Reinventing Education for the 21st Century : Tony Wagner at (co)lab summit 2013

Summary

El discurso aborda la importancia de las habilidades esenciales para el éxito en el siglo XXI, como el pensamiento crítico, la colaboración, la comunicación efectiva y la capacidad de innovación. Se enfatiza en la necesidad de reimaginar los sistemas de aprendizaje y evaluación para incluir estas competencias, en lugar de depender únicamente de pruebas de recuerdo de hechos. Se sugiere la implementación de portfolios digitales y tiempo de aprendizaje autónomo para fomentar la curiosidad e imaginación en los estudiantes, preparándolos para un futuro laboral y ciudadanía más allá de los estándares tradicionales.

Takeaways

• 📊 El desempleo aparenta haber disminuido a un 7,3%, pero esto oculta datos más significativos, como que solo el 63% de los estadounidenses tienen empleo o buscan uno, la cifra más baja desde 1978.
• 🎓 Un título universitario ya no garantiza un empleo decente, y el 54% de los graduados recientes están desempleados o subempleados, lo que significa trabajos que no requieren ni pagan un salario universitario.
• 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 La mediana del ingreso familiar ha disminuido un 10% en la última década, lo que resalta la importancia de desarrollar innovadores para el futuro económico seguro de los jóvenes y el país.
• 💡 La innovación se define como la capacidad de ser un problema creativo solucionador, y se enfatiza la importancia de aprender a equivocarse y fracasar como parte del proceso de ser un innovador.
• 🤝 La motivación intrínseca, el juego, la pasión y el propósito son fundamentales para el desarrollo de la innovación, aspectos que raramente se desarrollan en las escuelas tradicionales.
• 🌐 Las habilidades nuevas que todos los estudiantes necesitan para el trabajo, el aprendizaje y la ciudadanía incluyen habilidades clave como el pensamiento crítico, la colaboración, la comunicación y la toma de iniciativas.
• 🔄 La agilidad y la capacidad de adaptación son esenciales para enfrentar el ritmo acelerado del cambio y la complejidad de los problemas.
• 🗣️ La comunicación oral y escrita efectiva es una queja común tanto de empleadores como de profesores universitarios, y se subraya la importancia de escribir con una voz propia para ser persuasivo.
• 🔍 El acceso y el análisis de la información es fundamental en una economía de consumo sofisticada, donde la curiosidad e imaginación son claves para resolver problemas creativas.
• 🏫 Se aboga por un sistema de rendición de cuentas 2.0 que mida resultados más allá de los exámenes de recuerdo de hechos, enfocándose en la evidencia de dominio de las habilidades que importan, como el pensamiento crítico y la colaboración.

Q & A

¿Cuál es la tasa actual de desempleo mencionada en el discurso?

La tasa de desempleo mencionada es del 7.3%, lo que es el nivel más bajo en los últimos cuatro años.

¿Por qué la tasa de empleo actual es considerada preocupante?

Solo el 63% de los estadounidenses tienen empleo o están buscando uno, lo que es el número más bajo desde 1978, lo que es preocupante porque indica una disminución en la participación laboral.

¿Cuál es la proporción de graduados universitarios que están desempleados o subempleados según el discurso?

El 54% de los graduados universitarios recientes están desempleados o subempleados, lo que significa que tienen trabajos que no requieren ni pagan salarios equivalentes a un título universitario.

¿Qué tipo de trabajos están siendo creados según el discurso?

Los trabajos que están siendo creados tienden a ser trabajos de servicio y venta minoristas que pagan salarios mínimos, incluso para aquellos con títulos universitarios.

¿Qué importancia tiene el desarrollo de la disposición para ser innovador según el discurso?

El desarrollo de la disposición para ser innovador es crucial para el futuro económico seguro y para tener trabajos seguros, definiendo la innovación como la capacidad de ser un problema solver creativo.

¿Cuáles son los siete habilidades de supervivencia que menciona el discurso?

Los siete habilidades de supervivencia mencionadas son: pensamiento crítico y resolución de problemas, colaboración en redes y liderazgo por influencia, agilidad y adaptabilidad, iniciativa y espíritu empresarial, comunicación oral y escrita efectiva, acceso y análisis de información, y curiosidad e imaginación.

¿Qué cambios sugiere el discurso para la educación en el siglo XXI?

El discurso sugiere la necesidad de reimaginar los resultados que importan más y transformar los sistemas de evaluación y rendición de cuentas, enfocándose en habilidades como el pensamiento crítico, la colaboración y la resolución de problemas creativos, en lugar de solo el recuerdo de hechos.

¿Qué es la 'Accountability 2.0' y por qué es importante según el discurso?

La 'Accountability 2.0' es una forma de rendir cuentas que se centra en los resultados que importan más, como el aprendizaje significativo y la preparación para la ciudadanía y el trabajo en el siglo XXI, en lugar de solo el recuerdo de hechos. Es importante para asegurar que los estudiantes se preparen para el futuro laboral y la vida real.

¿Qué es el 'FedEx time' y cómo se relaciona con la motivación del estudiante?

El 'FedEx time' es un 20% del tiempo de clase donde los estudiantes son los arquitectos de su propio aprendizaje, diseñando sus lecciones y preguntas de investigación. Esto fomenta la motivación y la responsabilidad al permitir que los estudiantes tengan agencia en su educación.

¿Por qué el discurso critica el enfoque en matemáticas avanzadas en la educación secundaria?

El discurso critica el enfoque en matemáticas avanzadas porque considera que la mayoría de los estudiantes no necesitarán esos conocimientos en el futuro, y que en su lugar, deben enfocarse en habilidades prácticas como estadísticas, probabilidad, computación, estimación y alfabetización financiera.

Outlines

00:00

📊 Análisis del Desempleo y la Educación

El discurso comienza con una introducción al tema del desempleo y su impacto en la economía y la educación. Se menciona que, a pesar de que el índice de desempleo ha disminuido, esta cifra oculta datos más significativos, como el hecho de que solo el 63% de los estadounidenses tienen empleo o están buscando uno, lo cual es el número más bajo desde 1978. Además, se destaca que los trabajos que se están creando suelen ser trabajos de bajo salario en servicios y comercio, y que incluso un título universitario ya no garantiza un empleo decente. Se enfatiza la importancia de desarrollar habilidades innovadoras en los niños para asegurar un futuro económico más seguro, y se define la innovación como la capacidad de ser un problema solver creativo. Se discuten las actitudes de un innovador y cómo se desarrollan, subrayando la importancia de aprender a equivocarse y fallar como parte del proceso de ser innovador, así como la motivación intrínseca y el desarrollo de pasión y propósito.

05:00

🌟 Las Siete Habilidades de Supervivencia

El orador habla sobre las nuevas habilidades que todos los estudiantes necesitan para el trabajo, el aprendizaje y la ciudadanía, y las implicaciones para reimaginar los resultados que importan más. Se menciona el libro de Thomas Friedman 'The World is Flat' y cómo ha impactado la comprensión de la globalización y la economía. Se describen las 'siete habilidades de supervivencia' que cada joven debe dominar para tener un buen trabajo y ser un aprendiz de por vida y ciudadano informado. Estas habilidades incluyen el pensamiento crítico y la resolución de problemas, la colaboración en redes, la agilidad y adaptabilidad, la iniciativa y el espíritu empresarial, la comunicación oral y escrita efectiva, el acceso y análisis de información, y la curiosidad e imaginación. Se argumenta que estas habilidades convergen por primera vez en la historia para preparar a los estudiantes para el mundo laboral, el aprendizaje continuo y la ciudadanía activa.

10:01

🌐 La Discusión Global sobre Habilidades

El orador relata su experiencia de ser invitado a hablar en todo el mundo y la sorprendente concordancia en torno a las habilidades de supervivencia que menciona. Se destaca el acuerdo de líderes y ejecutivos de Fortune 200, incluyendo a Jeff Bezos, sobre la importancia de estas habilidades. Se discuten las implicaciones de estas habilidades para la educación y la necesidad de cambiar los sistemas de evaluación y rendición de cuentas. Se argumenta que los exámenes actuales no miden adecuadamente la preparación para el siglo XXI y se hace un llamado a adoptar un 'rendimiento 2.0' que incluya pruebas de habilidades, portafolios digitales y la responsabilidad de los estudiantes y los maestros por el progreso en las habilidades que realmente importan.

15:03

🏫 Hightech High: Un Modelo de Educación del Siglo XXI

Se presenta Hightech High, una red de escuelas charter en San Diego, como un ejemplo de cómo la educación puede adaptarse a las necesidades del siglo XXI. Se describen las características de la escuela, como su representatividad demográfica, su enfoque en el aprendizaje práctico y su éxito en enviar estudiantes a la universidad. Se enfatiza la ausencia de cursos AP, enseñanza para el examen estatal y deportes de élite, y se muestra cómo la escuela se centra en proyectos prácticos y exhibiciones públicas que demuestran el trabajo de los estudiantes. Se argumenta que este enfoque promueve el aprendizaje auténtico y la preparación para el mundo real, en lugar de simplemente la acumulación de conocimientos teóricos.

20:04

🎨 Exhibición de Proyectos y Aprendizaje Público

El último párrafo describe la experiencia de los estudiantes de Hightech High preparándose para una exhibición pública de sus proyectos. Se destaca la importancia de hacer público el trabajo de los estudiantes y la transformación que esto puede traer en su aprendizaje. Los estudiantes trabajan en proyectos que involucran la creación y la exposición de sus teorías y soluciones a problemas reales, lo que les permite conectar sus conocimientos con la realidad y ser críticos y creativos en su enfoque. Se enfatiza la satisfacción y el logro que sienten los estudiantes al ver a la comunidad interesada y valorando sus trabajos, lo que demuestra el poder del aprendizaje basado en proyectos y la exposición pública en el desarrollo de habilidades prácticas y la motivación para el aprendizaje.

Keywords

💡Educadores

Los educadores son profesionales que imparten conocimientos y habilidades a estudiantes en diferentes entornos educativos. En el guion, se menciona que hay personas que son educadores, lo que sugiere que el contenido del video está dirigido o está relacionado con el ámbito de la educación. Los educadores son fundamentales para preparar a los estudiantes con las habilidades necesarias para el mundo laboral y la ciudadanía en el siglo XXI.

💡Desempleo

El desempleo se refiere al porcentaje de personas en edad laboral que no tienen trabajo y están buscando activamente empleo. El guion menciona que el desempleo parece haber disminuido, pero en realidad esconde datos más significativos, como el porcentaje de estadounidenses que tienen empleo o están buscando uno, lo que es el número más bajo desde 1978. Esto resalta la importancia de las habilidades y la preparación para el mercado laboral.

💡Innovador

Un innovador es alguien que es creativo y capaz de resolver problemas de manera efectiva. El guion enfatiza la importancia de desarrollar las disposiciones de ser un innovador para el futuro de los niños, ya que esto les permitirá tener empleos seguros y un futuro económico más estable. El innovador es visto como alguien que no solo se centra en encontrar soluciones, sino que también valora el proceso de aprender y equivocarse.

💡Habilidades nuevas

Las habilidades nuevas son un conjunto de competencias que cada joven debe dominar para tener éxito en la economía moderna. El guion menciona siete habilidades de supervivencia, que incluyen pensamiento crítico, colaboración, agilidad, iniciativa, comunicación eficaz, acceso y análisis de información, y curiosidad e imaginación. Estas habilidades son cruciales para el éxito en el trabajo, el aprendizaje continuo y la ciudadanía informada.

💡Pensamiento crítico

El pensamiento crítico es la habilidad para analizar y evaluar información de manera objetiva y racional. En el guion, se destaca como una de las habilidades de supervivencia esencial, ya que los líderes de diferentes sectores esperan que sus empleados piensen continuamente en cómo mejorar sus productos, procesos o servicios. El pensamiento crítico comienza con la capacidad de hacer preguntas adecuadas, no solo memorizar respuestas correctas.

💡Colaboración

La colaboración es la capacidad de trabajar conjuntamente con otros para lograr un objetivo común. El guion menciona que el trabajo se está haciendo cada vez más colaborativamente y virtualmente, lo que requiere liderazgo a través de la influencia en lugar de la autoridad. La colaboración es fundamental para innovar y resolver problemas en un mundo interconectado.

💡Iniciativa

La iniciativa es la habilidad de tomar acción y comenzar algo sin necesidad de ser dirigido por otros. El guion habla sobre la importancia de mantener vivo el espíritu empresarial y el sentido de iniciativa, ya que es fundamental para el éxito en el mundo laboral moderno. Los empleados que toman iniciativa y establecen metas ambiciosas son vistos como héroes en el contexto empresarial.

💡Comunicación

La comunicación efectiva es la habilidad para transmitir ideas y pensamientos de manera clara y persuasiva, tanto oral como escrita. El guion señala que esta es una de las quejas más comunes de los empleadores y profesores universitarios, y es crucial para el éxito en el trabajo y la ciudadanía. La comunicación con 'voz', es decir, con pasión y perspectiva personal, es especialmente importante para ser persuasivo.

💡Curiosidad e imaginación

La curiosidad e imaginación son habilidades que impulsan la creatividad y la capacidad de pensar de manera innovadora. El guion los menciona como la base para ser un problema solver creativo, esencial para resolver los problemas más urgentes que enfrentamos como especie, incluyendo la sostenibilidad. Estas habilidades son fundamentales para una economía de innovación donde se valora la creatividad y la originalidad.

💡Portfolio digital

Un portfolio digital es una colección de trabajos y proyectos que se pueden almacenar y compartir en línea. El guion sugiere que cada estudiante debería tener un portfolio digital que los acompañe a lo largo de su educación, donde puedan recopilar evidencia de su dominio de las habilidades que importan más. Esto permitiría una evaluación más rica y personalizada del progreso y logros de los estudiantes.

Highlights

Unemployment rate at 7.3%, but only 63% of Americans are employed or seeking jobs, the lowest since 1978.

Many jobs being created are minimum wage service and retail positions, even for college graduates.

54% of recent college graduates are unemployed or underemployed, with median family income down 10% in the last decade.

Emphasized the need for developing innovator dispositions in children for secure economic futures.

Innovation defined as being a creative problem solver, with intrinsic motivation and a culture of learning.

Importance of learning to make mistakes and fail as part of the innovator's process.

New skills for students include critical thinking, collaboration, agility, initiative, communication, information analysis, and curiosity.

Critical thinking begins with asking the right questions, not just memorizing answers.

Collaboration is increasingly done virtually and requires leading by influence rather than authority.

Agility and adaptability are demanded by the pace of change and complexity of problems.

Initiative and entrepreneurialism are valued, with a preference for setting and achieving stretch goals.

Effective communication is a top complaint among employers and educators, with a need for voice and persuasion.

Accessing and analyzing information is crucial, with the internet providing a constant stream of data.

Curiosity and imagination are essential for innovation and solving complex global problems.

The seven survival skills are universally recognized as important by global leaders and CEOs.

Accountability 2.0 should focus on the four C's: critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and creative problem solving.

Advocating for a higher form of accountability that supports powerful teaching and learning.

The need for digital portfolios to track student mastery of essential skills.

Students should have '20% time' for self-directed learning and projects.

High Tech High's philosophy emphasizes student engagement through making, doing, and inventing.

Students at High Tech High work on projects that are publicly exhibited, fostering a sense of accomplishment and public scrutiny.

Transcripts

good morning

everybody a little louder please good

morning all right you know a little

about me I don't know anything about you

how many of you are Educators past

present or future raise your hands aha

how many of you are parents raise your

hands how many of you are concerned

citizens raise your hands trick question

but you got it good be more than could

be all three well I'm all three I'm

actually even a grandparent how many of

you were in my talk yesterday afternoon

raise your hands most of you good so I'm

going to recap very very quickly and you

guys might want to start the timer

otherwise I'll take the entire morning

there you go

so recapping briefly while the

unemployment rate appears to have gone

down at 7.3% lower at any time in the

last four years it it really hides a lot

of more significant data only 63% of all

Americans have jobs today or are looking

for jobs the lowest number since 1978

when women began to come into the labor

force in significant numbers point two

the kinds of jobs people are getting are

being created or tend to be minimum wage

service and retail jobs even a college

degree no longer guarantees you decent

employment what I've been discovering is

that the percentage of recent college

graduates four-year college graduates

who are unemployed or underemployed is

54% underemployed being defined as

having jobs that don't require ba and

don't pay ba degree wages median family

income declined 10% in the last

decade I talked yesterday about the

importance of developing the

dispositions of being an innovator for

our kids futures for for them to have

secure jobs and for a more secure

economic future future for an entire

country and I defined Innovation as

someone who is a creative Problem Solver

and finally I talked about the

dispositions of of an innovator and how

they're developed and how the culture of

learning to develop the capacity to

innovate is fundamentally and radically

at odds with a culture of schooling I

emphasize particularly the importance of

learning to make mistakes and to fail as

a part of the process of being an

innovator I also talk about the

importance of intrinsic motivation

things that rarely get developed in our

schools and particularly the importance

of play Passion and purpose in the

development of intrinsic

motivation what I want to talk about

today above and beyond all of those

things are the new skills all students

need for work learning and citizenship

and the implications for completely

reimagining the outcomes that matter

most and therefore are assess and

accountability

systems number of years ago I read

Thomas Freeman's book The World is Flat

how many of you read that book raise

your hands many of you good scared the

heck out of me frankly because it's the

first book I had ever read where I

really began to understand the extent to

which jobs are being outsourced

automated reinvented blown up started

over talked to Tom recently he said you

know I got something wrong in that book

I said what he said the pace of change

so much more quick than he had ever

imagined and it's not just bluecollar

jobs that are being out out shored

offshored

automated law you know 30% drop in the

applicants to law schools in the last

few years because the likelihood that

somebody who's a newly minted lawyer is

going to pay back their loans now lower

and lower every year so knowing this I

began a quest I wanted to try to

understand what were the skills that

matter most in this new economy and what

are the gaps I talked to a wide range of

Executives literally from Apple to

Unilever I talked to leaders of the US

Military I talked to community leaders I

talked to college teachers I did focus

groups with recent graduates asking them

what they saw as the gaps in their own

education and I came to understand that

there's a set of core competencies every

young person must be well on the way to

mastering not just to get and keep a

good job but equally important to be a

lifelong learner and to be an active and

informed citizenship this is not just a

matter of teaching kids workplace skills

let me be clear the skills for work the

skills for Learning and the skills for

citizenship have converged probably for

the first time in human history what are

they I call them the seven survival

skills number one critical thinking and

problem solving over and over again I've

come to understand the leaders of any

sector big business small business

nonprofit expect all of their employees

to think continuously about how to

improve their product their process or

their service to be a problem

solver but when I ask these Executives

what do they mean by critical thinking

it got kind of interesting because you

know for us it's a buzzword if you'd

asked me a decade ago what is critical

thinking I would have gone well yes

critical thinking sort of like thinking

critically it's a kind of a circular

thing

really we have not been held accountable

for defining it so rarely do you walk

into a school and see a group of

teachers who have a clear understanding

of what it means and what it looks like

in student work and if it's not there

it's not taught but over and over again

what these Executives told me and it was

the most common answer I got critical

thinking begins with the ability to ask

the right questions to ask really good

questions not memorize the right answers

get the right questions collaboration

across networks and leading by influence

is a seven second core competency

increasingly all work is being done

collaboratively except in education of

course it's another story more and more

in fact it's being done virtually I did

a Skype yesterday with 650 Educators

from bogot Columbia I talked to Folks at

IBM and they explained how when they

have a new new problem to solve a new

client they quite intentionally create a

team from their different centers around

the world that work virtually because

they want to create solutions that will

work in more than one culture or

country but the way those teams are LED

is profoundly different it they are no

longer led by supervisors telling people

what to do they are led by peers through

influence and they're an incredibly

diverse team so you must have a deep

appreciation for refences as you lead

your peers through

influence third survival skill agility

and adaptability the pace of change the

complexity of problems simply demands

that we be far more agile and adaptable

in radical contrast to the regularities

of school which hardly demand any of

those qualities fourth survival skill

initiative and entrepreneurialism now it

was Mark Chandler who was then general

counsel and vice president of Cisco

Systems who Ted with about how

Executives like him lay awake at night

worrying about keeping that

entrepreneurial spirit and sense of

initiative alive he said something quite

striking to me he said if I have an

employee who sets and meets five goals a

good little doobie having jumped through

all the hoops no longer good enough he

said if on the other hand I have an

employee who sets 10 stretch goals but

maybe only succeeds at seven or eight he

or she is a hero but what would that

person be as a student in our schools

having miss two or three out of 10 C B

student having taken a

risk fifth survival skill effective oral

and written communication and it is the

number one complaint of both employers

and college teachers but it was Mike

Summers a senior executive at Dell

computer who put an interesting spin on

it for me he said you know why these

kids can't write it's talking about

college graduates because they don't

know how to think they don't know how to

reason and he said that's only half the

problem the other half of the problem he

told me and being a recovering high

school English teacher this sort of was

so dear to my heart he said I quote they

do not know how to write with voice

meaning to put their own passion and

perspective into their Communications so

as to be

persuasive six survival skill accessing

and analyzing information right here on

every Internet connected device growing

exponentially changing constantly how

many of you had to memorize the periodic

table High School raise your hands come

on we all did you may have just had a

bad year and don't remember so you can

tell me how many elements there are

right come on shout out that answer geez

like did you hear that I didn't hear

that well whatever number you came up

with is dead wrong because two more were

added last month and could we have a

moment of silence for Pluto please

really all those years being in the club

it's just not fair how many of our kids

graduate from high school knowing how to

do an effective internet search how to

ask a good question and analyze evaluate

the results and then apply them to a

problem they're solving or something

they're trying to understand especially

given how the internet is filtered in

almost every school in America unlike

Finland by the way last survival skill

curiosity and Imagination now it was Dan

pink who wrote a book as you may know

called a whole new mind where he talked

about curiosity and Imagination and

right brain skills being increasingly

important in a more sophisticated

consumer economy where we are demanding

uh more beautiful products more

empathetic services but I've come to see

the need for curiosity and Imagination

in the radically different light of an

innovation economy where we need to

graduate all students Innovation ready

ready to solve problems creatively and

the Bedrock of that the Bedrock of that

capacity to be a creative Problem Solver

is curiosity and Imagination not even

primarily for a consumer economy but to

solve the most pressing problems we face

as a species on the planet beginning

with

sustainability so this book came out the

global achievement Gap five years ago

four and a half I guess now and suddenly

something began to happen in my life

rather surprised me I began getting

invitations to speak from all around the

world from Taiwan to Singapore to

Thailand to Australia to Panama to Spain

to England to Finland from West point to

Wall Street and the stunning thing that

that really shocked me was how much

agreement there was around these

survival skills over and over again

leadership audien has said to me yep

these are exactly the right skills two

months ago I spoke to Fortune 200 CEOs

and after I finished speaking Jeff Bezos

founder of Amazon got up and said you

nailed it these are exactly the skills

so there are still the most important

skills Executives over and over again

say to me you know I can teach them the

content and I'm going to have to because

it's going to change constantly but I

can't teach them how to think or reason

or communicate effectively so very

briefly I want to talk with you about

the implications then I want to show you

this Fabulous video my friend and I Ted

D Smith are working on a featurelength

documentary film that come out early

next year about education in the 21st

century what it must look like what does

it look like when these things I'm

describing are actually taught and

assessed but before I do that let me get

clear here we have to become Advocates

of the outcomes that matter most

the problem with our accountability 1.0

system is that we are measuring things

with predominantly factual recall

multiple choice tests that tell us

absolutely nothing about college work or

citizenship Readiness in the 21st

century they are virtually

useless except for very very basic aware

sort of testing of of literacy the three

Rs problem is the three Rs are not

enough we need the four C's critical

thinking collaboration communication

creative problem solving we need to

advocate for accountability to

2.0 all of us I want to see a button or

a bumper sticker with every educator

saying hold me accountable for what

matters most what does accountability

2.0 look like very briefly we would use

selectively a few tests like the college

and work Readiness assessment which is a

test of skills or the school-based Pisa

test by selectively I mean that these

tests are more expensive we don't have

to test every kid every year to have

accountability we can use an auditing or

sampling strategy as most countries in

the world do as Pizza Piza does the

program for international student

assessment but we also have to

understand that what counts isn't always

what can be counted so I want to see

every student have a digital portfolio

that follows them through school I want

to see students collect evidence of

Mastery of the skills that matter most

beginning with the four C's that I just

mentioned I want to see teachers have a

digital portfolio should teachers be

accountable yes but to a multiple choice

test in May that students themselves are

not accountable for that is a recipe to

drive our best Educators out of the

profession out of it rather we should be

held accountable for evidence of

progress in our students work over the

course of the year or several years in

our digital portfolios finally to the

issue of student motivation I want to

see every student have 20% time what we

call FedEx time in their classrooms I

want students to know when they start

school they're going to be the

architects of their own learning for 20

% of their time they're going to be able

to design their own lessons to ask their

own questions and investigations this is

not free time they're going to be held

accountable in their digital portfolios

and we're going to conference with them

and talk with them about their learning

goals and then help them to assess and

and reflect on what they learned and

what their new learning goals are so

that in brief is what I see as the

essential task before us to Advocate

with business and Community leaders for

a higher form of accountability that in

sense powerful teaching and learning

around the outcomes that matter most if

we do not do that our country our

economy will be in more and more

Jeopardy every single year and common

Corp isn't going to solve the problem

because it's still way too much multiple

choice way too little application of

real

knowledge I also happen to think that

the Common Core math standards are

ludicrous at the high school level how

many solved for a polom in the last week

how you doing on factoring Quadra

equations raise your hands the math that

matter most is statistics probability

computation estimation financial

literacy but none of that is in the

Common Core why I asked David Coleman he

said yeah well we lost that battle

Common Core is tied to College admission

standards that are totally obsolete

College admissions use that advanced

math not because everybody will need it

but because it's a very convenient way

of screening kids out I'm sick of

it okay on to better things told you

we've been working on this featurelength

documentary we've been hanging out a lot

at Hightech high in San Diego anybody

know that

school it's a charter school network

there are 12 schools 4,500 kids they

also have their own Graduate School of

Education couple remarkable things about

that school you only get in by a lottery

and it's done by ZIP code so the school

is absolutely representative of the San

Diego demographics meaning it's about

60% minority about 48% free and

reduced they send 9 7% of their kids to

college uh four years ago they sent more

kids to Stanford than any other non-

Legacy High School also important to

know what they don't have they don't

have AP courses they don't teach the

state test their state test scores are

average they don't have Varsity

Athletics they've made some

choices so I I want to show this film to

you and then we'll I'm looking forward

to the Q&A because I think it's

important that we get us to smell touch

and taste and feel what the classroom of

the future can and must look like can we

roll that film now

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please the philosophy of Hightech high

is founded largely on the idea of kids

making doing building shaping and

inventing stuff the engineers that I

know the Architects I know the artists I

know uh the great Educators that I know

the entrepreneurs that I know are all

sort of perplexed and curious about how

they can do it better the next time and

that type of perplexity leads to

engagement it leads to learning it leads

to Innovation we are trying to have that

type of perplexity and curiosity get

inculcated in in our students in

everyday

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practices in both linkabit and Qualcomm

one of our problems was being able to

hire enough qualified people enough

trained people and so it's kind of a

long-term view to set up High-Tech

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high oh I don't think it's that the blue

work I think I know

and like if you have too spacing in 01

the teeth the gears won't connect at

all we didn't know that it was all going

to work until maybe 4 weeks before

exhibition 3 weeks I mean we knew we

knew that pieces of it were working and

even those pieces were impressive

we had to learn about civilizations the

Mayans the Romans and the Greeks and

Scott and M didn't want to just teach us

this so they came up with this big wheel

which is a big gear which has a lot of

drawings on it and it's connected to all

these other mechanisms and they each

represented our Theory so um I learned

about the Mayans the Greeks and the

Romans and I really based my theory off

of the Romans mhm and why so because it

has to do with expanding they were

always expanding and I what I realized

is that they're expanding not because

you know not just for the fun of it but

they needed resources for all the people

back home you in Italy and all the ones

that they um all the new places that

they took over and they had to on their

own develop and defend an idea on why

they think civilizations rise and fall

so we had to create like a flowchart

just explaining what our theory was and

then we got critiques on it um and then

we created a group one another piece is

on the mechanical side they need to take

what's already an abstract concepts with

their Theory and they have to take that

and actually physically manifest it they

have some very preliminary metrics they

need to use they know that there's going

to be a big wheel turning at a certain

RPM they know how many teeth that is so

they have basically a box to work within

some bounds to work within and they have

to make

everything

oh I put the wrong side in oh my God oh

my God so we have an exhibition that

we're preparing for right now and it'll

be tomorrow night and there will be

thousands of people here looking at

student work uh students presenting

their work visitors looking at the work

um students presenting their work to

each other and I think that idea of

making work public that's a missing

piece to me in schools in general for

most of you this is probably the biggest

project that you've ever exhibited a lot

of you it's the first project that You'

ever really had a public exhibition of

all

right cool we're going to be here if you

need to go we understand but we're going

to keep working for a

few

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break this idea of sort of making

something and having a public exhibition

and having people come look at it and

you have that feeling that we all have

like how did they do

that you really need to understand it

and you really need to understand why

you need to know this to be able to

complete the project what astounded me

was that while doing research my theory

it actually fit with a lot of these Cil

izations it wasn't just like some random

Theory when kids have that feeling it's

transformative for them I made this and

everyone's coming to look at

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