL BE IN THE LOBBY AND BE
[00:04:47.220]HAPPY TO AUTOGRAPH BOOKS THAT ARE THERE IN THE BOOK STORE.
[00:04:52.592]TITLE OF TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION IS CREATIVITY, CURIOSITY,
[00:04:57.864]AND LEARNING.
[00:04:59.499]THANK YOU, WELCOME, DR. MILTON CHEN.
[00:05:01.968]>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[00:05:04.737]GOOD EVENING.
[00:05:05.204]THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT ON A SCHOOL NIGHT.
[00:05:08.408]WHAT A GREAT PLEASURE TO BE HERE, AS PART OF THE THOMAS
[00:05:13.279]FORUM, BY THANKS TO THE COOPER FOUNDATION AND THE COLLEGE OF
[00:05:15.782]EDUCATION AND HUMAN SCIENCE HERE AT UNL.
[00:05:20.687]IT'S A GREAT PLEASURE TO BE HERE AT THIS POINT IN TIME AND
[00:05:24.724]HISTORY TO SHARE IDEAS OF THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION.
[00:05:27.627]WE SHOULD THINK OF EDUCATION IN A DIFFERENT WAY THAN I'M LOOKING
[00:05:31.531]AT THIS AUDIENCE, MOST OF US WENT TO SCHOOL.
[00:05:35.501]A LOT OF THE PROBLEM WITH EDUCATION IS THAT WE WENT TO
[00:05:40.039]SCHOOL, AND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT IMPROVING THE SCHOOLS, WE THINK
[00:05:45.244]OF IMPROVING THE PLACES WE WERE STUDENTS.
[00:05:48.014]WE SHOULD THINK IN DIFFERENT WAYS, AND THE FILM I'LL SHOW YOU
[00:05:51.818]THAT EDUCATION CAN BE DIFFERENT, MUCH MORE ENGAGING AND
[00:05:56.189]PERSONALIZED FOR STUDENTS AND CAN TAKE ALL STUDENTS TO MUCH
[00:05:59.492]HIGHER LEVELS OF SUCCESS THAN WE'VE BEEN HAVING.
[00:06:03.329]I'M GLAD TO BE A PART OF THIS FORUM THE THEME IS CREATIVITY.
[00:06:10.136]A CREATIVE WORLD AND THE WORDS CREATION AND EDUCATION HAVE BEEN
[00:06:14.874]USED TOGETHER BUT THIS HOLDS A KEY WHERE THE FUTURE OF OUR
[00:06:20.012]NATION LIES AND THE FUTURE OF OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.
[00:06:25.284]I THOUGHT I WOULD BEGIN WITH A FEW WORDS OF MY OWN LEARNING
[00:06:30.056]JOURNEY TO GET HERE TODAY.
[00:06:33.493]I'VE HAD A FORTUNATE LIFE, ON THE EAST COAST WORKING IN THE
[00:06:39.599]SESAME WORK SHOP, AND THERE YOU SEE A PROJECT WE WORKED ON, THAT
[00:06:44.237]IS REALLY THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA.
[00:06:46.873]AND A PRODUCTION THAT WE WERE WORKING ON IN 1982 CALLED BIG
[00:06:51.210]BIRD IN CHINA, IT WAS THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTIONS AND
[00:06:57.350]PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN THE U.S.
[00:06:59.318]AND CHINA, IT WAS AIR AT THE SAME TIME IN THE U.S. ON NBC AND
[00:07:03.723]ON CHINA ON CC TV.
[00:07:06.626]THERE WE ARE, 1982, DO YOU SEE ME THERE?
[00:07:10.096]MY HAIR IS LONGER, AND NOT QUITE AS GRAY.
[00:07:14.233]MORE THAN 30 YEARS AGO.
[00:07:16.502]AND THAT I'VE HAD THE GREAT FORTUNE OF WORKING ON THE WEST
[00:07:20.573]COAST FOR GEORGE LUCAS AND HIS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION.
[00:07:24.677]I'VE HAD A CAREER THAT'S GONE FROM THE LONGEST STREET IN THE
[00:07:28.548]WORLD AS WE CALLED SESAME STREET, AND CIRCLED THE WORLD
[00:07:32.685]NOW WITH DIFFERENT ADAPTATIONS OF SESAME STREET.
[00:07:35.621]YOU'VE PROBABLY NOT HAD A CHANCE TO SEE THEM, UNLESS YOU'VE BEEN
[00:07:40.359]IN ANOTHER COUNTRY.
[00:07:42.228]WE HAVE AN ARABIC VERSION, AND A SPANISH LANGUAGE PROGRAM IN
[00:07:47.466]MEXICO.
[00:07:47.967]THERE HAVE BEEN VERSIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA, THE FIRST HIV
[00:07:54.941]POSITIVE MUPPET.
[00:08:02.882]IN SOUTH AFRICA WE FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT TO COMMUNICATE TO OUR
[00:08:07.486]YOUNGEST CHILDREN TO LEARN ABOUT HIV.
[00:08:09.822]SO I'VE GONE FROM THE LONGEST STREET IN THE WORLD TO A GALAXY
[00:08:14.627]LONG AGO AND FAR FAR AWAY.
[00:08:17.630]BUT RETURN TO MOVIE THEATERS NEAR YOU THIS DECEMBER, THAT'S
[00:08:22.935]THE GOOD NEWS FOR YOU STAR WARS FANS.
[00:08:25.938]HOW MANY OF YOU ARE STAR WARS FANS?
[00:08:28.174]WOW.
[00:08:30.743]I THINK THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS FOR FANS, MR. LUCAS SOLD HIS COMPANY
[00:08:36.515]AT DISNEY AND SAID GO FOR IT, AND CREATE THE NEXT SAGA.
[00:08:42.321]AFTER THE EPISODE THREE HE WAS ASKED IN 2005, ARE YOU GOING TO
[00:08:46.158]DO MORE OF THESE AND HE SAID, NO, I'M NOT -- I'M DONE, AND
[00:08:52.665]THEY CAN SAY, WOULD YOU ALLOW SOMETHING ELSE TO CONTINUE THIS
[00:08:57.570]THOUGHT?
[00:08:57.937]AND AT THE TIME HE SAID NO, BUT NOW WE'LL GET TO ENJOY EPISODE
[00:09:03.743]SEVEN.
[00:09:07.079]IT'S AN AMAZING TIME TO BE INVOLVED IN EDUCATION.
[00:09:10.116]I SAID TO A GROUP OF EDUCATION STUDENTS TODAY, YOU'RE BECOMING
[00:09:13.686]A TEACHER AT THE MOST EXCITING TIME THAT I CAN THINK OF.
[00:09:18.224]FOR MANY YEARS I'VE ADVOCATED FOR EDUCATIONAL
[00:09:25.064]TELEVISION, MEDIA, MY BACKGROUND IS OUT OF PBS, AND CBS, AND A
[00:09:30.903]GREAT PARTNERSHIP HERE IN NEBRASKA.
[00:09:33.539]I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR THIS FOR A LONG TIME.
[00:09:37.276]UNTIL FIVE YEARS AGO, WE HAVEN'T HAD THE ACCESS TO FILMS,
[00:09:42.415]TELEVISION, ALL THE MEDIA THAT ARE ON THE INTERNATIONAL, WE
[00:09:45.484]HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT TO STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN
[00:09:49.989]ONE AFFORDABLE DEVICE AND NOW WE CAN.
[00:09:52.692]IN 2010, ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO WAS THE FIRST YEAR OF THE 21ST
[00:09:58.264]CENTURY IN EDUCATION.
[00:10:00.499]SPENT THE WHOLE FIRST DECADE STRUGGLING WITH HOW TEST
[00:10:04.403]CHILDREN OR GET FEDERAL FUNDS, TITLE ONE, OR GET THAT THE
[00:10:08.874]FUNDING IS SPENT WELL, IN FACT THERE'S A DIFFERENT WAY OF
[00:10:11.811]GETTING THE KIDS FROM LOW INCOME BACKGROUNDS TO HIGHER LEVEL.
[00:10:17.717]SO THIS IS A GREAT TENT TALK, I AM SURE YOU LOVE THEM AS WELL.
[00:10:21.887]A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, IT'S A TALK ABOUT HOW SOCIAL MEDIA CAN
[00:10:28.094]MAKE HISTORY AND IN IT HE SAYS, LIVING IN A PIVOTAL TIME, ALL OF
[00:10:33.099]US ARE SO FORTUNATE TO LIVE IN THIS TIME, THAT TECHNOLOGY CAN
[00:10:37.770]SHARE STORIES AND INFORMATION AROUND THE GLOBE.
[00:10:41.874]SOME OF YOU ARE PROBABLY TWEETING ABOUT THIS TALK AND
[00:10:44.477]SHARING THAT YOU'RE HERE.
[00:10:46.412]EVERY MEDIUM THAT WE'VE CREATED FOR EXPRESSING OURSELVES,
[00:10:50.249]WHETHER IT'S TEXT AND WRITING, OR SPEECH, EVERY MEDIUM LIKE
[00:10:54.453]RADIO, TELEVISION, PHOTOGRAPHS, GRAPHICS, FILMS.
[00:10:59.625]EVERY MEDIUM AND PULLS OUT A SMART PHONE, HE SAYS EVERY
[00:11:03.796]MEDIUM WE'VE HAD FOR CREATING, FOR SHARING, EVERY MEDIUM IS
[00:11:09.201]RIGHT NEXT TO EVERY OTHER MEDIUM ON THIS DEVICE.
[00:11:13.005]THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY THIS HAS HAPPENED, AND
[00:11:16.142]IT'S CHANGED EVERYTHING THAT WE KNOW OF HOW TO EDUCATE KIDS, HOW
[00:11:19.345]KIDS CAN BE CREATED.
[00:11:21.981]THERE ARE KIDS WHO ARE OUT THERE, AND I AM
[00:11:25.985]SURE THEY'RE IN LINCOLN AS WELL.
[00:11:29.055]MAKING FILMS, SHOOTING FILMS, EDITING THEM AND
[00:11:34.627]UPLOADING THEM TO YOUTUBE
[00:11:39.765]WITH THIS DEVICE.
[00:11:41.100]IT'S EXCITING.
[00:11:42.001]I USED TO TRACK A STATISTIC ABOUT HOW LONG IT TAKES, FOR 24
[00:11:46.205]HOURS OF VIDEO TO BE UPLOADED TO YOUTUBE.
[00:11:49.642]IT'S AN INTERESTING STATISTIC, WHEN I FIRST STARTED TO TRACK
[00:11:53.679]IT, IT TOOK FIVE MINUTES.
[00:11:55.981]FROM AROUND THE WORLD PEOPLE WERE UPLOADING VIDEOS TO YOUTUBE
[00:12:00.152]AND THAT WAS AN AMAZING STATISTIC.
[00:12:01.987]NOW IT'S DOWN TO 30 SECONDS.
[00:12:04.990]EVERY 30 SECONDS.
[00:12:07.293]FROM AROUND THE WORLD PEOPLE ARE UPLOADING THE VIDEOS AND SHARING
[00:12:10.896]THEIR EXPERIENCE.
[00:12:11.564]PEOPLE SAID TO ME, YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYTHING ON YOUTUBE IS
[00:12:15.734]EDUCATIONAL.
[00:12:19.371]I SAID YEAH, I'M AWARE OF THAT, NOT EVERYTHING IS VIDEO THAT YOU
[00:12:24.110]WANT TO SHOW IN A CLASSROOM.
[00:12:27.179]BUT SOME OF IT, AND HERE'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE YOUTUBE
[00:12:32.852]EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS.
[00:12:33.819]DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN TRAIN YOUR CAT TO USE THE TOILET?
[00:12:37.189]AND HERE'S A VIDEO THAT'LL TEACH YOU HOW, THERE'S A NUMBER OF
[00:12:40.559]VIDEOS TO TEACH YOU HOW.
[00:12:42.027]I USED TO HAVE A CAT, NOW THAT I KNOW THIS I MIGHT GET ANOTHER
[00:12:46.098]CAT.
[00:12:49.101]IT'S AN AMAZING TIME AND ONE QUESTION I'LL ASK THIS AUDIENCE,
[00:12:53.906]HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE EVER USED THE INTERNET INCLUDING YOUTUBE
[00:12:58.010]TO TEACH YOURSELF SOMETHING?
[00:13:01.881]JUST LOOK AROUND YOU.
[00:13:03.549]THAT'S AMAZING.
[00:13:04.950]AND AS WE HAVE MORE TIME WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE
[00:13:10.089]LEARNED.
[00:13:10.456]MANY PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT LEARNING TO FIX THINGS.
[00:13:12.892]A YOUNG WOMAN LEARNED TO FIX HER CAR.
[00:13:15.828]OTHERS ARE LEARNING HOW TO COOK.
[00:13:18.264]SOME PEOPLE ARE LEARNING HOW TO TEACH VOICE AND SINGING.
[00:13:22.868]IT'S AMAZING TOOL OF THE INTERNET THAT SO MANY THINGS CAN
[00:13:26.438]BE AND LEARNED IT MAKES THE POINT THAT WE CAN NOW BEGIN TO
[00:13:31.944]SELF-ORGANIZE AND SELF-DIRECT OUR OWN LEARNING.
[00:13:34.547]JUST AS YOU'RE LEARNING FROM THE INTERNET, OUR STUDENTS SHOULD BE
[00:13:38.317]DOING THIS AS WELL.
[00:13:41.020]WE'RE TRYING TO SHIFT HOW THE STUDENTS LEARN, WHERE THEY LEARN
[00:13:45.658]AND WHAT THEY LEARN.
[00:13:49.028]THIS IS THE WEBSITE AT EDUTOPIA.ORG.
[00:13:51.463]WE'VE BEEN PRODUCING IT FOR 15 YEARS NOW.
[00:13:55.734]WE FILMED A COUPLE OF HUNDRED SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY, AND WE
[00:13:59.505]HAVE SCHOOLS AROUND THE WORLD.
[00:14:02.508]BLACK HISTORY MONTH, THIS IS OUR HOME PAGE TODAY.
[00:14:06.278]AGAIN, GREAT TOOLS, INTERNET RESOURCES FOR TEACHING OF
[00:14:09.415]PERIODS OF HISTORY THAT AGAIN, BACK IN THE DAY WHEN WE WERE IN
[00:14:13.953]CLASS, YOU WANT TO LEARN -- YOU HAD TO LEARN FROM THE TEXTBOOK,
[00:14:16.922]IT'S CLEAR, AN AMERICAN HISTORY TEXTBOOK ONLY CONTAINS A FEW
[00:14:22.861]HUNDRED PAGES OF A MUCH BROADER EVENTS.
[00:14:32.638]THERE'S A NUMBER OF HISTORICAL SOCIETIES, THE NATIONAL PARK
[00:14:38.444]SERVICE, WHERE ARE MY FRIENDS?
[00:14:40.312]PLEASE TALK TO THEM OF THE AMAZING RESOURCES THAT MPS HAVE
[00:14:46.285]AVAILABLE AND MORE ARE COMING NEXT YEAR IN 2016.
[00:14:53.792]WHAT ONE MAN HAS DONE TO REVOLUTIONALIZE THE WORLD OF
[00:15:02.201]MATHEMATICS.
[00:15:03.102]HE WAS TALKING TO A COUSIN WHO WAS HAVING PROBLEMS IN MATH.
[00:15:07.406]HE BEGAN TO USE THE INTERNET FOR THAT, AND THAT WAS CON ACADEMY,
[00:15:13.979]IT'S WIDELY USED NOW TO HELP REINFORCE LESSONS, THERE'S MATH,
[00:15:20.452]HISTORY, SCIENCE, SOCIAL STUDIES.
[00:15:23.989]IT'S A GREAT INNOVATORS IN CREATION.
[00:15:29.795]HE'S SHOWING THAT IT CAN BE APPLIED, AND HE'S A CREATIVE
[00:15:33.499]PERSON.
[00:15:33.832]I'M HERE TO TELL YOU IN A FEW MONTHS, SOMETIME THIS YEAR
[00:15:37.269]THERE'S A NEW FEATURE ON CON ACADEMY.
[00:15:40.472]THAT WILL ADDRESS ALL THOSE STUDENTS OUT THERE WHO LOVE ART.
[00:15:44.043]WHO LOVE ART AND WANT TO WORK IN THE EXCITING FIELD OF
[00:15:48.180]ENTERTAINMENT AND ANIMATION, JUST OFF THE OSCARS, THERE ARE
[00:15:51.517]MILLIONS OF KIDS OUT THERE IN THIS COUNTRY AND AROUND THE
[00:15:55.087]WORLD WHO ARE SITTING WATCHING AND SAYING I WANT TO BE A PART
[00:15:58.157]OF THAT.
[00:15:59.091]I DON'T SEE THE PATH WHERE I AM NOW IN MY FOURTH GRADE CLASS,
[00:16:04.697]EIGHTH GRADE CLASS, HOW CAN I BE AN ANIMATOR 20 YEARS FROM NOW.
[00:16:09.668]CON ACADEMY, THERE'S A NEW SET OF LESSONS CALLED PIXAR IN A
[00:16:18.477]BOX.
[00:16:18.744]THEY'RE SITTING THERE, SAYING, WE SHOULD HAVE MORE OF OUR KIDS
[00:16:23.716]IN CALIFORNIA, EXPERIENCE WHAT THIS IS LIKE SO THEY CAN SOMEDAY
[00:16:29.555]DREAM OF WORKING AT PIXAR.
[00:16:34.893]THEY CREATED SOME SHORT LESSONS, AND I HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT
[00:16:39.932]SOME OF THEM.
[00:16:40.499]WHAT'S INTERESTING OF ANIMATION IT REFERENCES A LOT OF SCIENCE.
[00:16:44.303]THERE'S SCIENCE FACULTY HERE.
[00:16:46.472]WHEN YOU SEE THAT, YOU'LL SEE A YOUNG ANIMATOR COME OUT AND SAY,
[00:16:52.211]ONE OF THE FIRST CHALLENGES WE FACE IN THIS FILM IS HOW TO
[00:16:56.215]ANIMATE BLADES OF GRASS.
[00:16:58.117]LET'S LOOK AT A SINGLE BLADE OF GRASS, IT'S THINNER AT THE TOP
[00:17:02.154]AND BOTTOM BUT CURVED IN THE MIDDLE.
[00:17:07.526]THAT'S A PARABOLA.
[00:17:09.294]IF YOU VARY THE COEFFICIENCY IN THIS EQUATION, IT'S THICKER AND
[00:17:14.532]THEN GETS THINNER, AND STUDENTS CAN DO THAT ONLINE.
[00:17:19.271]IT GETS THEM INVOLVED IN HOW MODEL REAL LIFE, THAT'S PHYSICS,
[00:17:24.542]AND MATH INTO MAKING ENTERTAINMENT, AND IT'S AN
[00:17:32.418]INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO LEARNING.
[00:17:34.052]I KNOW YOU'RE CREATING AN INNOVATION CENTER HERE, VERY
[00:17:38.624]EXCITING.
[00:17:38.991]TAKE ADVANTAGE, THIS WHOLE MAKE A MOVEMENT.
[00:17:41.827]WE'RE LEARNING AND THIS NEW MOVE TO A CREATIVE ECONOMY AND A
[00:17:46.131]WORLD, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN TO USE THEIR
[00:17:49.401]HANDS TO MAKE THINGS.
[00:17:50.903]SOME WAYS, IT RETURNS US TO AN EARLIER PERIOD OF TIME, MAYBE AN
[00:17:56.975]AGRICULTURAL PERIOD WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE KNEW HOW TO MAKE THINGS
[00:18:01.113]AND USE THEIR HANDS TO GROW THINGS.
[00:18:03.816]SOMEHOW WE LOST TRACK OF THAT.
[00:18:06.985]THERE ARE STUDENTS NOW WHO ARE THE BEST STUDENTS, BELIEVE ME,
[00:18:11.723]BECAUSE THEY'RE HIGH SCHOOL COURSES DON'T REQUIRE THEM TO
[00:18:16.395]GROW ANYTHING, THE SAT'S DON'T ASK THEM IF THEY'VE GROWN
[00:18:22.334]ANYTHING, THERE ARE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES GOING TO THE BEST
[00:18:25.270]COLLEGES, IN FACT, ASK YOUR UNDERGRADUATES THERE HERE, IF
[00:18:29.675]THEY'VE GROWN ANYTHING.
[00:18:31.276]MANY STUDENTS IN URBAN AREAS HAVE NOT GROWN ANYTHING.
[00:18:35.113]SO USING YOUR HANDS IS IMPORTANT AND THIS IS A MAKER MOVEMENT,
[00:18:41.653]THAT COMBINES ECONOMICS, CODING, DESIGN AND CREATIVITY, IF YOU
[00:18:45.958]GET A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THIS FILM, OF A YOUNG BOY NAMED
[00:18:51.830]QUINN, BUT IN EIGHTH GRADE HE WENT TO THE MAKER FAIR.
[00:18:55.334]IT'S HARD TO DESCRIBE, IT'S LIKE A CARNIVAL OF CREATIVITY AND
[00:19:00.906]LEARNING.
[00:19:01.540]YOU GO THERE AND SEE LOTS OF EXHIBITS AND CONTRAPTIONS AND
[00:19:06.678]INVENTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE BY PEOPLE THAT LOVE TO MAKE
[00:19:10.015]THINGS.
[00:19:10.649]SO QUINN WAS IN FIFTH GRADE AND WENT THERE AND NOW HE'S IN
[00:19:14.253]EIGHTH GRADE AND HE'S DESIGNED A SMART PHONE CASE WITH HIS NAME
[00:19:17.723]ON IT.
[00:19:18.757]HE DESIGNED IT, PRINTED ON A 3-D PRINTER AND YOU SEE THIS FILM,
[00:19:24.296]CREATE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
[00:19:25.864]WHEN THEY HEARD OF WHAT HE WAS DOING, LET'S HAVE OF HIM COME
[00:19:30.736]AND TALK TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, LET'S LEARN OF WHAT YOUNG KIDS
[00:19:35.307]CAN NOW DO.
[00:19:36.975]AT SESAME STREET, MORE THAN 35 YEARS AGO, I LEARNED THE LESSON
[00:19:41.046]THAT KIDS CAN LEARN MORE EARLIER THAN WE THINK.
[00:19:44.316]ESPECIALLY IF WE GIVE THEM THE NEW KINDS OF EXPERIENCES AND
[00:19:48.420]TOOLS.
[00:19:48.921]AND THAT'S WHAT THIS MAKER MOVEMENT IS ABOUT.
[00:19:52.591]A 13-YEAR-OLD PRESENTING-TO-SCHOOL BOARD OF
[00:19:55.561]THINGS HE WAS MAKING AND THEY'RE CONSIDERING OF MAKING THESE
[00:19:59.698]MAKER SPACES WITH THE 3-D PRINTERS, THE COST HAS
[00:20:03.869]PLUMMETED, IT'S AN EXCITING TIME TO BE IN EDUCATION.
[00:20:07.606]YOU CAN GO INTO YOUR FAVORITE COSTCO, AND SEE A 3-D PRINTER.
[00:20:16.415]ONE OF YOUR FACULTY SENT ME THIS.
[00:20:19.318]ANOTHER EXAMPLE, AGAIN OF A 13-YEAR-OLD, WHO ASKED HIS
[00:20:25.891]PARENTS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN READ THE TEXT, HOW BLIND PEOPLE
[00:20:29.828]READ.
[00:20:31.463]HE WAS CURIOUS OF HOW BLIND PEOPLE READ.
[00:20:34.800]THIS IS A BEGINNING OF A CREATIVE LEARNING LESSON.
[00:20:39.104]WHEN THE STUDENTS ASK A QUESTION THAT'S A TEACHABLE MOMENT.
[00:20:45.243]THE PARENTS WERE SMART OF THIS, THEY DIDN'T JUST ANSWER THE
[00:20:49.348]QUESTION, IT'S CALLED BRAILLE, GO TO THE INTERNET AND GOOGLE
[00:20:53.952]IT.
[00:20:54.286]THAT SET YOUNG MAN ON THIS PATH.
[00:20:59.091]TO UNDERSTAND HOW BLIND PEOPLE READ.
[00:21:04.062]THAT'S THE SYSTEM HE CREATED.
[00:21:05.964]HE'S ALSO A MAKER KID, HE DESIGNED THIS SYSTEM TO PRINT
[00:21:10.936]BRAILLE.
[00:21:11.303]THIS IS FROM THE SMITHSONIAN ARTICLE A FEW WEEKS AGO.
[00:21:17.175]THIS IS OUR WEBSITE, AND YOU'LL SEE THERE'S FILMS FROM
[00:21:21.913]SINGAPORE, AND FINLAND AT THE TOP OF INTERNATIONAL
[00:21:27.052]COMPARISONS.
[00:21:27.486]I WAS ASKED HOW DO YOU FEEL THAT AMERICA IS IN THE MIDDLE TO HAVE
[00:21:31.990]COMPARISONS?
[00:21:32.391]AND I SAID NOT TOO WORRIED TOO MUCH.
[00:21:34.726]WHAT WE HAVE STILL IS A CREATIVE NATION, WE NEED TO DO MORE TO SO
[00:21:39.965]FORTH KID'S CREATIVITY, AND MANY COUNTRIES, WHO DO VERY WELL ON
[00:21:45.404]THE INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO
[00:21:49.775]CREATE A MORE CREATIVE CURRICULUM.
[00:21:51.910]THEY'RE SENDING THE TEACHERS HERE AND THE FACULTY HERE.
[00:21:55.714]THEY WANT THEIR OWN CHILDREN TO COME TO AMERICA UNIVERSITIES.
[00:21:59.384]BECAUSE OF OUR OPENNESS, OUR EMPHASIS ON CREATIVITY.
[00:22:03.522]WE NEED TO DO MORE TO INVENT THAT AND THERE'S STILL HOPE FOR
[00:22:08.060]THE UNITED STATES FOR A BIG DIVERSE NATION AND WE GET OUR
[00:22:11.229]POLICIES RIGHT TO ENCOURAGE THE MORE PROJECT BASED LEARNING AND
[00:22:14.533]FOCUS ON WHAT THE KIDS ARE INTERESTED IN AND GIVING THEM
[00:22:18.670]MORE CHOICE IN WHAT THEY LEARN, HOW, WHEN, AND WHERE THEY LEARN,
[00:22:22.174]THAT'S THE NEXT STEP IN THE CREATIVE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.
[00:22:26.678]I WROTE THIS BOOK.
[00:22:29.748]CALLED "EDUCATION NATION: SIX LEADING EDGES OF INNOVATION IN
[00:22:32.617]OUR SCHOOLS."
[00:22:33.051]I TRIED TO POSE THE QUESTION, WHAT WOULD IT BE LIKE TO HAVE AN
[00:22:36.922]EDUCATION NATION?
[00:22:37.789]IT'S ON OUR GENERALIZED, BUT I WOULDN'T SAY IT'S
[00:22:44.362]AT THE TOP.
[00:22:46.531]WHEN YOU HEAR THEM TALK ABOUT IT, EDUCATION IS FURTHER DOWN
[00:22:53.705]THE LIST.
[00:22:56.108]SOME COUNTRIES, THEY REALLY VALUE EDUCATION, LIKE SINGAPORE.
[00:23:00.112]THE LEADERS IN SINGAPORE, SAY, WE DON'T HAVE THE NATURAL
[00:23:04.750]RESOURCES IN OUR COUNTRY, THE ONLY REAL RESOURCES ARE OUR
[00:23:08.754]HUMAN RESOURCES.
[00:23:10.789]WE NEED TO INVEST IN OUR PEOPLE.
[00:23:21.700]IF WE TOOK EDUCATION SERIOUSLY, AND IMAGINE THE CONVERSATIONS OF
[00:23:25.337]THE LEADERS OF SINGAPORE AND TAIWAN HAD TO CREATE A NEW KIND
[00:23:34.412]OF CURRENCY.
[00:23:36.948]LOOK AT OURS, THE HISTORIC PLACES, OUR PRESIDENTS.
[00:23:41.086]THEY SAID, LET'S PUT UP PICTURES OF CHILDREN LEARNING.
[00:23:45.557]THAT'S AN IMPORTANT NATIONAL VIRTUE.
[00:23:58.236]IN MY BOOK I TALK ABOUT SIX INNOVATIONS, I WON'T GET A
[00:24:04.643]CHANCE TO GO INTO DETAIL, BUT THEY'RE PRESENT IN OUR SCHOOLS
[00:24:08.880]TODAY AND THEY'RE MOVING TO THE CENTER.
[00:24:11.650]TOGETHER THEY'RE CREATING A SYSTEM WHERE LEARNING CAN HAPPEN
[00:24:15.821]NOT ANYTIME OR ANY PLACE, YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT NOTION, YOU
[00:24:20.058]CAN LEARN ANYTIME OR ANY PLACE, EVEN ON A SCHOOL NIGHT.
[00:24:24.629]WHAT ABOUT ANY PATH ANY PACE?
[00:24:26.598]CAN WE VARY THE PATH THAT STUDENTS TAKE TO HIGHER LEVELS
[00:24:30.535]OF LEARNING AND VARY THE PACE?
[00:24:33.905]CAN SOME KIDS LEARN MORE QUICKLY MOVE AHEAD FOR QUICKLY?
[00:24:41.313]OR OTHERS THAT NEED MORE TIME HAVE MORE TIME.
[00:24:45.483]THE NEW DIGITAL TOOLS WE HAVE, WE CAN THINK OF LEARNING
[00:24:51.990]ANYTIME, ANY PLACE.
[00:24:53.358]SO THESE EDGES OF INNOVATION INVOLVE THINGS OF CHANGING OUR
[00:24:58.463]THINKING.
[00:24:59.231]THAT'S THE BEST PLACE TO START, CHANGE OUR THINKING OF WHAT'S
[00:25:04.202]POSSIBLE AND NEW APPROACHES OF CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT.
[00:25:07.606]CHANGING THE ASSESSMENT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, CHANGE THE
[00:25:11.643]WAY TO MEASURE LEARNING, TO DEEPER LEARNING AND HOW THE KIDS
[00:25:16.848]COLLABORATE, HOW THE PROJECT BASED LEARNING IS ACHIEVED, THEN
[00:25:20.185]WE'LL BE ON PATH.
[00:25:23.054]THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY, OF COURSE, I'M
[00:25:29.127]PLEASED THE LINCOLN SCHOOLS ARE MOVING ONE TO ONE, THAT'LL LEVEL
[00:25:33.598]THE PLAYING FIELD SO EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO THE LEARNING
[00:25:37.469]AVAILABLE.
[00:25:38.436]LEARNING TIME AND PLACE, CAN WE GIVE STUDENTS MORE TIME AND OUT
[00:25:44.809]TO MORE PLACES.
[00:25:45.710]SUCH AS NATIONAL PARKS, AND IMPORTANT PLACES, LIKE NATIONAL
[00:25:49.814]HISTORY HAPPENED.
[00:25:50.916]SEE THE CHANGES TO THE ENVIRONMENT, THE NATIONAL PARKS
[00:25:54.552]REPRESENT THE NATION'S MOST SIGNIFICANT PLACES, FOR HISTORY,
[00:25:58.823]AND CULTURE, SCIENCE AND CLIMATE, THE NATIONAL PARKS ARE
[00:26:02.794]A WONDERFUL PARTNER FOR THE EDUCATION.
[00:26:06.064]JUST LIKE THE SMITHSONIAN, NASA, THEY'RE DOING A LOT TO PRESENT
[00:26:13.772]ONLINE LESSONS.
[00:26:14.606]FOR SPACE SCIENCE.
[00:26:16.074]THERE ARE A NUMBER OF NEW PARTNERS, LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS
[00:26:20.178]ARE REDESIGNING THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.
[00:26:22.614]COTEACHING AND COLEARNING IS THIS IDEA OF MAKING THE LEARNING
[00:26:27.319]AND TEACHING MORE COLLABORATIVE.
[00:26:30.522]IN MANY WAYS, TEACHERS ARE THE LAST SOLO PRACTITIONER AROUND.
[00:26:35.760]WHERE THEY WORK ON THEIR OWN IN A TRADITIONAL SETTING, AND GO IN
[00:26:41.299]THE CLASSROOM AND CLOSE THE DOOR AND TEACH.
[00:26:43.735]I TALK TO TEACHERS, WHERE THEY SAY, WE WERE TAUGHT THAT WE'RE
[00:26:48.440]PREPARED NOW TO GO IN A CLASSROOM AND TEACH.
[00:26:52.177]WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO ASK FOR HELP, THAT'S A SIGN OF WEAKNESS
[00:26:57.415]AND AS A VETERAN TEACHER, OFFERS ADVICE TO A YOUNG TEACHER,
[00:27:02.988]THAT'S A SIGN OF ARROGANCE.
[00:27:05.323]NOW THE TEACHERS SHOULD BE WORKING TOGETHER, SCIENCE
[00:27:08.793]TEACHERS IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE, THAT'S A
[00:27:13.231]GREAT SURPRISE OF MANY STUDENTS.
[00:27:19.537]AND YOU.
[00:27:23.375]THIS SHOULD CHANGE THE WAY IN HOW TO THINK OF WHAT YOUNG KIDS
[00:27:29.547]CAN DO.
[00:27:30.415]13 YEAR OLDS, MAKING COMPANIES, AND TEACHING THE SCHOOL BOARD,
[00:27:36.221]GIVING THE STUDENTS MORE RESPONSIBILITY IN EXCHANGE FOR
[00:27:39.491]THEM TO HAVE MORE VOICE AND CHOICE OF WHAT AND HOW THEY
[00:27:43.328]LEARN.
[00:27:43.661]SO THIS IS OUR STRENGTH.
[00:27:45.430]THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, AN I LIKE THE IDEA
[00:27:49.067]OF THE SCHOOLS GOING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE SCHOOLS DOING
[00:27:51.836]THE PROJECTS FOR THE VALUE OF COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY
[00:27:55.640]COMING INTO THE SCHOOL.
[00:27:58.943]ARTISTS, SCIENTISTS, AND MAKING THE LEARNING MORE AUTHENTIC.
[00:28:08.620]THEY CAN SEE HOW LEARNING SOMETHING IN THE CLASSROOM CAN
[00:28:11.756]APPLY IN THE REAL WORLD.
[00:28:13.558]A NEW DAY OF LEARNING, 24/7, 365, THE SCHOOL YEAR, 180 DAYS A
[00:28:23.234]YEAR.
[00:28:23.535]THE TRADITIONAL SCHOOL LEARNING YEARS, SIX BY FIVE BY 180 IN A
[00:28:29.007]FACT WE CAN THINK ABOUT.
[00:28:34.879]24/7, 65.
[00:28:35.847]IT COMES A SURPRISE TO MANY AMERICANS, THE AMERICAN SCHOOL
[00:28:40.118]YEAR IS ONE OF THE SHORTEST IN ANY INDUSTRIALIZATION.
[00:28:45.924]IS THAT ABOUT RIGHT?
[00:28:47.459]180 DAYS?
[00:28:49.360]IT'S FUNNY, YOU CAN GO AROUND THE COUNTRY AND IT'S ALWAYS 180
[00:28:54.332]DAYS.
[00:28:54.632]MANY COUNTRIES HAVE SCHOOL YEARS THAT LAST 200 DAYS.
[00:29:01.272]SOMETIMES PEOPLE ASK ME, THEY SEE OUR WEBSITE AND SAY, WELL,
[00:29:06.144]YOU ADVOCATE THE PROJECT BASED LEARNING, STUDENTS
[00:29:10.348]WORKING TOGETHER THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY.
[00:29:12.016]WHAT'S THE MISSION OF YOUR ORGANIZATION?
[00:29:14.419]AND I SAY IT'S THIS, YOU CAN BOIL IT DOWN TO FOUR WORDS, IT'S
[00:29:20.959]MAKING SCHOOL LIFE MORE LIKE REAL LIFE.
[00:29:23.561]WE LIKE TO USE THE PHRASE, AUTHENTIC LEARNING.
[00:29:26.965]WHEN THEY'RE LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM, THEY KNOW HOW IT'S
[00:29:30.435]CONNECTED TO REAL LIFE.
[00:29:34.005]THINKING EDGE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT.
[00:29:36.107]I FIRST SPOKE OF MY BOOK TO 75 FLORIDA TEACHERS IN A YEAR AND
[00:29:40.945]WE HAD THE CLICKERS, AND WE VOTED ON WHICH IS THE MOST
[00:29:45.550]IMPORTANT AND THEY UNDERSTOOD.
[00:29:47.685]THIS WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT EDGE, CHANGING OUR THINKING OF
[00:29:50.788]WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
[00:29:55.560]ONE EXAMPLE I TALK ABOUT COLLABORATION AND STUDENTS
[00:29:58.229]WORKING TOGETHER, TRYING TO IMITATE THE REAL WORLD, WE'RE
[00:30:02.800]ALL WORKING TOGETHER IN TEAMS, KNOWLEDGE IS SO SPECIALIZED,
[00:30:07.605]THERE'S NO ONE PERSON WHO CAN DO IT ALL.
[00:30:10.408]COMPANIES ARE ORGANIZED IN TEAMS, MARKETING PERSON, THE
[00:30:14.379]DESIGN PERSON, WE KNOW THIS.
[00:30:17.348]WHY DON'T SCHOOLS ORGANIZE MORE AS TEAMS AND COLLABORATION
[00:30:21.319]BETWEEN STUDENTS?
[00:30:22.320]IN THIS AUDIENCE, WHEN WE WERE IN SCHOOL, WE WERE TOLD TO DO
[00:30:27.358]YOUR OWN WORK.
[00:30:30.028]YOU WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO SHARE WHAT YOU KNEW, THAT WAS CALLED
[00:30:32.864]CHEATING.
[00:30:35.433]NOW THEY CALL IT COLLABORATIVE LEARNING.
[00:30:39.170]THAT'S A BIG CHANGE IN OUR THINKING, AND ANOTHER GOOD PLACE
[00:30:44.475]TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT, IS TO GO BACK TO
[00:30:49.814]PROFESSOR GARDENER'S THE THEORY.
[00:30:54.252]YOU MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH THE LAST INTELLIGENT.
[00:30:58.156]BUT HIS FRAMES OF MIND BOOK CAME OUT IN THE EARLY 80'S, MORE THAN
[00:31:03.127]30 YEARS, IT TALKED ABOUT THE FIRST SEVEN.
[00:31:06.931]YOU KNOW THERE'S A VERBAL INTELLIGENCE, YOU KNOW THERE'S A
[00:31:09.601]MATH INTELLIGENCE, THESE ARE THE TWO WE FOCUS ON IN SCHOOLS.
[00:31:14.739]WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER SIX?
[00:31:16.808]THE OTHER WAYS WE'RE ALL SMART?
[00:31:18.943]THE VISUAL THINKERS, GEORGE LUCAS, AS A TEENAGER, HE HAD A
[00:31:26.317]DARK ROOM AT HOME.
[00:31:27.318]HE WAS INTERESTED IN PHOTOGRAPHY, BUT THERE WASN'T
[00:31:31.322]ANYTHING HE COULD USE IN HIS SCHOOL WORK.
[00:31:33.858]I TOLD UNDERGRADUATES OF THE DARK ROOM, THERE ONCE WAS A
[00:31:38.796]PLACE CALLED A DARK ROOM, WHERE YOU DEVELOPED PHOTOGRAPHS.
[00:31:43.935]IT WAS EXPENSIVE.
[00:31:46.237]SO WHAT ABOUT THE VISUAL LEARNERS?
[00:31:52.543]ALWAYS THE INTELLIGENCE IS LOCATED IN THE BRAIN, THAT WAS A
[00:31:57.081]CONDITION OF THEM, AS INTELLIGENCES, ACTIVATED A
[00:32:01.352]CERTAIN PART OF THE BRAIN. IN THE INTERPERSONAL INTELLIGENCE?
[00:32:07.325]THEY'RE GOOD AT WORKING WITH OTHER PEOPLE, THEY'RE SOCIAL AND
[00:32:10.528]LIKE TO ENJOY WORKING WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
[00:32:14.465]WHAT ABOUT THE INTRA PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE?
[00:32:19.837]THEY'RE GOOD AT KNOWING THEMSELVES AND THEY'RE OWN
[00:32:22.607]FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS.
[00:32:25.777]THE KIN -- AND THE LAST THAT HE ADDED THE NATURALIST, HE SAID I
[00:32:37.789]DISCOVERED ANOTHER ONE THIRD PERIOD THERE'S PEOPLE THAT ARE
[00:32:39.691]GOOD WITH PLANTS AND ANIMALS, THAT'S A CERTAIN KIND OF
[00:32:45.496]INTELLIGENCE, AND IT DESERVES TO BE RECOGNIZED.
[00:32:49.033]PEOPLE WHO ARE GOOD WITH PLANTS AND ANIMALS.
[00:32:56.107]SO HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE EMPHASIZE THE FIRST TWO.
[00:33:04.649]HERE LIES FREDERICK JONES, HOPEFULLY MORE THAN HIS FIRST
[00:33:09.487]SAT SCORES.
[00:33:11.656]WHICH WAS PRETTY GOOD.
[00:33:12.457]WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER SIX?
[00:33:16.494]THIS NEW APPROACH TO A CREATIVE KIND OF EDUCATION, REALLY
[00:33:22.333]EMPHASIZED AND VALUED ALL EIGHT OF THE WAYS IN WHICH WE'RE
[00:33:26.404]SMART.
[00:33:26.771]HERE'S A QUICK WAY YOU CAN GET A SENSE OF YOUR OWN STRENGTHS AS A
[00:33:33.978]LEARNER.
[00:33:35.580]NO MATTER WHAT WE PUBLISH, WE HAVE A MILLION MONTHLY VISITORS
[00:33:40.852]TO EDUTOPIA.ORG.
[00:33:42.086]A QUARTER OF THEM COME FROM ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES IN
[00:33:47.592]THE WORLD.
[00:33:48.760]NO MATTER WHAT WE PUBLISH, THIS MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE QUIZ IS
[00:33:53.498]ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR FEATURES ON OUR WEBSITE.
[00:33:57.835]IT ASKS YOU 24 QUESTIONS, WE CAN TAKE IT RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN LEAVE
[00:34:03.908]WITH A PROFILE OF YOURSELF, IT'S NOT A RIGOROUS QUIZ, BUT IT ASKS
[00:34:09.380]YOU QUESTIONS, LIKE YOU CAN SEE, HOW OFTEN DO YOU GET LOST IN A
[00:34:15.485]GOOD BOOK?
[00:34:16.521]HOW OFTEN DO YOU LIKE TO DO ARTS AND CRAFTS PROJECTS, THE
[00:34:21.159]DIFFERENT KINDS OF INTELLIGENCES.
[00:34:25.429]I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU ONE OF OUR FILMS.
[00:34:28.199]IT VALUES THE ARTS.
[00:34:30.635]NOT JUST AS ART FORMS, BUT WAYS IN WHICH THE ARTS CAN ENCOURAGE
[00:34:35.239]ALL KIDS TO READ AND WRITE AT A HIGHER LEVEL.
[00:34:40.011]WHY DON'T WE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
[00:34:44.449]THIS IS FROM TUCSON, ARIZONA.
[00:34:47.118]A PROJECT CALLED OPENING MINDS.
[00:34:51.688]♪♪ (SINGING).
[00:34:59.564]>> THESE FIRST GRADERS ARE LEARNING
[00:35:02.800]ABOUT OPERA.
[00:35:04.769]THEY'RE BECOMING WRITERS.
[00:35:14.345]>> HOW DO THEY FEEL IN THE BEGINNING OF THE STORY?
[00:35:17.582]>> PRETTY GOOD.
[00:35:18.249]>> AND HOW AT THE END OF THE SONG?
[00:35:22.553]REALLY REALLY HAPPY.
[00:35:25.323]>> EXUBERANT.
[00:35:26.090]>> VERY GOOD.
[00:35:27.291]>> AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN OPPORTUNIST, ARIZONA, THE ARTS
[00:35:33.397]ENHANCE INSTRUCTION IN MATH, READING, SCIENCE, AND SOCIAL
[00:35:39.704]STUDIES.
[00:35:40.037]THE ARTS INFUSION PROGRAM NOW OPERATING IN MORE THAN 44
[00:35:44.442]SCHOOLS IS CALLED OMA, OPENING MINDS THROUGH THE ARTS.
[00:35:50.214]>> IT'S A PROGRAM THAT UTILIZES THE SOCIAL GROWTH THAT USES THE
[00:35:56.320]TOOLS IN MUSIC, WRITING, VISUAL ARTS AND DANCE TO MAKE
[00:36:01.058]CONNECTIONS FOR CHILDREN, BUT RELATED TO THEIR NEUROLOGICAL
[00:36:05.596]DEVELOPMENT AND THEIR GROWTH.
[00:36:13.638]>> IT'S BASED ON BRAIN RESEARCH, SHOWING THE WIRING FROM THE LEFT
[00:36:17.575]TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BRAIN TAKES PLACE BETWEEN THE AGES OF
[00:36:22.179]4 AND 12, THE TIME THEY LEARN FROM DIFFERENT FORMS OF
[00:36:28.119]STIMULATION.
[00:36:28.553]>> IS THERE SOMETHING WE'RE MAKING WITH OURSELVES, THAT
[00:36:32.490]WE'RE FORMING?
[00:36:33.558]>> [INAUDIBLE].
[00:36:34.458]>> A POEM.
[00:36:36.761]WHAT KIND OF PATTERN ARE WE MAKING?
[00:36:39.964]>> A HIGH LOW PATTERN.
[00:36:42.800]>> MUSIC HELPS THE KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN LEARN TO LISTEN.
[00:36:47.638]>> OUR FIRST SHAPE IS A TRIANGLE.
[00:36:50.641]HANDS ON YOUR HIPS.
[00:36:52.476]ONE, TWO.
[00:36:54.345]>> DANCE HELPS SECOND GRADERS LEARN GEOMETRY.
[00:36:58.382]>> AND A TRIANGLE WITH YOUR LEGS.
[00:37:01.752]>> AND FOURTH GRADERS STUDY SCIENCE WHILE LEARNING THE
[00:37:05.790]VIOLIN.
[00:37:06.123]>> HOW DOES THE HUMIDITY AFFECT OUR INSTRUMENTS?
[00:37:09.594]>> [INAUDIBLE].
[00:37:11.796]>> AND FIFTH GRADERS EXPRESS THEIR CREATIVITY BY COMPOSING
[00:37:16.300]MUSIC.
[00:37:16.634]>> NOW WE NEED SOMETHING THAT REPEATS A RHYTHM HERE.
[00:37:21.138]>> OPENING MINDS TO THE ARTS REALLY IS AN ACADEMIC PROGRAM
[00:37:25.376]THAT INFUSES THE ARTS.
[00:37:27.712]BECAUSE WE ALIGN IT WITH THE STATE STANDARDS, GIVES ANOTHER
[00:37:31.882]WAY FOR THE BRAIN CONNECT TO WHAT CHILDREN ARE LEARNING AND
[00:37:35.553]THE MORE OPPORTUNITIES THAT CHILDREN HAVE TO HAVE TACTILE OR
[00:37:40.124]PHYSICAL OR ALL OF THOSE RESPONSES THAT MAY BE DIFFERENT
[00:37:44.028]THAN WHAT WE'RE USED TO LEARNING WITH TO BETTER THEIR LEARNING.
[00:37:54.605]>> PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS IN ARIZONA TEACH IN EACH CLASSROOM
[00:38:00.544]TWICE A WEEK.
[00:38:08.519]>> WHERE'S MY TWO -- THE LANGUAGES TO HELP THE STUDENTS
[00:38:12.857]TO OBSERVE AND PUTS THE SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN THE SAME
[00:38:18.696]BOAT, IT'S A TOTAL DIFFERENT LANGUAGE THAT NO ONE KNOWS.
[00:38:21.699]>> IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL IN A WORKING CLASS SECTION OF
[00:38:26.003]TUCSON.
[00:38:26.537]20% OF THE STUDENTS ARE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS.
[00:38:31.876]>> ONE OF THE THINGS THE PROGRAM DOES ESPECIALLY FOR OUR ENGLISH
[00:38:35.680]LANGUAGE LEARNERS IS PROVIDE THEM WITH AN ART FORM THAT'S
[00:38:39.183]CONNECTED TO LEARNING IN A WAY THEY CAN CONNECT NO MATTER WHAT
[00:38:42.853]LANGUAGE THEY SPEAK.
[00:38:59.937]>> THE PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS COME IN AND THEY HAVE A LOVELY
[00:39:05.509]KNOWLEDGE, NOT ONLY DO THEY HAVE A FIRM GRASP ON THE ART FORM,
[00:39:10.981]BUT THEY CAN CREATE LESSON PLANS TO TEACH THESE TO THE STUDENTS,
[00:39:15.086]AND INTEGRATE THE LANGUAGE SKILLS, AND 21ST CENTURY SKILLS.
[00:39:21.325]>> LIKE HOW TURNS UP -- TERMS OF OPERA ARE USED, AND YOU CAN USE
[00:39:27.898]YOUR IMAGINATION A LOT.
[00:39:29.166]IT'S A REALLY GOOD WAY OF LEARNING, YOU REALLY NEED
[00:39:35.406]LEARNING.
[00:39:35.773]>> YOU GET THE IDEA HERE.
[00:39:38.476]WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
[00:39:40.111]HOW ARE THEY USING OPERA TO GET TO HIGHER LEVELS OF READING AND
[00:39:45.916]WRITING?
[00:39:46.517]THEY'RE USING THEIR BODY TO EXPRESS LANGUAGE, AND THEY'RE
[00:39:49.653]USING AN ART FORM, AND THEY'RE WRITING OPERAS AND IDEAS OF
[00:39:55.726]STORIES.
[00:39:56.060]THEY'RE USING THEIR ENTIRE BODIES TO LEARN.
[00:39:58.629]IT'S A MUSICAL INTELLIGENCE, HELPING TO SUPPORT THE VERBAL
[00:40:04.668]INTELLIGENCE.
[00:40:05.102]THEY'RE USING THEIR BODIES, AND TIM HAS A GREAT TALK, SOMEHOW WE
[00:40:10.608]GOT IN A BELIEF WE NEED TO EDUCATE KIDS FROM THE NECK UP.
[00:40:15.946]THEY DON'T HAVE A BODY AND IN FACT, WE KNOW, LOOKING AT THE
[00:40:21.519]YOUNGEST, THEY USE THEIR BODIES TO LEARN.
[00:40:23.554]THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO START THE THINKING EDGE AND THINKING OF
[00:40:28.325]WHAT'S TO HAPPEN IF ALL KIDS CAN LEARN TO USE ALL OF THEIR
[00:40:34.231]SENSES.
[00:40:34.565]KIDS NEED TO COME TO THEIR SENSES IN THEIR LEARNING.
[00:40:37.501]THEY NEED TO USE ALL OF THEIR SENSES THEIR ENTIRE BODY TO
[00:40:42.873]LEARN.
[00:40:43.307]SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE CURRICULUM EDGE, HERE'S ONE
[00:40:46.844]EXAMPLE.
[00:40:49.180]A SCHOOL IN WEST PHILLY, WHERE A TEACHER, WITH AN ENGINEERING
[00:40:57.621]BACKGROUND, READ A GROUP OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, VERY LOW INCOME
[00:41:02.560]NEIGHBORHOOD WITH A LOT OF CHALLENGES, HE LED THEM TO
[00:41:06.463]CREATE HYBRID CARS.
[00:41:08.766]THIS IS THE CHALLENGE NOW.
[00:41:10.367]THAT STUDENTS, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM WEST PHILLY CAN DO
[00:41:15.105]THIS, NOT A THOUGHT TO DESIGN A HYBRID VEHICLE, I AM SURE
[00:41:21.045]THERE'S COLLEGE STUDENTS HERE THAT CAN DO IT, IN MY OWN
[00:41:24.014]THINKING, YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH A CAR COMPANY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE
[00:41:27.852]EXPERTISE TO DO THIS.
[00:41:29.019]WITH THE RIGHT MENTORS, THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS CAN DO THIS.
[00:41:32.823]THEY NOT ONLY DID THIS, BUT WON AWARDS IN COMPETITION AGAINST
[00:41:36.961]THE COLLEGE STUDENTS.
[00:41:38.596]THERE THEY ARE IN THE BACK OF THEIR K-1 ATTACK, THAT'S THE
[00:41:43.133]NAME THEY GAVE IT, IT WORKS ON BIO DIESEL AND THEY DISCOVERED
[00:41:55.713]THE PRIUS WHILE WORKING ON THIS.
[00:41:58.816]RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU HAVE ONE.
[00:42:03.254]THAT'S NOT A CAR WE'D LIKE TO BE SEEN IN, IN WEST PHILLY.
[00:42:09.460]IT WASN'T A DESIGN, LOOKING KIND OF COOL HYBRID VEHICLE.
[00:42:14.431]THEY'VE BEEN FEATURED ON THE TODAY SHOW, YOU CAN LOOK THEM
[00:42:18.302]UP.
[00:42:18.569]I HAD A CHANCE TO TALK WITH SIMON.
[00:42:21.972]I SAID, THIS IS GREAT, IT SAYS WHAT KIDS CAN LEARN NOW IF GIVEN
[00:42:28.679]THE RIGHT EXPERIENCES.
[00:42:31.448]WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO, WORK WITH OTHER PROJECTS?
[00:42:37.655]HE SAID, I'D LIKE TO CREATE A SCHOOL, WHERE THE KIDS DID THIS
[00:42:42.126]KIND OF WORK, BUT EVERY DAY OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
[00:42:45.696]I SAID WOW, THAT'S A GREAT VISION.
[00:42:48.565]THAT WAS ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO.
[00:42:50.100]LAST YEAR, I WAS DRIVING OUT AROUND SAN FRANCISCO, LISTENING
[00:42:54.004]TO NPR.
[00:42:55.005]AND I HEARD THIS REPORT.
[00:42:59.510]THIS REPORT STARTED WITH, IMAGINE A SCHOOL WHERE CLASSES
[00:43:04.581]ARE ORGANIZED NOT BY SUBJECT BUT BY PROJECT.
[00:43:09.887]THERE IS SUCH A SCHOOL, CALLED THE WORK SHOP SCHOOL, AND IT'S
[00:43:14.491]IN PHILADELPHIA, SIMON DID IT.
[00:43:17.094]HE CREATED THE SCHOOL FINALLY.
[00:43:19.296]IT TOOK HIM FIVE YEARS TO DO IT, BUT IN WEST PHILLY, THE
[00:43:25.669]ACTIVITIES ARE ORGANIZED BY PROJECT AND NOT
[00:43:28.539]BY SUBJECT.
[00:43:29.974]FOR THOSE OF YOU INTERESTED OF MORE PROJECT BASED LEARNING, OUR
[00:43:37.348]NEIGHBORS IF THE BAY AREA, HAVE BEEN AT THIS FOR 20 YEARS. THE
[00:43:42.252]LAST FIVE YEARS, THEY'VE BEEN ON FIRE.
[00:43:44.922]SO MANY PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN IT, THE FIRST CONFERENCE IS
[00:43:49.660]CALLED TB WORLD, IN JUNE, INVITE YOU TO COME.
[00:43:54.832]WHAT COULD BE BETTER TO BE IN CALIFORNIA, SIPPING SOME FINE
[00:43:59.803]NAPA VALLEY WINE.
[00:44:01.305]HERE'S ONE MORE EXAMPLE.
[00:44:04.141]I'LL SHOW YOU THIS SHORT FILM FROM THE TEACHING CHANNEL.
[00:44:10.781]THEY HAVE A GRANT TO EXPLORE AND DOCUMENT WHAT DEEPER LEARNING IS
[00:44:15.152]ALL ABOUT.
[00:44:16.153]THAT'S THE PHRASE THEY USE.
[00:44:17.821]OH, SORRY.
[00:44:19.356]GIVEN THE INTEREST OF TIME, LIKE THAT HYBRID VEHICLE EXAMPLE,
[00:44:27.631]THESE KIDS IN SAN DIEGO, DESIGNED AND BUILT A SUSTAINABLE
[00:44:33.871]HOME, A GREEN HOME, SMALL, 100 SQUARE FEET.
[00:44:40.244]IT TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THE TECHNOLOGIES THERE ARE FOR
[00:44:43.313]CONSTRUCTION NOW AND THEY'RE NOT ONLY DESIGNING THIS HOME,
[00:44:47.017]THEY'RE GOING TO USE IT AS A LITTLE BED AND BREAKFAST, AND
[00:44:50.187]RENT IT OUT FOR PEOPLE TO COME, THEY'RE GENERATING SOME MONEY
[00:44:55.359]FOR THEIR SCHOOL.
[00:44:58.362]IT'S A FORM OF PROJECT BASED SCHOOL, IF YOU'RE IN SAN DIEGO,
[00:45:02.800]SEARCH FOR TINY HOUSE IN THIS FILM YOU'LL SEE IT.
[00:45:06.470]THEY DID THE CONSTRUCTION AND THE DESIGN AND IT'S MADE OUT OF
[00:45:11.041]SUSTAINABLE MATERIAL.
[00:45:15.712]I'M SO PLEASED THAT WE'RE IN THIS NEW UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT
[00:45:20.951]KIND OF EDUCATION WE WANT TO PROVIDE, WE'RE GIVING MORE
[00:45:23.754]EMPHASIS OF WHAT'S CALLED THE NONCOGNIZANT FACTOR.
[00:45:30.260]THOSE FACTORS THAT AFFECTS WHAT KIDS CAN LEARN AND WANT TO
[00:45:36.366]LEARN, WE HAVEN'T GIVEN THEM MUCH ATTENTION UNTIL THE PAST
[00:45:40.437]DECADE.
[00:45:41.839]THIS IS CALLED SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING.
[00:45:43.740]I PREFER THAT, BECAUSE IT BEGINS TO GET AT WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
[00:45:50.314]SEL.
[00:45:50.614]AS WE CALL IT, AND THERE YOU SEE IN ONE OF OUR FILMS THE FIVE
[00:45:55.419]DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS OF SEL, KNOWING YOURSELF,
[00:46:00.190]SELF-AWARENESS, MANNING MULTIPLYING YOUR FEELINGS AND
[00:46:04.294]EMOTIONS, ESPECIALLY WHEN WORKING WITH OTHER STUDENTS.
[00:46:08.665]SOCIAL AWARENESS, AND SKILLS, AND MAKING RESPONSIBLE
[00:46:12.002]DECISIONS.
[00:46:12.369]A NUMBER OF RESEARCHERS ARE WORKING IN THIS FIELD AND ONE OF
[00:46:15.939]THE GREAT WEBSITES FOR THIS, GO TO CSEL.ORG.
[00:46:28.652]YOU'LL SEE CURRICULUM, AND THE STUDIES THAT
[00:46:35.392]SHOW WHEN THE STUDENTS DISCOVER TO LEARN THIS, THEY ACHIEVE, 11
[00:46:40.697]POINTS ON AVERAGE ON THE ACHIEVEMENT TEST, THAT'S A
[00:46:44.735]GREATER INCREASE THAN ANYTHING ELSE WE'VE TRIED.
[00:46:47.237]IF WE GAVE MORE ATTENTION TO THIS, THAT WOULD HELP INCREASE
[00:46:51.942]STUDENT'S TEST SCORES AND MAKE THEM FEEL BETTER ABOUT
[00:46:56.180]THEMSELVES AS LEARNERS.
[00:47:03.153]OTHERS HAVE WRITTEN BOOKS ABOUT THAT AND YOU'LL SEE IN THIS
[00:47:06.557]SHORT FILM, SHE'S SHORT HANDING THE SEL, AS GRIT.
[00:47:12.729]SOMETIMES CALLED RESILIENCE.
[00:47:15.065]BEING ABLE TO PERSIST IN LEARNING, THAT'S THE IMPORTANT
[00:47:18.168]THING.
[00:47:18.468]IF YOU DIDN'T LEARN SOMETHING WELL, GOT A BAD SCORE, BEING
[00:47:23.640]ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WAS THEN AND YOU CAN PERSIST.
[00:47:26.143]YOU CAN DO BETTER.
[00:47:29.379]CAN THIS BE TAUGHT TO STUDENTS?
[00:47:32.115]CAN THEY BE TAUGHT TO STUDENTS?
[00:47:34.318]YES, THEY CAN.
[00:47:34.985]HERE'S A TEACHER, A FIFTH GRADE TEACHER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, WHO'S
[00:47:39.823]TRIED TO DO THAT.
[00:47:40.891]SHE'S TAKEN THE RESEARCH AND CREATED A CURRICULUM FOR HER
[00:47:46.530]STUDENTS, ABOUT RESILIENCE.
[00:47:48.131]WE'LL LOOK AT THAT.
[00:47:55.939]>> PENNY IS A STUDENT THAT PARTICIPATED IN ANY PROGRAM LAST
[00:48:00.777]YEAR -- MY PROGRAM LAST YEAR.
[00:48:03.547]HE'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF A 10-YEAR-OLD.
[00:48:13.423]IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, WE DO A LOT OF SUGARING, WHICH IS A TERM FOR
[00:48:20.364]MAKING MAPLE SUGAR, AND IT'S A WHOLE TON OF WORK.
[00:48:25.969]HE DOES THAT ALL ON HIS OWN, HE COLLECTS THE SAP, AND BOILS IT
[00:48:33.277]AND GETS THE END RESULT OF THE SYRUP.
[00:48:38.515]HE WILL BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING THAT HE SETS HIS MIND
[00:48:40.784]TO.
[00:48:47.157]I'M AMY RYAN AND MY GOAL IS TO SPREAD THE GOOD WORD OF
[00:49:01.104]GRIT.
[00:49:01.838]>> GRIT IS A POSITION TO PURSUE VERY LONG TERM GOALS,
[00:49:11.815]WITH THE BEGINNING OF LIFE, YOUR JOB IS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU'RE
[00:49:16.186]GOING TO DO, THE LITTLE PLACE YOU'LL HOLD IN THE WORLD AND HOW
[00:49:20.490]TO ADD VALUE AND SURVIVE.
[00:49:23.293]>> MY GOAL IS TO BE A BETTER SHORTSTOP.
[00:49:28.699]FLIP THE SLAP SHOT.
[00:49:30.067]>> TO GET A 90 IN MATH.
[00:49:32.135]>> MY GOAL IS TO DRAW BETTER DINOSAURS.
[00:49:36.707]>> MINE IS [INAUDIBLE].
[00:49:40.010]>> I WAS INTRODUCED TO GRIT THROUGH AN
[00:49:46.917]ARTICLE, SHE WAS MENTIONED AND STUDY THE TOPIC OF GRIT.
[00:49:51.388]IT MADE A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE TO ME, SHE DESIGNED IT AND MEASURED
[00:49:58.628]IT, BUT NO ONE HAD TALKED ABOUT TEACHING IT.
[00:50:01.732]>> I WANT THREE EXAMPLES OF GOALS THAT ARE YEARS OUT FROM
[00:50:06.970]NOW.
[00:50:07.270]>> MAKING IT ON THE 18TH IN MY FIRST YEAR OF BASEBALL TEAM.
[00:50:12.776]>> GETTING IN A GOOD COLLEGE.
[00:50:14.578]>> YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT NOW.
[00:50:17.614]DID YOU KNOW THE UNITED STATES HAS THE MOST KIDS ACCEPTED TO
[00:50:21.985]COLLEGE, BUT WE HAVE THE HIGHEST DROPOUT RATE.
[00:50:24.721]WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU?
[00:50:28.492]>> GIVE UP TOO EASILY.
[00:50:30.660]>> WE DO.
[00:50:33.163]I THINK A LOT OF SCHOOLS TEND TO INCORPORATE THE IDEA OF GRIT,
[00:50:37.634]BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S DIRECT INSTRUCTION.
[00:50:41.071]TO LEAD KIDS TO BE GRITTIER.
[00:50:43.206]THAT'S WHAT I TRY TO DO, WAS TO CREATE A CURRICULUM THAT WOULD
[00:50:47.978]GET RIGHT TO THE HEART OF GRIT, AND HAVE KIDS PRACTICE TO BE
[00:50:53.850]GRITTIER IN THE YEAR.
[00:50:56.820]>> IN THE COURSE OF -- IN SPITE OF DIFFICULTY [INAUDIBLE].
[00:51:04.594]>> A BUNCH OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.
[00:51:06.863]IT'S HARD TO FOCUS, AND SAY TO YOURSELF, I KNOW IT'S A HARD
[00:51:10.901]TIME RIGHT NOW, BUT I'LL GET THROUGH IT, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE
[00:51:14.137]CAN DO THAT.
[00:51:15.138]AND IT'S A REALLY GOOD THING TO KNOW HOW TO DO.
[00:51:18.275]THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT PEOPLE GIVE UP ON THAT ARE SO
[00:51:23.513]EASY.
[00:51:23.814]>> YOU'RE SETTING A BAR FOR A GOAL, IT MAY NOT BE AN EASY
[00:51:31.121]TREK, AND THINGS WILL GET IN THE WAY, BUT YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT
[00:51:35.091]HOW TO MANAGE THEM AND MOVE ON, THAT'S WHAT RESILIENCY IS ABOUT.
[00:51:40.197]>> IT'S NEVER TOO EARLY TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO TEACH KIDS TO SET
[00:51:46.236]GOALS, STICK TO THEM, AND THE IDEA IS IF YOU CAN PUT THOSE
[00:51:50.874]SKILLS IN PLACE EARLY ON, THAT'S HAS IMPORTANT AS TEACHING A
[00:51:55.145]CHILD HOW TO READ AND WRITE AND COUNT.
[00:51:58.515]WE READ LOTS AND LOTS OF ARTICLES, AND RESEARCH DESIGN,
[00:52:02.285]THE TEACHERS HAVE A DIFFERENT KIND OF KNOWLEDGE.
[00:52:04.521]IT'S POSSIBLE WITH THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE KIPP
[00:52:10.627]SCHOOLS, MANY IDEAS WERE A MARRIAGE OF INSIGHTS FROM THE
[00:52:20.003]KIPP STAFF.
[00:52:21.505]WITH OUR EXPERTISE TOGETHER.
[00:52:29.913]>> I THINK IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD.
[00:52:34.985]PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THE COVERAGE OF GRIT, THE RESILIENCE
[00:52:38.455]OF SEL, YOU SEE HOW THE FIFTH GRADERS RESPONDS TO THIS AND
[00:52:43.493]THINK IN A LONG TERM WAY OF THEIR FUTURE.
[00:52:46.596]HOW MUCH THEY WANT TO BE ENGAGED WITH THIS IDEA, SETTING GOALS,
[00:52:57.974]PERSEVERING.
[00:52:58.408]HERE'S MY FAVORITE WEBSITES.
[00:53:01.077]I'M A WALKING WEBSITE, I'M POINTING YOU TO PLACES TO GO TO
[00:53:06.516]LEARN MORE.
[00:53:07.717]I WANT TO MAKE A SPORT COAT WITH QR CODES ON IT.
[00:53:11.922]AND SOMEONE SAYS, WHERE DO I GO FOR EMOTIONAL -- THIS ONE RIGHT
[00:53:16.693]HERE.
[00:53:17.894]WE WOULD HAVE TO TALK.
[00:53:20.931]-- WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO TALK.
[00:53:26.136]HERE'S A GREAT SIGHT, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN WESTERN
[00:53:32.409]MASSACHUSETTS, CREATED THEIR OWN CURRICULUM.
[00:53:34.678]YOU GET CREDIT IN COLLEGE AND SCHOOLS DO FOR INDEPENDENT
[00:53:37.914]STUDIES AS WELL.
[00:53:39.616]WHAT ABOUT EXPANDING THAT TO ALLOW STUDENTS FOR CHOICE AND
[00:53:41.885]VOICE OF WHAT THEY LEARN.
[00:53:44.688]THIS WAS DONE BY SENIORS IN HIGH SCHOOL.
[00:53:48.491]IT WAS CALLED INDEPENDENT PROJECT.
[00:53:51.428]IF YOU GO TO THE INDEPENDENTPROJECT.ORG, YOU'LL
[00:53:56.433]SEE THE WEBSITE THEY CREATED, THE PAPER OF THE STRUCTURE, IT
[00:54:03.907]WASN'T THAT THEY WERE LET LOOSE, TO GO DEEPER ON THE COURSES AND
[00:54:10.180]QUESTIONS THAT THEY WERE CURIOUS ABOUT.
[00:54:13.016]AND THEY EXPLORED THINGS THEY WERE CURIOUS ABOUT IN THE
[00:54:15.852]MORNING AND IN THE AFTERNOON, THEY PURSUED THEIR OWN PROJECTS.
[00:54:23.793]SOME WROTE STORIES, AND SOME DID SCIENCE AND ORGANIZED
[00:54:28.331]ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
[00:54:31.067]AT THIS TIME, THE NEW LEARNING LANDSCAPE, WITH KIDS ARMED WITH
[00:54:37.040]WHAT'S OUT THERE ON THE INTERNET, IT REORGANIZES THE KID
[00:54:43.647]TEACHER RELATIONSHIP, EVERY STUDENT BECAME A POTENTIAL
[00:54:48.618]TEACHER.
[00:54:48.985]THAT'S THE INDEPENDENT PROJECT, IT'S MONUMENT REGIONAL HIGH
[00:54:52.555]SCHOOL.
[00:54:55.725]YOUR STUDENTS CAN VISIT THE WORLD'S GREATEST ART MUSEUMS.
[00:55:04.000]GOOGLE, PUT THEIR CAMERAS, AND YOU'VE SEEN THE GOOGLE CARS.
[00:55:10.774]THEY SAID, WHAT IF WE USE THE TECHNOLOGY AND PUT THE CAMERAS
[00:55:14.978]NOT ON CARS BUT ON BICYCLES, AND ROAD THEM UP AND DOWN THE
[00:55:19.382]GALLERIES OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST MUSEUMS.
[00:55:23.787]NOW THE SCHOOL CAN MAKE VIRTUE TRIPS IN THE MUSEUMS.
[00:55:36.266]YOU'RE MOVING DOWN THE GALLERIES AND THE CURATOR WILL TALK TO YOU
[00:55:47.911]ABOUT WHAT'S INSIDE.
[00:55:49.512]REMEMBER CHEMISTRY CLASS, AND STARING AT THE PERIODIC TABLE OF
[00:55:54.551]ELEMENTS.
[00:55:54.918]THIS WILL MAKE THAT SO ENGAGING FOR YOU, TRUST ME, IF YOU GO TO
[00:55:59.322]THIS WEBSITE, AND LEARN OF THE ELEMENTS, A MULTIMEDIA
[00:56:04.994]PRESENTATION, YOU'LL RETURN TO THIS WEBSITE TO LEARN MORE OF
[00:56:08.031]THE ELEMENTS IN CHEMISTRY.
[00:56:10.533]BY THE WAY, THERE'S ELEMENT 22.
[00:56:12.836]WE SHOULD ALL BE THANKFUL FOR
[00:56:17.907]TITANIUM.
[00:56:21.244]IT'S IN JET PLANES, SPORTS EQUIPMENT.
[00:56:25.949]THE LIGHTEST AND STRONGEST METAL.
[00:56:28.885]PLEASE HAVE YOUR STUDENTS SPEND SOME TIME, AND LEARN ABOUT WHAT
[00:56:32.789]THE MOST DISTINGUISHED PEOPLE WERE LIKE WHEN THEY WERE KIDS.
[00:56:36.659]LEARN ABOUT GEORGE LUCAS, HE WASN'T A VERY GOOD STUDENT, HAD
[00:56:41.397]A SERIOUS CAR ACCIDENTAL, MADE HIM THINK MORE OF HIS OWN LIFE.
[00:56:47.537]HIS FIRST 60 YEARS IN THE FILM BUSINESS.
[00:56:51.074]THIS IS AMAZING TO ME, RESILIENCE AND GRIT AND
[00:56:54.878]PERSISTENCE.
[00:56:55.278]YOU LEARN AFTER FRANK GARY, THE MOST FAMOUS ARCHITECTURE FAILED
[00:57:02.352]HIS FIRST CLASS.
[00:57:03.286]VERY COMFORTING TO STUDENTS WHO MIGHT HAVE EXPERIENCED FAILURE.
[00:57:09.092]BUT THEY OVERCOME IT.
[00:57:10.960]WHAT'S YOUR DEFINITION OF A GREAT SCHOOL?
[00:57:14.464]I WAS ASKED THIS QUESTION BY PAUL HOUSTON, WHO WAS THE
[00:57:18.401]DIRECTOR OF THE SUPERINTENDENT ASSOCIATION IN WASHINGTON.
[00:57:21.704]HE SAID TO ME, THIS EDUTOPIA SITE IS AMAZING.
[00:57:26.376]YOU HAVE THE GREAT SCHOOLS ON THERE, HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE A
[00:57:30.346]GREAT SCHOOL?
[00:57:30.980]AND THE KEY TO THE QUESTION IS MAKE THE DEFINITION SHORT AND
[00:57:34.150]MEASURABLE.
[00:57:36.519]YOU KNOW, IN EDUCATION, WE TENDENCY TO BE VERBAL.
[00:57:39.622]AS I'VE BEEN THIS EVENING, TALK A LOT AND TO DO A DEFINITION OF
[00:57:43.693]A GREAT SCHOOL IS AFTER A FEW PAGES, WE HAD JUST BE GETTING
[00:57:49.098]GOING, DEFINE A GREAT SCHOOL IN A SENTENCE OR TWO?
[00:57:52.435]AND HOW WOULD YOU MEASURE THAT?
[00:57:55.705]I SAID PAUL, THESE SCHOOLS, WHEN YOU GO IN, YOU SENSE IT IN THE
[00:57:59.676]SCHOOL CLIMATE AND THE CULTURE.
[00:58:01.311]THIS STUDENTS ARE THE ONES WHO TAKE YOU ON A TOUR.
[00:58:04.414]THE TEACHERS ARE CONFIDENT THE STUDENTS WILL DEMONSTRATE THIS
[00:58:09.519]KIND OF LEARNING THAT'S GOING ON.
[00:58:12.689]YOU SEE THE SHIFT TO PROJECT BASED LEARNING.
[00:58:16.326]HE SAID THAT'S GETTING
[00:58:19.729]A LITTLE LONG.
[00:58:22.298]HOW WOULD YOU MEASURE THAT?
[00:58:25.268]WE NEED TO DO MORE OF THE TESTING, TESTS DON'T MEASURE
[00:58:29.839]EVERYTHING.
[00:58:30.240]THERE'S MANY OTHER WAYS TO MEASURE LEARNING.
[00:58:34.244]HE SAID, OKAY.
[00:58:35.511]HERE'S HIS DEFINITION OF A GREAT SCHOOL.
[00:58:38.781]ONE QUESTION.
[00:58:40.683]DO THE CHILDREN RUN IN AT THE SAME RATE THEY RUN OUT?
[00:58:45.889]THAT'S IT.
[00:58:46.890]WE COULD MEASURE THIS.
[00:58:49.058]WE COULD HAVE SAVED OURSELVES A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY, IN THE
[00:58:52.328]FIRST DECADE OF THE 21ST CENTURY ON WHAT WE LEFT BEHIND IF WE
[00:58:59.068]FOCUSED ON MEASURING THIS.
[00:59:01.337]IN MANY OF THE SCHOOLS WE FILMED, THE STUDENTS ARE RUNNING
[00:59:05.241]IN, THEY'RE EAGER TO GET THERE, EVEN IN HIGH SCHOOL.
[00:59:09.212]THEY'RE EAGER TO GET TO SCHOOL, AND AT THE END OF THE DAY WHEN
[00:59:14.117]THE BELL RINGS, THEY'RE SLOW TO LEAVE.
[00:59:17.854]THE PARENTS IN GRADE SCHOOL ARE LINING UP AND THE KIDS ARE WAIT,
[00:59:23.259]I'M WORKING ON A PROJECT HERE.
[00:59:25.628]THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING INTERESTING ON THE INTERNET.
[00:59:29.666]SO I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR SHARING THE IDEAS WITH YOU, AND
[00:59:34.904]MY BEST WISHES FOR CREATING THESE KINDS OF SCHOOLS HERE IN
[00:59:38.074]NEBRASKA, HERE IN LINCOLN, THE KIDS ARE RUNNING IN AS FAST
[00:59:42.011]THEY'RE RUNNING OUT, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[00:59:43.713][APPLAUSE] >> IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, AND I
[01:00:01.864]HOPE SOME OF YOU WILL, PLEASE GET CARDS FROM THE USHERS AND
[01:00:07.337]WRITE YOUR QUESTIONS ON THE CARD.
[01:00:11.507]AND THOSE QUESTIONS WILL BE BROUGHT FORTH SO WE CAN ASK
[01:00:17.480]THEM.
[01:00:17.914]WHILE WE'RE COLLECTING THOSE QUESTIONS AS QUICKLY AS
[01:00:21.384]POSSIBLE, LET ME START WITH A QUESTION OF MY OWN.
[01:00:26.856]IMAGINE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN APPOINTED A NEW DEAN OF A
[01:00:34.297]COLLEGE OF EDUCATION.
[01:00:36.265]YOU WANT THE FACULTY IN THAT COLLEGE TO TEACH STUDENTS SO
[01:00:41.604]THAT THEY AS PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS CAN EDUCATE THE
[01:00:45.908]STUDENTS CORRECTLY IN A WAY THAT THEY WILL BECOME CREATIVE.
[01:00:51.180]WHAT IS YOUR FIRST PRIORITY OR FIRST REFORM IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE
[01:00:57.420]THAT IN YOUR NEWLY APPOINTED POST AS DEAN?
[01:01:03.059]>> I THINK THAT ONE THING TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THIS SHIFT IS
[01:01:06.596]IT'S HARD TO BE CREATIVE OF SOMETHING YOU'RE NOT PASSIONATE
[01:01:11.567]ABOUT.
[01:01:12.735]CREATIVE COMES FROM A PASSION OF A SUBJECT.
[01:01:17.440]ALL THE GREAT CREATORS WERE SO PASSIONATE OF THEIR SUBJECTS, OF
[01:01:22.211]WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO DO.
[01:01:23.980]IF YOU'RE TRYING TO CREATE A MORE CREATIVE APPROACH IF THE
[01:01:28.217]COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, AMONG THE FACULTIES, THE MOST IMPORTANT
[01:01:33.689]THING IS WHAT ARE THE FACULTY PASSIONATE ABOUT?
[01:01:37.293]TO GIVE THEM THE EXPERIENCE, I'VE SEEN WITH TEACHERS, THEY'RE
[01:01:41.297]LEARNING AND TEACHING OF SOMETHING THEY'RE SO PASSIONATE
[01:01:44.267]ABOUT, IT MIGHT BE A SPORT OR A HOBBY OR THEY LOT OF COOKING,
[01:01:51.274]BUT TO EXPERIENCE WHAT PROJECT BASED LEARNING IS ABOUT FROM
[01:01:55.178]SOMETHING YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT.
[01:01:57.213]GIVE THEM MORE FLEXIBILITY TO LET THEM DO THOSE, AND SHIFT THE
[01:02:03.853]CURRICULUM, AND TIME TO DESIGN THINGS, WITH UNDERLYING A LOT OF
[01:02:08.458]THIS IS GREATER TIME FOR FACULTY TO LEARN HOW TO IMPLEMENT THESE.
[01:02:14.397]THERE'S A LOT OF STUDIES THAT SHOW THE LEARNING, EVEN THE USE
[01:02:19.302]OF TECHNOLOGY AREN'T VERY EFFECTIVE, AND IT'S BECAUSE THEY
[01:02:22.672]WEREN'T IMPLEMENTED WELL.
[01:02:25.074]I WAS SAYING THIS MORNING, SOMETIMES TECHNOLOGY, DID NOT
[01:02:29.545]WORK WELL, BECAUSE IT WASN'T USED, OR 15 MINUTES A WEEK.
[01:02:33.349]GIVING TIME FOR FACULTY, THEY'RE PROFESSORS OF EDUCATION, OR K-12
[01:02:40.523]TEACHER TO SAY UNDERSTAND -- TO UNDERSTAND AND WORK TOGETHER.
[01:02:46.863]>> A SIMPLE QUESTION.
[01:02:48.264]WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE WEBSITE WITH THE PERIODIC TABLE?
[01:02:53.169]>> GOOD QUESTION.
[01:02:54.704]IT'S A WEBSITE, TACIT BOOK.
[01:02:57.039]-- IT'S A BOOK CALLED THE "ELEMENTS" BY THEODORE GRAY.
[01:03:04.947]>> CAN STRESS HELP STUDENTS?
[01:03:06.549]>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
[01:03:09.485]THE RESEARCH IS SHOWING, A MODERATE AMOUNT OF STRESS IS A
[01:03:14.157]GOOD THING, TO BE CONCERNED, TO FEEL THAT THERE'S A DEADLINE
[01:03:18.694]COMING.
[01:03:19.028]THOSE ARE GOOD THINGS FOR STUDENTS.
[01:03:20.997]BUT STRESS IN THE SENSE OF FAMILY ISSUES.
[01:03:26.102]DIFFICULT ISSUES IN THE FAMILY OR COMMUNITY, THAT KIND OF
[01:03:30.606]STRESS IS NOT A GOOD THING.
[01:03:33.309]THERE'S A FAIR AMOUNT OF RESEARCH, THE FACTORS CALLED
[01:03:37.747]ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES.
[01:03:39.949]THAT A LOT OF THAT KIND OF STRESS THAT STUDENTS ARE
[01:03:43.152]EXPERIENCING INFLUENCES THEIR ABILITY TO LEARN GREATLY.
[01:03:49.692]>> THE PAKISTAN 11-YEAR-OLD GIRL, WAS SHOT BY THE TALIBAN,
[01:03:58.434]DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THAT SITUATION?
[01:04:00.636]>> WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS MOVEMENT TO EDUCATE GIRLS IN THIS COUNTRY
[01:04:07.343]AND AROUND THE WORLD CAN BE THREATENING TO MANY ESTABLISHED
[01:04:12.415]AND I'LL SAY CONSERVATIVE INTERESTS.
[01:04:15.084]WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO SHOW HOW DEMOCRACY AND THE FREE
[01:04:22.992]FLOW OF IDEAS IS TO THIS ORGANIZATION.
[01:04:27.396]BUT THE FUNDAMENTALISTS TO DENY THE RIGHTS TO GIRLS, THAT'S WHAT
[01:04:34.737]THAT'S ABOUT.
[01:04:36.239]>> WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE TAD TALK?
[01:04:38.841]>> THERE'S SO MANY.
[01:04:40.543]THAT'S A HARD QUESTION.
[01:04:45.448]I MENTIONED ONE, KEN ROBINSON'S TALK IS ABOUT CREATIVITY AND
[01:04:55.591]LEARNING.
[01:04:55.958]AND ANGELA DUCKWORTH, ALSO GAVE A GOOD TALK ABOUT GRIT.
[01:05:02.198]>> WOULD YOU ABOLISH GRADE LEVELS, LIKE FIRST, SECOND, ET
[01:05:06.802]CETERA.
[01:05:07.136]>> YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING.
[01:05:10.640]IF SCHOOL LIFE BECOMES MORE LIKE REAL LIFE, SCHOOL IS ONE OF THE
[01:05:14.944]LAST PLACES YOU'RE ALWAYS IN THE SAME ROOM WITH PEOPLE THE SAME
[01:05:20.650]AGE AS YOU ARE.
[01:05:22.184]ONCE YOU GET TO COLLEGE, THERE'S MORE FLEXIBILITY.
[01:05:26.222]FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORES ARE TAKEN TOGETHER, SO HIGHER
[01:05:31.260]EDUCATION, WE GIVE THEM MORE FLEXIBILITY, AND SOME OF WHAT
[01:05:36.465]WE'VE SEEN AT EDUTOPIA.
[01:05:39.168]WITH THE MULTIPLE AGE GROUPINGS, THE FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE
[01:05:43.706]STUDENTS ARE WORKING TOGETHER THE FIFTH GRADERS ARE TEACHING
[01:05:47.343]THE FIRST GRADERS, THE MORE FLEXIBILITY WOULD BE A GOOD
[01:05:52.081]THING AND COMING UP WITH CURRICULUM WHERE STUDENTS CAN
[01:05:55.584]WORK TOGETHER ACROSS THE LEVEL.
[01:05:56.752]>> ANOTHER TWITTER QUESTION AND I SUSPECT IT COMES FROM A
[01:06:00.623]STUDENT.
[01:06:01.490]HOW DO YOU SUGGEST STUDENTS TO SHOW THEIR
[01:06:06.862]ABILITIES STANDARDIZED TESTS CAN'T SHOW.
[01:06:10.733]>> THAT'S GREAT THE STUDENTS ARE USING TWITTER TO POSE QUESTIONS.
[01:06:15.538]HOW MANY OF YOU DO NOT HAVE A TWITTER ACCOUNT?
[01:06:18.941]MAYBE HALF THE FOLKS IN HERE.
[01:06:20.910]NOT TO WORRY.
[01:06:23.279]BECAUSE I AM IN THE MIDST OF DEVELOPING A NEW PLATFORM FOR
[01:06:28.284]THE REST OF US, WHO ARE OLDER THAN 25.
[01:06:33.456]IT'S GOING TO COMBINE THE BEST FEATURES OF YOUTUBE, FACEBOOK
[01:06:36.859]AND TWITTER.
[01:06:38.194]AND IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY EASY TO USE AND IT'LL BE FREE.
[01:06:42.698]IT'LL BE CALLED, YOU TWIT FACE.
[01:06:46.168]AND I HOPE YOU ALL SIGN UP FOR IT, IT'LL BE EASIER THAN IT
[01:06:51.340]CURRENTLY IS.
[01:06:58.247]BUT TO THAT QUESTION, THE WAY WE'RE MOVING -- THE ASSESSMENT
[01:07:04.320]IS PERFORMANCE BASED ASSESSMENT.
[01:07:06.021]WE WANT STUDENTS TO MAKE SOMETHING, TO DO SOMETHING,
[01:07:08.657]WHERE WE CAN MEASURE THE PERFORMANCE, SOME OF THE BEST
[01:07:11.660]EXAMPLES AND ANALOGIES COME FROM ARTS AND SPORTS.
[01:07:17.199]IT'S ALL ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN DO.
[01:07:20.136]IT'S NOT WHETHER YOU HAVE MEMORIZED THE RULES OF
[01:07:23.606]BASKETBALL LET'S SAY.
[01:07:25.908]BELIEVE ME YOUR BASKETBALL PLAYERS, THEY KNOW THE RULES OF
[01:07:29.478]THEIR SPORT, BUT WHAT MATTERS IS THE PERFORMANCE ON THE FIELD.
[01:07:34.683]NOW WE'RE TRYING TO EMPLOY THOSE IDEAS IN A NEW MOVEMENT CALLED
[01:07:38.587]PERFORMANCE BASED ASSESSMENT AND TRYING TO SAY HAVE STUDENTS
[01:07:43.192]CREATE PORTFOLIOS.
[01:07:44.894]THAT COMES OUT OF THE ARTS.
[01:07:47.663]WE USED TO CARRY THESE AROUND.
[01:07:49.131]YOU HAVE A FILE, AND THAT'S A DIGITAL FILE WHERE YOUR WORK IS
[01:07:54.537]DISPLAYED AND IN THE NEW ASSESSMENT YOU'LL SEE MORE OF
[01:07:58.040]THAT IT'S MORE PERFORMANCE BASED.
[01:08:01.143]>> THIS PERSON SUGGESTS THAT IT'S HARDER TO TEACH YOUR OWN
[01:08:05.681]CHILDREN THAN OTHERS, WHAT ADVICE DO YOU HAVE FOR PARENTS
[01:08:10.453]IN TEACHING THEIR OWN CHILDREN?
[01:08:12.621]>> HOME SCHOOLING?
[01:08:13.689]>> I THINK NOT NECESSARILY HOME SCHOOLING, BUT JUST TEACHING
[01:08:18.260]YOUR OWN CHILDREN WHATEVER IT IS YOU WANT TO TEACH THEM.
[01:08:21.596]>> YEAH, GOOD QUESTION.
[01:08:23.999]SAYING AGAIN, TALKED TO STUDENTS TODAY, WE NEED TO DO MORE TO
[01:08:28.804]REACH OUT TO PARENTS AS PARTNERS IN THIS WHOLE PROCESS.
[01:08:33.876]THAT THERE'S A SAYING THAT PARENTS ARE A CHILD'S FIRST AND
[01:08:38.647]MOST IMPORTANT TEACHER.
[01:08:39.648]CERTAINLY WHAT PARENTS DO IN THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF THE CHILD'S
[01:08:44.854]LIFE, BEFORE THEY SET FOOT IN KINDERGARTEN DETERMINES MORE OF
[01:08:51.160]THEIR ACADEMY ACHIEVEMENT THAN ANYTHING WE CAN DO IN SCHOOL.
[01:08:56.899]WHEN IT COMES PARENTS, PARENTS RECOGNIZE THEY CAN HAVE
[01:09:01.002]EDUCATORS FOR THEIR KIDS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO MAKE
[01:09:04.139]SURE THE KIDS HAVE A BROAD RANGE OF EXPERIENCE, YOU CAN GET THEM
[01:09:08.477]OUT IN PLACES WHERE THEY CAN LEARN AND EXPERIENCES, AND WE
[01:09:12.113]TALKED ABOUT THE REDESIGN OF THE EDUCATION SYSTEM, MUSEUMS AND
[01:09:16.618]LIBRARIES AND PARKS.
[01:09:17.752]MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE AS THEY GO THROUGH
[01:09:21.256]THE SCHOOL YEARS.
[01:09:23.893]SO THEY KNOW THE ACADEMIC CONCEPT AND IS THE COURSES
[01:09:27.129]THEY'RE TAKING AND HOW IT APPLIES TO REAL LIFE.
[01:09:29.965]>> ANOTHER TWITTER QUESTION, CAN YOU GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A
[01:09:35.337]COLLABORATIVE PROJECT THAT INTEGRATES GRIT, SEL, AND
[01:09:41.042]MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE.
[01:09:42.278]>> MANY PROJECTS INCORPORATE THAT AS WELL
[01:09:47.750]AS THE DIFFERENT INTELLIGENCES.
[01:09:50.152]I'LL GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES, THIS IN MANY WAYS,
[01:09:56.025]THIS RETURNS US TO AN EARLIER EMPHASIS ON USING YOUR HANDS,
[01:09:59.562]MAKING THINGS AND DESIGNING THINGS AND GROWING THINGS.
[01:10:02.097]WE HAVE A PROJECT IN THE BAY AREA, CALLED THE EDIBLE SCHOOL
[01:10:07.703]YARD, IT'S A SCHOOL GARDEN, WITH THE STUDENTS, THEY GROW FRUITS
[01:10:13.242]AND VEGETABLES AND THEY ALSO LEARN TO COOK.
[01:10:16.145]THEY LEARN TO PREPARE THEIR OWN FOOD.
[01:10:19.782]THIS CHANGES THEIR POWER, WHEN THEY'VE GROWN SOMETHING, THEY
[01:10:23.085]WANT TO TASTE IT AND EAT IT.
[01:10:26.188]THIS HAS LED TO A WHOLE MOVEMENT AWAY FROM THIS SUPER SXHASHTH
[01:10:34.196]GROWING YOUR MARKET AND GROWING YOUR OWN FOOD, THAT'S
[01:10:37.399]THE WAY WE USED TO DO THAT.
[01:10:39.935]THAT'S A PROJECT, IF YOU GO TO THE EDIBLE SCHOOL YARD WEBSITE,
[01:10:44.940]YOU CAN SEE A FILM ABOUT IT.
[01:10:48.277]YOU CAN SEE ONE OF THE EXPERTS TALKING ABOUT HOW SOME STUDENTS
[01:10:52.715]THEY HAVE A NATURAL INTELLIGENCE, THEY SHINE IN THE
[01:10:57.319]GARDEN.
[01:10:57.786]SOME WHO MAY BE GOOD IN THE CLASSROOM, DON'T DO AS WELL.
[01:11:02.024]LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD, THEY USE DIFFERENT
[01:11:05.361]INTELLIGENCES, IT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF BOTH.
[01:11:08.664]WORKING TOGETHER BE OTHER PEOPLE AND THE MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES.
[01:11:13.869]>> DO YOU BELIEVE A LACK OF CREATIVITY AND MOVEMENT TO
[01:11:19.475]STANDARDIZATION IN A CLASSROOM HAS A CORRELATION TO CHEATING
[01:11:23.746]AND A HIGHER CONCERN FOR GRADES RATHER THAN LEARNING.
[01:11:28.217]>> I THINK THAT'S CERTAINLY HAPPENED.
[01:11:31.854]I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, SOMETIMES IN EDUCATION, WE'RE
[01:11:34.623]NOT SMART, IN A FIELD THAT SHOULD BE ABOUT LEARNING,
[01:11:39.528]SOMETIMES WE'RE NOT TOO SMART ABOUT THINGS.
[01:11:42.831]WHEN STUDENTS ARE FAILING AT CERTAIN THINGS, THE APPROACH IS
[01:11:46.735]WE'RE NOT TRYING HARD ENOUGH.
[01:11:48.804]THEY'RE NOT TRYING TO HARD ENOUGH AT THE THINGS THEY'RE NOT
[01:11:51.440]GOOD AT, SO WE NEED TO GIVE THEM MORE AT THINGS THEY'RE FAILING
[01:11:57.312]AT.
[01:11:57.646]THIS ENCOURAGES CHEATING AND ALL SORTS OF WAYS THAT KIDS TRY TO
[01:12:02.818]GIVE AROUND THAT.
[01:12:04.453]WE NEED TO GIVE THEM MORE INCENTIVE TO BE SUCCESSFUL, AND
[01:12:09.358]TEACH TO THEIR STRENGTHS.
[01:12:11.360]THIS WHOLE MOVING AROUND STANDARDS AND STANDARDIZATION,
[01:12:16.165]THOSE TWO WORDS SOUND SIMILAR, BUT THEY'RE DIFFERENT.
[01:12:19.768]NOTHING WRONG WITH HAVING STANDARDS TO, SPECIFY IN EVERY
[01:12:23.505]AREA, IN SCIENCE WE HAVE STANDARDS, IN THE COMMON CORE
[01:12:27.342]STANDARDS IN LANGUAGE ARTS, AND MATH, NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
[01:12:31.346]BUT THAT SHOULD NOT LEAD TO A STANDARDIZATION OF EVERY KID
[01:12:37.186]LEARNING IN THE SAME TIME AND SAME WAY.
[01:12:40.189][APPLAUSE] STANDARDS SHOULD LEAD TO MORE
[01:12:50.099]DIFFERENT WAYS OF HAVING KIDS BE MORE SUCCESSFUL AND THE GOOD
[01:12:55.337]THING IS THERE'S A NATIONAL MARKETPLACE, IF A TEACHER IN
[01:13:00.275]LINCOLN, NEBRASKA WITH A GREAT IDEA OF TEACHING LITERACY, MAY
[01:13:05.514]NOT HAVE A NATIONAL MARKET FOR THAT.
[01:13:07.583]>> A FOLLOW UP TO THE LAST QUESTION AND THIS IS THE FINAL
[01:13:12.921]QUESTION.
[01:13:13.288]HOW CAN PARENTS ACHIEVE CHANGE OF THE SORT THAT YOU HAVE
[01:13:18.060]DESCRIBED IN A TESTING DOMINATED ENVIRONMENT.
[01:13:21.563]>> IT WOULD BE GREAT IF MORE PARENTS MARCHED ON THE STATE
[01:13:28.504]CAPITAL AND UNDERSTOOD THIS KIND OF CHANGE.
[01:13:30.739]PROJECT BASED LEARNING, WE WANT THIS FOR OUR KIDS.
[01:13:34.276]WHEN I SAID THAT A LOT OF THE BEST EXAMPLES COME FROM ARTS AND
[01:13:37.379]SPORTS, CONSIDER THIS.
[01:13:41.216]THE PARENT, YOUR DAUGHTER OR SON COMES HOME AND YOU ASK THE
[01:13:46.789]QUESTION, WHAT DID YOU DO IN SCHOOL TODAY?
[01:13:50.392]AND THEY SAY, WE LEARNED TO PLAY BASKETBALL.
[01:13:54.396]AND HOW DID YOU DO THAT?
[01:13:56.598]WE WENT IN THE GYM AND SAT AROUND THE BLACK LINE AND THE
[01:14:01.069]TEACHER HANDED OUT A BOOK.
[01:14:02.805]AND THE NAME OF THE BOOK WAS HOW TO PLAY BASKETBALL.
[01:14:08.710]AND YOU SAY, OKAY.
[01:14:10.712]THAT'S A START.
[01:14:11.680]WHAT DID YOU DO NEXT?
[01:14:14.817]AND YOUR SON OR DAUGHTER SAYS, WE OPENED UP TO THE FIRST
[01:14:21.256]CHAPTER AND THE FIRST CHAPTER IS PASSES, THERE'S A CHEST PASS AND
[01:14:27.262]BOUNCE PASS AND OVER THE SHOULDER, YOU'RE GETTING MORE
[01:14:30.999]SKEPTICAL AS A PARENTS AND YOU SAY, WELL, DID YOU EVER GET ON
[01:14:35.437]THE COURT?
[01:14:36.238]DID THEY GIVE YOU A BASKETBALL AND GET TON COURT AND ACTUALLY
[01:14:40.509]PLAY BASKETBALL?
[01:14:42.010]IF YOUR SON OR DAUGHTER SAYS NO, WE JUST SAT AND READ THE BOOK,
[01:14:49.084]THE PARENTS WOULD BE MARCHING THE NEXT DAY.
[01:14:52.521]SPORTS ARE ABOUT PERFORMING THE SPORTS, IT'S SAME THING IN
[01:14:57.392]SCIENCE AND MATH AND HISTORY.
[01:15:00.329]WE WANT THE KIDS TO DO WHAT THE STATISTICS DO, AND IT'S --
[01:15:06.735]SCIENTISTS DO, THEY DON'TS GET TO DO THE REAL THING.
[01:15:11.206]THE PARENT ACTIVISM IN THIS CHANGE WOULD BE HELPFUL.
[01:15:15.644]YOU HEAR THE RESISTANCE OF THE COMMON CORE, WHO'S GETTING TO
[01:15:20.515]DECIDE WHAT MY CHILDREN ARE LEARNING, BUT IF MORE PARENTS
[01:15:26.221]UNDERSTOOD THIS LEARNING, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
[01:15:28.457]>> BEFORE WE CLOSE, WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU A WEEK
[01:15:33.028]FROM TONIGHT FOR THE WILSON DIALOGUE, THAT'LL BE THE FINAL
[01:15:38.233]THOMAS FORUM EVENT FOR THIS YEAR.
[01:15:40.969]JOIN ME IN THANKING MILTON CHEN.
[01:15:44.039]>> THANK YOU.
[01:15:44.673]THANK YOU.
[01:15:45.040][APPLAUSE]

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