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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.00,0:00:02.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Aneesh Chopra: Good morning, everybody.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.73,0:00:03.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Audience: Good morning.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.33,0:00:04.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Aneesh Chopra: Good morning!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.10,0:00:05.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Audience: Good morning.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.37,0:00:06.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Aneesh Chopra: My name is Aneesh Chopra.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.73,0:00:08.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have the honor and privilege of serving as the President's
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.80,0:00:11.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chief Technology Officer.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.80,0:00:15.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it is extraordinarily exciting for me to be here today
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.23,0:00:17.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we'll be talking about a subject that's been near and
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.40,0:00:20.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dear to the President's heart and a big priority for our
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.73,0:00:24.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,office as we look to improve our learning and educational
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.73,0:00:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,outcomes powered by the potential of technology
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.00,0:00:29.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and innovation.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.93,0:00:33.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the President's joint session to Congress,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.20,0:00:36.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when he laid out the vision for the American Jobs Act,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.47,0:00:39.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the President spoke broadly about the need to out-innovate,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.73,0:00:42.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out-educate, and out-build the world with specific emphasis
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.93,0:00:46.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on opportunities for job creation in the near term.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.40,0:00:51.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He emphasized the new initiative to modernize 35,000 schools,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.37,0:00:55.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but made particular emphasis that when we put people back
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.77,0:00:59.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to work fixing roofs and windows on those schools,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.30,0:01:03.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we should also install science labs and high-speed Internet in
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.50,0:01:06.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,classrooms all across the country,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.13,0:01:10.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,acknowledging the importance of modernizing our educational
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.53,0:01:13.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,infrastructure for 21st century.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.83,0:01:17.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, we make the first down payment on the President's
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.97,0:01:22.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,vision with the rollout of the Digital Promise Board of
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.50,0:01:25.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Directors and Initiative.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.07,0:01:26.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I must tell you on a personal level,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.93,0:01:29.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Board had a chance to meet with President Obama just a
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.13,0:01:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,few moments ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.00,0:01:33.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Board, tell me if I'm wrong, did he fire you all up?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.73,0:01:34.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did he fire you up?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.90,0:01:35.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He certainly did.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.80,0:01:38.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He gave them some direct instructions to move this
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.07,0:01:39.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,program forward.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.53,0:01:44.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I am so excited to get this particular event off and running
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.60,0:01:47.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the spirit of the President's charge to that Board.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.80,0:01:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To kick us off, I want to invite the godfather of the legislation
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.00,0:01:55.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that brought us Digital Promise, Kentucky's own
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.20,0:01:56.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Congressman Yarmuth.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.47,0:01:57.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Please, give him a big round of applause.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.90,0:02:02.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.60,0:02:05.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.40,0:02:06.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Congressman Yarmuth: Well, thank you, Aneesh.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.73,0:02:08.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good morning, everyone.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.33,0:02:11.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is an incredible honor for me to be here today to help launch
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.77,0:02:12.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Digital Promise.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.80,0:02:14.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a great day for our country and a great
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.87,0:02:16.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,day for our future.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.80,0:02:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm here as a member of Congress.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.50,0:02:21.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And since we have a 13% approval rating,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.17,0:02:22.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really appreciate that applause.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.50,0:02:24.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.07,0:02:26.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We take it wherever we can get it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.37,0:02:29.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm also here because four and a half years ago as a freshman
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.07,0:02:32.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,member of Congress and a new member of the House Education
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.07,0:02:35.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Labor Committee, I met with Ann Murphy,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.37,0:02:39.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a person who was part of an amazing group of education,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.13,0:02:42.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,innovation and business leaders, committed to doing nothing short
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.40,0:02:46.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of completely revolutionizing education and learning through
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.20,0:02:49.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,advanced technologies, a project called Digital Promise.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.83,0:02:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The goal was to do for education what the National Science
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.00,0:02:56.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Foundation does for science, what the National Institutes of
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.73,0:02:58.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Health does for medicine.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.97,0:03:00.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was sold.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.33,0:03:03.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I introduced a bill to create something called then the
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.70,0:03:06.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,National Center for Learning Science and Technology.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.47,0:03:09.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now we have another name, which I will guarantee you will not
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.40,0:03:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,replace Digital Promise.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.50,0:03:14.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This will also be known as Digital Promise,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.07,0:03:17.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the nonprofit entity that we are here today to launch.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.83,0:03:20.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was approved with a lot of help and a lot of bipartisan
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.57,0:03:22.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,support and signed into law as part of the Higher
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.67,0:03:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Education Act.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.10,0:03:26.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My role, while I am exceedingly proud of it,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.87,0:03:29.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was a small part in an extraordinary initiative that
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.97,0:03:32.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been more than a decade in the making.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.60,0:03:35.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it is pretty clear that with the leadership of Secretary
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.27,0:03:37.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Duncan and all of you here today,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.87,0:03:41.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the decade of work that got us to this point will surely pale
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.73,0:03:44.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in comparison to what lays ahead.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.47,0:03:47.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I firmly believe that today is one of those days that we will
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.67,0:03:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,look back upon years from now and think,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.50,0:03:53.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew it was going to be big, we're at the White House,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.50,0:03:57.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after all, but I had no idea it would be that big;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.70,0:04:00.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we would completely change the way children learn,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.60,0:04:04.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,revolutionize education, and strengthen our nation.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.43,0:04:06.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So no pressure at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.53,0:04:09.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what we all know is that with dedication,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.10,0:04:12.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,collaboration and sometimes most critical federal investment,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.93,0:04:15.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,technology can be transformative.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.40,0:04:18.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the 20th century, there was a direct correlation between
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.63,0:04:22.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,America leading the world in education and also in
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.17,0:04:25.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,innovation, technology and economically.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.63,0:04:29.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That an increasingly globalized marketplace with other countries
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.23,0:04:32.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,competing more successfully across the board,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.07,0:04:35.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Digital Promise can ensure that this generation of American
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.20,0:04:39.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,children is the most educated the world has ever known,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.37,0:04:42.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and by extension, the next generation of American adults
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.63,0:04:46.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be the best trained, most capable citizens to lead the
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.07,0:04:49.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,world in the 21st century and beyond.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.03,0:04:51.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is what this center is all about.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.07,0:04:52.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is why I'm so proud to be here.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.83,0:04:55.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is why I'm so proud to introduce a very
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.57,0:04:57.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,special young man.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.63,0:05:00.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Josniel Martinez is an 11-year-old 7th grader who
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.83,0:05:04.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,attends Global Technology Preparatory School in East Harlem.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.50,0:05:08.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's already seen how digital learning can make a difference.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.50,0:05:11.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When he was in the 6th grade, his school partnered with the
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.10,0:05:14.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,city of New York to implement the New York City connected
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.03,0:05:17.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learning program funded by the American Recovery and
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.63,0:05:18.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Reinvestment Act.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.87,0:05:21.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That program is a citywide initiative managed by the New
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.30,0:05:23.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,York City Department of Information Technology and
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.80,0:05:26.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Telecommunications and the New York City Department of
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.93,0:05:30.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Education, in which CFY, a national nonprofit organization,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.73,0:05:32.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a lead partner.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.43,0:05:35.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a perfect example of a program where a partnership
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.70,0:05:38.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,worked together to bring digital learning into schools and
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.60,0:05:42.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Josniel is here to tell us how it changed his life.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.03,0:05:46.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, just by a quirk of fate, Josniel was born at the same
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.57,0:05:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,time that Digital Promise, the idea, came into being.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.10,0:05:53.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there's a little karma there, Josniel.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.73,0:05:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Please join me in welcoming with a warm round of applause,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.00,0:05:58.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Josniel Martinez.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.10,0:06:09.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.40,0:06:10.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Josniel Martinez: Well, hi.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.30,0:06:11.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Josniel Martinez.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.60,0:06:14.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I am proud to be here today to introduce Secretary
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.20,0:06:15.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Arne Duncan.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.50,0:06:18.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But before I do, I want to tell you a little bit about myself
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.40,0:06:21.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how digital learning has changed my life forever.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.17,0:06:25.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Back in 1999, my parents moved from Dominican Republic all the
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.40,0:06:26.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,way to East Harlem.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.77,0:06:28.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.80,0:06:30.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did pretty well in elementary school.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.63,0:06:31.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.27,0:06:34.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it was still hard for me to accept now that I'm a 6th grader
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.03,0:06:36.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have more responsibility, more homework,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.33,0:06:40.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and moving to a new school called Global Tech Prep, a.k.a.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.30,0:06:42.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Global Technology Preparatory in East Harlem.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.97,0:06:45.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you didn't hear me, East Harlem.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.63,0:06:47.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.67,0:06:50.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I ended up getting a promotion in doubt letter saying that if I
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.73,0:06:53.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't work hard enough, I might get left back.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.03,0:06:54.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, just imagine this.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.90,0:06:56.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your boss sends you a letter, says,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.30,0:06:58.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you don't work hard enough, you're going to get fired.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.83,0:07:01.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, think, wouldn't you want to roll down on the floor,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.17,0:07:02.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,start crying, saying, noooooo!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.77,0:07:04.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.57,0:07:06.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.03,0:07:08.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.27,0:07:11.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I tried to do my best.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.10,0:07:12.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was determined to go to 7th grade.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.73,0:07:13.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But so was my mom.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.53,0:07:15.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She wasn't letting me go down.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.37,0:07:17.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I knew that some of the challenges that were going to be
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.53,0:07:19.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in front of me were concentrating.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.90,0:07:23.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was one of the hardest things I ever had to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.10,0:07:25.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought technology could help me.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.40,0:07:29.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I even picked Global Tech Prep because I knew it can help me.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.10,0:07:32.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew that they make blogs, make videos, use PowerPoints,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.93,0:07:36.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Microsoft Word, everything that we need to educate ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.70,0:07:39.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But still wasn't passing, unfortunately.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.97,0:07:44.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Until a nonprofit called CFY -- Google them -- came to our
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.40,0:07:47.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,school and told us that we were going to give all the 6th
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.23,0:07:50.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,graders a login to a site called power my learning.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.40,0:07:54.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a site with millions, hundreds -- let's say millions
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.77,0:07:58.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of games, and each of those games teaches us anything we
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.83,0:08:03.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,want, math, science, ELA, music, it doesn't matter what subject.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.40,0:08:04.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's there.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.93,0:08:07.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the good thing is we get to keep the computer they gave us.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.83,0:08:10.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a learning device.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.60,0:08:12.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, here's where my mom comes into this play.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.80,0:08:15.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She put on a schedule for me, Josniel Martinez,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.80,0:08:18.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get on the computer three times a week and use it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.13,0:08:20.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So at least three times a week I'm prepared, I know,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.47,0:08:23.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my brain is working, says I want to learn now.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.37,0:08:24.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes I can wake up in the morning.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.80,0:08:27.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My head is like school, school, school, watch, watch, school,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.53,0:08:29.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,school, school, school.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.33,0:08:31.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then my mom did something else.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.17,0:08:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used to watch TV all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.00,0:08:35.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used to stay up late, watch Friends, That '70s Show,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.80,0:08:38.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anything that was on, I used to watch all of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.57,0:08:40.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then my mom, she cut that in half.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.03,0:08:41.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She put it on a plate and everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.43,0:08:42.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She told me, huh-uh.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.83,0:08:43.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She cut that.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.83,0:08:46.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So now I'm watching maybe one hour, maybe two hours of TV.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.93,0:08:49.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By most of the time, I'm either studying, reading a book,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.67,0:08:53.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or doing something that can help me benefit in school.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.93,0:08:55.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, my school helped, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.57,0:08:57.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They cost -- they put a whole team together.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.83,0:09:00.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm talking about my principal, my teachers, everything,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.30,0:09:02.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just to help me, one student.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.57,0:09:05.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the CFY software helped a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.83,0:09:08.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without them, I think I couldn't pass.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.73,0:09:11.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, what do you think digital learning do for me,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.03,0:09:15.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Josniel Martinez, the same Dominican boy from East Harlem,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.10,0:09:18.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still the same person.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.43,0:09:20.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, it brought everyone who was important to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.43,0:09:22.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Miss Russell, who is in the crowd right now,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.90,0:09:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of the CFY people, they actually put some software on my
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.00,0:09:29.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,computer to help me, they did everything for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.93,0:09:30.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there was no joke.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.97,0:09:34.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got a 3 on my math exam, and I have a 3 on my ELA exam,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.07,0:09:34.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just perfect.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.93,0:09:44.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.10,0:09:46.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And while I needed a lot of support,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.20,0:09:48.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now I feel that I can do this all by myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.43,0:09:49.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I mean a lot of support,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.70,0:09:54.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean double the White House's, plus a different universe.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.17,0:09:55.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how much.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.73,0:09:59.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, look at me in ten years, Secretary Arne Duncan,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.13,0:10:01.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I'm going to college, maybe even work for a President,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.80,0:10:03.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and maybe one day you'll be working for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.83,0:10:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(laughter and applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.00,0:10:13.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I know now I'm supposed to introduce Secretary Arne Duncan.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.73,0:10:16.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But before I do, I want to thank Miss Russell, my mom,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.93,0:10:20.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my friends, my family, everybody from Global Tech Prep,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.13,0:10:22.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for helping me to get up here.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.17,0:10:25.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now it's my pleasure to introduce the Secretary of
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.53,0:10:27.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Education, Arne Duncan.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.73,0:10:42.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.53,0:10:44.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Secretary Duncan: Let's give Josniel another round of applause.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.37,0:10:51.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.37,0:10:53.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could no more have done that here in 7th grade than fly to
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.67,0:10:54.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the moon.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.40,0:10:56.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I will absolutely get my resume ready.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.63,0:10:58.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.83,0:11:03.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In all seriousness, though, it's a really inspiring story.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.30,0:11:06.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what it tells me is what I've -- reinforces what I've
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.67,0:11:09.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,known all my life, is that we have great young people.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.27,0:11:11.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Surround them with the right adults,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.37,0:11:13.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,caring adults who go beyond the call of duty,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.37,0:11:15.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,give them technology, give them the opportunity,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.20,0:11:17.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,give them the support, the world's the limit.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.23,0:11:19.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you have to not just graduate from high school.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.23,0:11:20.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to go to college.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.43,0:11:21.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to graduate from college.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.53,0:11:23.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you can be in this White House someday.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.20,0:11:24.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got to really aspire to those things.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.93,0:11:27.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we all have to come together to provide those opportunities
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.30,0:11:28.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to every single child.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.70,0:11:30.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before I begin, I just want to thank a couple of people,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.47,0:11:32.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Newt Minow, Larry Grossman and Ann Murphy.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.43,0:11:33.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you guys could please stand.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.67,0:11:34.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're the godfathers of this effort.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.73,0:11:48.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.40,0:11:52.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They started this work over 12 years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.23,0:11:53.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a long time to get here.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.57,0:11:55.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I can't tell you how thrilled me and Karen Cade and
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.83,0:11:58.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jim Shelton, my staff, are to be a part of this.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.67,0:12:00.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the opportunity you guys are providing through your
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.30,0:12:01.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,vision is huge.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.60,0:12:04.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I feel both the pressure and the opportunity.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.27,0:12:05.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to deliver for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.53,0:12:07.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But appreciate so much the leadership that you
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.07,0:12:08.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,guys have provided.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.83,0:12:11.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Josniel's story is extraordinary and we have many stories like
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.40,0:12:12.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that around the country.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.80,0:12:15.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the honest reality, the unfortunate reality,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.17,0:12:16.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is we don't have enough of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.97,0:12:19.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And far too often, America's classrooms have failed to
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.53,0:12:22.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,harness technology's potential to transform students' lives and
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.83,0:12:25.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,create a new world of opportunity for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.27,0:12:27.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With technology, teachers and parents can deeply engage
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.97,0:12:29.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,students in learning.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.17,0:12:31.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can personalize instruction in ways that folks previously
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.97,0:12:35.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thought were impossible, and they can solve the inequities,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.37,0:12:37.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both in our communities and in our schools,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.90,0:12:40.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by providing all children, not some,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.30,0:12:44.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but all children with access to world-class resources anytime
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.47,0:12:45.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and anywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.77,0:12:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's obviously why all of us are here today and obviously
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.50,0:12:50.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is the choir here today.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.03,0:12:52.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We understand that technology provides the opportunity to make
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.27,0:12:55.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rapid progress in advancing equity and excellence in our
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.57,0:12:58.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,education system so that these kinds of stories become the
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.10,0:13:00.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,norm, rather than the exception.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.67,0:13:03.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my simple message to all of you today is that we need to act
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.20,0:13:06.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we need to act now to lead the digital transformation of
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.87,0:13:10.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,education and training both for our children and for adults
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.57,0:13:12.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking to retrain and retool.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.67,0:13:15.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have yet to unleash technology's full potential to
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.47,0:13:17.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,transform both teaching and learning.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.73,0:13:21.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Technology can help provide all students with access to a
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.03,0:13:22.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,world-class curriculum.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.73,0:13:25.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a tool that can provide equitable access to high quality
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.23,0:13:27.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learning opportunities for low-income students and
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.90,0:13:30.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,struggling schools, be they inner city urban,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.63,0:13:32.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rural or remote.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.57,0:13:35.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This work is especially important today because the
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.20,0:13:37.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,truth is, other countries are ahead of us here in
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.93,0:13:39.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the United States.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.23,0:13:42.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in tough economic times like these, we can't just do more.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.73,0:13:46.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to be smart enough to do more with less.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.13,0:13:48.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A couple of examples of what the competition looks like as you
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.33,0:13:49.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,look across the globe.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.63,0:13:52.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,South Korea has committed to phasing out all textbooks and
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.73,0:13:56.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,replacing them with digital products by 2015.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.10,0:13:57.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they're going to make that happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.50,0:14:00.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Uruguay, maybe not a country we all think about every single
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.53,0:14:06.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,day, Uruguay now, today, has given every single student a
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.13,0:14:08.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,computer, every single one.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.47,0:14:11.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we're faced with one fundamental basic question: Will
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.27,0:14:14.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the United States lead in this effort or will we be a laggard,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.53,0:14:15.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will we follow?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.93,0:14:18.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And despite the real challenges, I am absolutely optimistic that
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.97,0:14:23.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the United States can and will lead the digital transformation.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.17,0:14:25.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And today marks, I think, a critically important
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.20,0:14:26.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,turning point.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.37,0:14:28.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Through the unique public/private partnership of
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.20,0:14:31.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Digital Promise, we are rallying the full forces of the federal
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.37,0:14:34.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,government, academia, entrepreneurs,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.33,0:14:37.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the technology sector and researchers.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.03,0:14:39.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the level of talent in this room today is
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.20,0:14:40.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pretty extraordinary.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.63,0:14:42.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You represent creative entrepreneurs,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.53,0:14:45.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,generous philanthropists, smart investors.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.53,0:14:48.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are innovative leaders who are committed to this work and
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.40,0:14:50.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,committed to making difference.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.40,0:14:53.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a tremendous, tremendous opportunity to pull together and
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.50,0:14:57.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,solve the complex problems of educating every child and every
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.40,0:14:59.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,adult in this country.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.17,0:15:01.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I especially want to thank Congressman Yarmuth for his
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.17,0:15:02.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tremendous leadership.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.57,0:15:05.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Along with Senator Dodd, Representative Yarmuth worked
Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.60,0:15:07.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to authorize Digital Promise and the Higher
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.60,0:15:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Education Opportunity Act.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.20,0:15:10.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's the reason we're all here today.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.57,0:15:11.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Please give him another round of applause.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.77,0:15:12.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you so much.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.50,0:15:18.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.53,0:15:20.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,President Obama has repeatedly said that winning the future
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.80,0:15:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will require investments in education,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.80,0:15:26.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,innovation and infrastructure.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.17,0:15:29.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He fundamentally understands that transforming the use of
Dialogue: 0,0:15:29.60,0:15:32.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,educational technology will require significant research
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.30,0:15:33.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and development.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.53,0:15:36.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he also understands that our nation's schools and classrooms
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.50,0:15:39.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are in serious need of modernization.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.23,0:15:42.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In far too many places, today's school buildings simply aren't
Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.03,0:15:44.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ready to support digital learning.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.43,0:15:46.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And last week, I went on a whirlwind six-state,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.67,0:15:50.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,three-day bus tour across the Great Lakes region.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.60,0:15:53.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I never, ever asked or want the red carpet treatment.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.03,0:15:55.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when I visit schools, it's not uncommon for them to clean
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.20,0:15:56.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up, tidy up a little bit.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.77,0:15:59.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it was really clear that no amount of fresh paint was going
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.10,0:16:01.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to cover up the fact that many of these schools simply aren't
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.53,0:16:05.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,prepared to lead the digital revolution in education.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.50,0:16:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the American Jobs Act, President Obama is proposing
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.20,0:16:13.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a $25 billion investment to modernize at least 35,000 of
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.20,0:16:15.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our nation's schools, especially schools that
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.43,0:16:18.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,serve the neediest students, with facilities in the most
Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.27,0:16:19.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,need of repair.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.97,0:16:22.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The President has committed to passing the jobs bill that
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.53,0:16:25.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,includes money to create school buildings that can give students
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.63,0:16:28.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a 21st century education.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.27,0:16:30.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Administration's commitment goes far beyond renovating and
Dialogue: 0,0:16:30.90,0:16:32.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,modernizing schools.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:32.47,0:16:35.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our goal is to become an engine of innovation that provides
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.20,0:16:38.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leadership and support for reform.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:38.30,0:16:41.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The National Education Technology Plan we released last
Dialogue: 0,0:16:41.07,0:16:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,year lays out an ambitious vision to leverage the full
Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.00,0:16:47.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,power of technology to support compelling and personalized
Dialogue: 0,0:16:47.37,0:16:50.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learning environments for all children, regardless of race,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.57,0:16:54.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ethnicity, ability or disability or zip code.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:54.27,0:16:56.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We understand that technology is a critical,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.70,0:17:00.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,critical ingredient in our work to make education the great
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.17,0:17:02.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,equalizer it must be.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:02.67,0:17:05.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this is clearly not a task for government alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.47,0:17:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can work to create an environment for innovation.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:08.00,0:17:12.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But experts in school, schools, research labs, entrepreneurs,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:12.57,0:17:15.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether big or small, they will do the difficult work of
Dialogue: 0,0:17:15.10,0:17:18.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,developing new technologies and getting them into homes and
Dialogue: 0,0:17:18.37,0:17:21.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,schools and districts across the country.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:21.37,0:17:24.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Digital Promise will aid that work by bringing together people
Dialogue: 0,0:17:24.17,0:17:27.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from business, education, the research community,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.27,0:17:30.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to advance the education technology field.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.33,0:17:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even as we're launching this new effort,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.20,0:17:34.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a group of school districts has already stepped forward to lead
Dialogue: 0,0:17:34.43,0:17:37.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this transformation and we're calling them the League of
Dialogue: 0,0:17:37.70,0:17:39.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Innovative Schools.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.57,0:17:42.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Researchers at the University of Chicago will also organize a new
Dialogue: 0,0:17:42.67,0:17:46.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,alliance of more than 35 of America's top education
Dialogue: 0,0:17:46.10,0:17:49.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,researchers dedicated to identifying policies and
Dialogue: 0,0:17:49.17,0:17:52.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,practices that improve education outcomes for America's most
Dialogue: 0,0:17:52.77,0:17:54.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disadvantaged children.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:54.57,0:17:56.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A leading gaming company is committed to bringing their
Dialogue: 0,0:17:56.77,0:18:00.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,creativity and expertise to this important effort.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:00.47,0:18:03.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Digital Promise will be a truly collaborative effort
Dialogue: 0,0:18:03.10,0:18:04.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,across all sectors.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:04.87,0:18:07.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Working together, the collaboration can help
Dialogue: 0,0:18:07.30,0:18:10.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lead America in providing a world-class education for
Dialogue: 0,0:18:10.60,0:18:13.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,millions of students using technology.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:13.53,0:18:16.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all know, we all recognize that there are no silver bullets
Dialogue: 0,0:18:16.13,0:18:17.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in education.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:17.30,0:18:20.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I absolutely do believe that we must use every tool at our
Dialogue: 0,0:18:20.43,0:18:23.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disposal, including the extraordinary creativity of
Dialogue: 0,0:18:23.13,0:18:26.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,entrepreneurs, who are committed to producing the game changing
Dialogue: 0,0:18:26.40,0:18:28.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,technologies we need.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:28.67,0:18:31.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The goal of all this work is admittedly ambitious.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:31.70,0:18:34.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want to fundamentally reimagine learning.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:34.50,0:18:37.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And fortunately, we have examples of schools and
Dialogue: 0,0:18:37.17,0:18:40.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inspiring stories to tell like we already heard this morning.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:40.03,0:18:42.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take another story, that of Daniel Mendez,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:42.43,0:18:44.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when he enrolled in San Diego's High Tech High,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:44.80,0:18:46.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was repeating 10th grade.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:46.23,0:18:48.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not too dissimilar to the challenges you were facing.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:48.40,0:18:49.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like most disadvantaged children,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:49.97,0:18:52.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he faced some real significant obstacles.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:52.07,0:18:54.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With a long commute, family responsibilities,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:54.87,0:18:57.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and few educational resources at home,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:57.73,0:18:59.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he struggled to complete homework.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:59.83,0:19:02.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unfortunately, that's the type of child that far too often is
Dialogue: 0,0:19:02.30,0:19:03.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,simply written off.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:03.30,0:19:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Folks think they can't make it.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:05.00,0:19:07.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But things turned around for him when High Tech High issued him a
Dialogue: 0,0:19:07.93,0:19:10.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,netbook with high speed Internet access.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:10.63,0:19:12.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His grades improved immediately.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:12.87,0:19:14.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Teachers noticed that he was doing extra reading
Dialogue: 0,0:19:14.80,0:19:16.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to dive deeper.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:16.40,0:19:18.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He passed all of his courses.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:18.37,0:19:21.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And today he's a senior, thriving academically and
Dialogue: 0,0:19:21.17,0:19:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,planning to go to college this fall.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:24.00,0:19:26.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Across the country, in rural South Carolina,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:26.57,0:19:29.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,technology helped Nicholas Huther be a full participant
Dialogue: 0,0:19:29.93,0:19:32.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in school, even when he was homebound because of
Dialogue: 0,0:19:32.63,0:19:34.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cancer treatment.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:34.13,0:19:37.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a fourth grader, Nicholas used a laptop and a webcam to
Dialogue: 0,0:19:37.73,0:19:41.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,participate in his class at Plainview Elementary School.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:41.50,0:19:45.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With the help of technology, he engaged in class discussions and
Dialogue: 0,0:19:45.17,0:19:49.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,asked questions, almost as if he was actually in the room.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:49.73,0:19:51.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With the creative use of technology,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:51.30,0:19:54.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he had access to his teachers, and to his classmates and to so
Dialogue: 0,0:19:54.50,0:19:56.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many learning opportunities that would have been unavailable to
Dialogue: 0,0:19:56.83,0:19:57.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,him otherwise.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:57.97,0:20:01.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And today, Nicholas attends middle school.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:01.20,0:20:03.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In rural Tennessee, the Niswonger foundation,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:03.70,0:20:06.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of our I3 winners, is using technology to give high-need
Dialogue: 0,0:20:06.77,0:20:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,students access to AB classes and language classes that
Dialogue: 0,0:20:10.00,0:20:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,otherwise they would not have the opportunity to take
Dialogue: 0,0:20:12.00,0:20:13.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,advantage of.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:13.30,0:20:15.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there are so many stories, so many stories like these,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:15.77,0:20:19.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that demonstrate what technology can do and the potential for
Dialogue: 0,0:20:19.13,0:20:21.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,technology to help engage students and
Dialogue: 0,0:20:21.50,0:20:23.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make learning fun.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:23.53,0:20:26.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No matter where students are or what obstacles they face,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:26.53,0:20:29.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a digital education can offer them a personalized plan to
Dialogue: 0,0:20:29.37,0:20:33.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,engage them and support their ongoing learning and success.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:33.73,0:20:36.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a long, long way to go before America becomes a leader
Dialogue: 0,0:20:36.63,0:20:38.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in digital learning.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:38.13,0:20:40.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we know what's possible and we know what's at stake both for
Dialogue: 0,0:20:40.97,0:20:43.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our children and for our nation.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:43.27,0:20:47.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,America has always, always been a technological leader.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:47.03,0:20:49.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our country pioneered manned space travel and the creation
Dialogue: 0,0:20:49.87,0:20:51.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Internet.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:51.03,0:20:54.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet today, our country is lagging behind other countries
Dialogue: 0,0:20:54.20,0:20:58.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in leveraging the power of technology in our classrooms.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:58.03,0:21:01.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's time for us collectively to keep the digital promise to
Dialogue: 0,0:21:01.13,0:21:04.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,America's children and provide all of them with a personalized
Dialogue: 0,0:21:04.10,0:21:06.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instruction that both raises the bar and levels
Dialogue: 0,0:21:06.87,0:21:08.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the playing field.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:08.53,0:21:10.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you so much for your collective leadership,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:10.57,0:21:13.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,commitment and collaboration in helping us keep that promise.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:13.93,0:21:14.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:14.53,0:21:30.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:21:30.77,0:21:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tom Kalil: Good morning. My name's Tom Kalil.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:32.10,0:21:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm the deputy director of the White House Office of Science
Dialogue: 0,0:21:35.00,0:21:36.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Technology Policy.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:36.40,0:21:38.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to be moderating the next panel.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:38.40,0:21:43.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But before I do that, I want to welcome two leaders from the
Dialogue: 0,0:21:43.43,0:21:46.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,National Science Foundation who are going to be making an
Dialogue: 0,0:21:46.23,0:21:49.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,important announcement about cyber learning.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:49.10,0:21:52.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NSF, as you know, has played a critical role in the development
Dialogue: 0,0:21:52.23,0:21:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of technology.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:53.10,0:21:57.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They funded the NSF net, which played a very important role in
Dialogue: 0,0:21:57.70,0:21:59.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the emergence of the Internet.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:59.10,0:22:03.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They funded the development of the first graphical web browser,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:03.07,0:22:05.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which really helped the Internet take off.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:05.80,0:22:11.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They funded a project of two Stanford kids that turned out to
Dialogue: 0,0:22:11.73,0:22:14.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be Google, which was a pretty good investment.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:14.23,0:22:18.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they're going to be making some exciting announcements
Dialogue: 0,0:22:18.70,0:22:22.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the investments that NSF is going to be making in the
Dialogue: 0,0:22:22.70,0:22:25.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,area of cyber learning.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:25.03,0:22:28.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So today we're fortunate to have Joan Ferrini-Mundy,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:28.73,0:22:32.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who leads NSF's efforts in education and human resources,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:32.77,0:22:37.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Farnam Jahanian, who leads NSF efforts in computer science.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:37.30,0:22:38.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So come on up.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:38.40,0:22:44.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:22:44.40,0:22:48.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At this time, I'm also going to ask our fantastic panel to
Dialogue: 0,0:22:48.63,0:22:50.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,please come up and be seated.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:50.97,0:22:53.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This morning we've got Mark Edwards,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:53.33,0:22:57.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is the superintendent of Morrisville Graded School District.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:57.93,0:23:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dave Weiner, who is the Deputy Chancellor of New York City.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:03.00,0:23:06.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gabe Newell, who is President and Founder of Valve,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:06.33,0:23:08.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a leading video game company.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:08.10,0:23:11.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Shirley Malcolm, who is on the Board of the Digital Promise
Dialogue: 0,0:23:11.20,0:23:14.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also leads the efforts in Education and Human Resources at
Dialogue: 0,0:23:14.73,0:23:15.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the AAAS.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:15.80,0:23:17.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So come on up.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:17.17,0:23:26.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:23:26.47,0:23:29.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Joan Ferrini-Mundy: Good morning, everyone.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:29.83,0:23:32.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a great pleasure for us today to join Secretary Duncan,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:32.83,0:23:36.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chief Technology Officer Chopra, the Digital Promise Board of
Dialogue: 0,0:23:36.07,0:23:39.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Directors, Congressman Yarmuth, and all of you,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:39.20,0:23:41.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to discuss the potential and the promise of learning
Dialogue: 0,0:23:41.53,0:23:44.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,technologies, especially cyber enabled learning technologies.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:44.93,0:23:47.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For several decades, the National Science Foundation has
Dialogue: 0,0:23:47.73,0:23:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,invested in the development of innovative learning tools for
Dialogue: 0,0:23:50.50,0:23:53.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,science, technology, engineering and mathematics education.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:53.70,0:23:57.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From cognitive tutors to Lego mind storms to scratch,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:57.87,0:23:59.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NSF has been a long-time supporter of learning
Dialogue: 0,0:23:59.97,0:24:03.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,technologies that can be used at all education levels in all
Dialogue: 0,0:24:03.60,0:24:06.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,settings across a wide range of disciplines
Dialogue: 0,0:24:06.07,0:24:07.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for all learners.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:07.90,0:24:10.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As technology advances at a rapid pace,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:10.77,0:24:13.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,realizing the potential of the new learning technologies
Dialogue: 0,0:24:13.47,0:24:17.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,depends on more than inventing exciting tools and resources.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:17.53,0:24:20.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Success also depends on designing ways that innovative
Dialogue: 0,0:24:20.90,0:24:23.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tools can be effectively integrated into learning,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:23.80,0:24:26.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on understanding their impact on learning,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:26.30,0:24:29.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on supporting and engaging teachers with the resources to
Dialogue: 0,0:24:29.47,0:24:30.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,use them well.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:30.97,0:24:34.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we are very excited about the potential of Digital Promise to
Dialogue: 0,0:24:34.70,0:24:37.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,help bring innovative learning technologies from labs into
Dialogue: 0,0:24:37.47,0:24:40.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,schools and to other educational venues.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:40.10,0:24:42.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We look forward to ongoing collaboration with the U.S.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:42.53,0:24:45.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Department of Education, the Digital Promise endeavor,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:45.87,0:24:48.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,federal agencies, and all who are committed to improving
Dialogue: 0,0:24:48.77,0:24:51.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learning opportunities for the nation's students,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:51.13,0:24:52.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,teachers and public.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:52.67,0:24:56.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, we announce a portfolio of new awards in our NSF-wide
Dialogue: 0,0:24:56.63,0:25:00.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,program, Cyber Learning Transforming Education.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:00.23,0:25:03.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The program aims to improve learning by integrating emerging
Dialogue: 0,0:25:03.47,0:25:07.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,technologies with knowledge from research about how people learn.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:07.40,0:25:09.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are confident that the learning technologies that are
Dialogue: 0,0:25:09.97,0:25:13.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being developed through this program will enhance our ability
Dialogue: 0,0:25:13.37,0:25:16.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to collect and manage data, to give personalized realtime
Dialogue: 0,0:25:16.70,0:25:20.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,feedback, and to promote better learning overall.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:20.17,0:25:22.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This group of funded projects has the potential to transform
Dialogue: 0,0:25:22.83,0:25:26.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learning, anytime, anywhere, and for anybody.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:26.30,0:25:29.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I now invite my colleague, Farnam Jahanian to talk more
Dialogue: 0,0:25:29.37,0:25:32.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about this exciting portfolio.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:32.97,0:25:34.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Farnam Jahanian: Good morning.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:34.17,0:25:35.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Josniel, I think in about 15 years,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:35.87,0:25:37.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're all going to be working for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:37.50,0:25:39.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:25:39.67,0:25:43.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am pleased to announce that NSF's cyber learning program
Dialogue: 0,0:25:43.23,0:25:46.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has just awarded approximately $15 million
Dialogue: 0,0:25:46.63,0:25:49.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to more than 30 institutions.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:49.03,0:25:52.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These projects cover a wide range of areas and show deep
Dialogue: 0,0:25:52.97,0:25:55.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,creativity from the research community.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:55.83,0:25:59.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This investment is part of a commitment of more than
Dialogue: 0,0:25:59.17,0:26:03.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,$40 million across NSF in merit-reviewed cyber
Dialogue: 0,0:26:03.60,0:26:05.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learning projects.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:05.63,0:26:09.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Awardee institutions include community colleges,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:09.23,0:26:13.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,universities, and nonprofit organizations and companies.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:13.80,0:26:17.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These projects address learning across a broad variety of
Dialogue: 0,0:26:17.70,0:26:20.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,context, elementary schools through high schools,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:20.83,0:26:23.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,post secondary education institutions,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:23.53,0:26:27.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and informal learning environments such as museums,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:27.37,0:26:31.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,libraries, and of course cyber space.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:31.27,0:26:36.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Several of the projects explore the use of large-scale data to
Dialogue: 0,0:26:36.03,0:26:38.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,solve complex problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:38.23,0:26:41.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, researchers at the Ohio State University are
Dialogue: 0,0:26:41.63,0:26:47.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,developing a virtual simulation workbench which uses geospatial
Dialogue: 0,0:26:47.07,0:26:51.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,technologies and social networks to create online
Dialogue: 0,0:26:51.83,0:26:53.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,interactive maps.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:53.90,0:26:58.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,High school and college students can navigate the globe and use
Dialogue: 0,0:26:58.17,0:27:03.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,graphical, cultural and economic data to solve real world
Dialogue: 0,0:27:03.40,0:27:08.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,problems related to transportation, agriculture,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:08.53,0:27:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,urban planning and emergency response.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:11.50,0:27:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In another large-scale data project,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:14.00,0:27:17.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,researchers at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:17.83,0:27:22.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have joined forces with Machine Sciences Incorporated to build
Dialogue: 0,0:27:22.20,0:27:26.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,software that will allow middle and high school students in
Dialogue: 0,0:27:26.37,0:27:28.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,different parts of the country to share,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:28.97,0:27:33.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,analyze and dynamically visualize data.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:33.47,0:27:37.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The cyber learning research portfolio also include projects
Dialogue: 0,0:27:37.43,0:27:41.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that focus on learners with special needs.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:41.57,0:27:45.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Researchers from Brigham Young University will investigate the
Dialogue: 0,0:27:45.07,0:27:49.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,use of augmented reality to improve learning by deaf and
Dialogue: 0,0:27:49.87,0:27:54.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hearing-impaired children in planetariums and other venues
Dialogue: 0,0:27:54.37,0:27:57.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where learners are challenged to continuously move their
Dialogue: 0,0:27:57.90,0:28:02.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,attention between a signing interpreter and a demonstration.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:02.97,0:28:05.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are also projects that will develop learning
Dialogue: 0,0:28:05.13,0:28:08.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,technologies for learning language skills,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:08.07,0:28:11.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as one awarded to researchers at Harvard,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:11.87,0:28:15.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,MIT and Northeastern University, to investigate the use of
Dialogue: 0,0:28:15.67,0:28:20.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,interactive robots to help preschoolers develop vocabulary.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:20.80,0:28:24.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This project leverages emerging technologies in robotics with
Dialogue: 0,0:28:24.57,0:28:27.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recent findings from social, developmental
Dialogue: 0,0:28:27.70,0:28:29.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and cognitive psychology.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:29.70,0:28:33.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And along with supporting the design of new technologies,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:33.50,0:28:37.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the cyber learning program funded projects from Arizona
Dialogue: 0,0:28:37.17,0:28:39.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,State University, Carnegie Mellon University,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:39.97,0:28:43.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the University of Pittsburgh that focus on developing a new
Dialogue: 0,0:28:43.37,0:28:48.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,generation of intelligent tutoring system.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:48.20,0:28:53.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To conclude, the projects within the NSF cyber learning portfolio
Dialogue: 0,0:28:53.07,0:28:56.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stand to demonstrate the promise of learning technologies to
Dialogue: 0,0:28:56.93,0:29:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,transform our schools and to enhance our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:00.50,0:29:01.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:01.47,0:29:10.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:29:10.87,0:29:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tom Kalil: Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:12.00,0:29:14.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So before we start with the panel,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:14.63,0:29:18.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to recognize a couple of the other individuals and
Dialogue: 0,0:29:18.93,0:29:21.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,organizations that have made commitments to help launch the
Dialogue: 0,0:29:21.80,0:29:24.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Digital Promise initiative.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:24.37,0:29:27.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A number of organizations have come together to support the
Dialogue: 0,0:29:27.80,0:29:30.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2012 National Stem Video Game Competition,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:30.90,0:29:36.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at the Sesame workshop,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:36.73,0:29:41.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eli Media, and this is a video game competition to identify
Dialogue: 0,0:29:41.83,0:29:45.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,new ways to use video games to support stem teaching
Dialogue: 0,0:29:45.33,0:29:46.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and learning.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:46.37,0:29:48.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's being supported by the AMD Foundation,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:48.87,0:29:53.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Entertainment Software Association, Microsoft Xbox,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:53.30,0:29:56.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CPB and PBS Ready to Learn Initiative.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:56.40,0:29:59.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So please join me in welcoming and supporting that.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:59.07,0:30:04.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:30:04.80,0:30:09.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Morgridge Family Foundation is providing a $2 million gift
Dialogue: 0,0:30:09.90,0:30:12.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the Nature Conservancy to support the development of
Dialogue: 0,0:30:12.97,0:30:17.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,digital content that is based on conservation science.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:17.80,0:30:20.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And John, so -- is in the audience,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:20.67,0:30:24.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so please join me in welcoming John and the
Dialogue: 0,0:30:24.90,0:30:26.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Morgridge Family Foundation.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:26.50,0:30:30.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:30:30.80,0:30:34.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A number of organizations in the technology community,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:34.80,0:30:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Tech America Foundation, the Information Technology Industry
Dialogue: 0,0:30:39.00,0:30:42.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Council, the Software and Information Industry Association
Dialogue: 0,0:30:42.63,0:30:45.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are all working together to build industry support for the
Dialogue: 0,0:30:45.83,0:30:46.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Digital Promise.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:46.93,0:30:49.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you are in the house, please stand up.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:49.23,0:30:56.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:30:56.73,0:31:02.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And last, but not least, a number of foundations have
Dialogue: 0,0:31:02.37,0:31:04.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stepped forward to help launch the Digital Promise,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:04.73,0:31:08.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including the Carnegie Corporation and the
Dialogue: 0,0:31:08.13,0:31:09.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hewlett Foundation.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:09.10,0:31:12.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So please join me in welcoming them and thanking them.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:12.07,0:31:17.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:31:17.70,0:31:25.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we have a terrific panel and let's get started.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:25.80,0:31:30.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mark, you're the Superintendent of the Moorseville Graded School
Dialogue: 0,0:31:30.07,0:31:34.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,District and you've recently been using technology to support
Dialogue: 0,0:31:34.50,0:31:38.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both challenge learning, real world problem-solving and
Dialogue: 0,0:31:38.43,0:31:41.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,improving the graduation rate in your school district.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:41.73,0:31:43.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How have you been doing that?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:43.70,0:31:46.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mark Edwards: Well, it's an honor to be here and thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:46.20,0:31:48.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've provided all students in Mooresville, North Carolina,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:48.93,0:31:52.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a small district north of Charlotte, 5,600 students,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:52.27,0:31:54.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've provided all students 3rd through 12th grade with
Dialogue: 0,0:31:54.77,0:31:56.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a laptop computer.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:56.30,0:32:01.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We ranked 99th in the state in funding out of 115 districts and
Dialogue: 0,0:32:01.20,0:32:05.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've been able to move forward using digital resources as our
Dialogue: 0,0:32:05.33,0:32:07.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,primary curriculum model.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:07.80,0:32:12.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our graduation rate has gone from 64% to 91% during the last
Dialogue: 0,0:32:12.13,0:32:13.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,four years.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:13.77,0:32:17.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've also increased our composite academic performance
Dialogue: 0,0:32:17.73,0:32:22.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from 68 to 88% and we're currently 3rd in the state.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:22.10,0:32:23.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have also --
Dialogue: 0,0:32:23.93,0:32:25.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:32:25.73,0:32:28.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:28.20,0:32:31.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During that same time our poverty ratio has gone up
Dialogue: 0,0:32:31.20,0:32:35.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by 25% so we have felt the effects of the economy.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:35.50,0:32:38.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But our performance in biology, in which every student has to
Dialogue: 0,0:32:38.07,0:32:43.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pass as a state exam, has gone from 68% to 93%.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:43.33,0:32:45.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another area that we're particularly proud of is at the
Dialogue: 0,0:32:45.20,0:32:50.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,3rd grade level our composite pass rate for reading is 94%;
Dialogue: 0,0:32:50.30,0:32:55.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,92% for African-Americans, 91% for Hispanic students.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:55.20,0:32:59.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've also been able, last year we made 100% of our AYP goals,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:59.07,0:33:01.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this year we dropped to 92%.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:01.40,0:33:03.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's some more stringent requirements.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:03.67,0:33:06.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I think the real key to that has been leveraging
Dialogue: 0,0:33:06.43,0:33:07.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,digital resources.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:07.70,0:33:12.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our motto was "Every Child Every Day" and we have used the
Dialogue: 0,0:33:12.03,0:33:15.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,relevance and the engagement in using technology.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:15.27,0:33:18.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've been able to leverage the use of digital data to
Dialogue: 0,0:33:18.97,0:33:21.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inform teachers and to expedite and to bring
Dialogue: 0,0:33:21.50,0:33:23.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,precision with intervention.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:23.57,0:33:26.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we've also been able to build collaboration and a
Dialogue: 0,0:33:26.43,0:33:28.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,convergence of teachers, students,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:28.57,0:33:32.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,family and community working together which students feel
Dialogue: 0,0:33:32.40,0:33:33.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:33.43,0:33:37.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really do believe that the key to this has been a sense of
Dialogue: 0,0:33:37.37,0:33:42.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spirit of working together to make a difference and laptops
Dialogue: 0,0:33:42.80,0:33:45.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are huge; digital resources are huge.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:45.33,0:33:49.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the community sense of obligation/responsibility for
Dialogue: 0,0:33:49.20,0:33:51.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every Child Every Day has been a key to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:51.90,0:33:54.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've had hundreds of visitors from 42 states
Dialogue: 0,0:33:54.33,0:33:55.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the last three years.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:55.87,0:33:59.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I don't think anybody walks away saying anything dramatic
Dialogue: 0,0:33:59.03,0:34:02.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other than the fact that we've provided resources,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:02.73,0:34:06.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're using 24th century digital resources and I do believe that
Dialogue: 0,0:34:06.40,0:34:10.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's great opportunity and "may the promise be with us!"
Dialogue: 0,0:34:10.07,0:34:10.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:34:10.63,0:34:11.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:11.27,0:34:16.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:34:16.73,0:34:21.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tom Kalil: The President's Council of Economic Advisors has developed
Dialogue: 0,0:34:21.60,0:34:25.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a report that is looking at the market for learning technology
Dialogue: 0,0:34:25.07,0:34:28.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're fortunate this morning to have both Katharine Abraham
Dialogue: 0,0:34:28.07,0:34:32.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and two of the folks, Ben Jones, and Ronnie Chatterji,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:32.80,0:34:35.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who helped out on the report.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:35.13,0:34:39.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one of the things that they identified as a challenge to
Dialogue: 0,0:34:39.53,0:34:41.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,using technology to transform learning was
Dialogue: 0,0:34:41.90,0:34:43.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the nature of the marketplace.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:43.37,0:34:45.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have 15,000 different school districts.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:45.93,0:34:47.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got lengthy adoption cycles.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:47.77,0:34:52.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's difficult for schools to make evidence-based decisions
Dialogue: 0,0:34:52.43,0:34:54.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about what to buy.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:54.43,0:34:57.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of school districts don't spend a whole lot of money on
Dialogue: 0,0:34:57.07,0:34:59.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,educational software.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:59.53,0:35:03.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what do you think are some of the things that a large school
Dialogue: 0,0:35:03.17,0:35:07.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,district look New York City could do to help drive more
Dialogue: 0,0:35:07.37,0:35:11.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,innovation in learning technologies?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:11.77,0:35:13.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,David Weiner: Sure, thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:13.90,0:35:16.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Dave Weiner, I am a Deputy Chancellor in New York
Dialogue: 0,0:35:16.03,0:35:18.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,City and one of the areas that I oversee is called
Dialogue: 0,0:35:18.70,0:35:20.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our Innovation Zone.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:20.57,0:35:23.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Innovation Zone was started about three years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:23.37,0:35:25.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chancellor Joel Klein was there and he basically brought
Dialogue: 0,0:35:25.67,0:35:29.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,together private partners, federal funds and local funds
Dialogue: 0,0:35:29.90,0:35:34.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to actually build what we call the iZone now.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:34.50,0:35:37.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Within the iZone this past year we had about 40 schools in it
Dialogue: 0,0:35:37.53,0:35:40.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we actually, this school year that just started a few
Dialogue: 0,0:35:40.30,0:35:44.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,weeks ago, we now have 185 schools in the iZone.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:44.17,0:35:47.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These schools are basically using technology to personalize
Dialogue: 0,0:35:47.80,0:35:52.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learning for students so we have lots of examples of schools that
Dialogue: 0,0:35:52.33,0:35:55.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are basically, one example a school we called "School of One"
Dialogue: 0,0:35:55.57,0:36:00.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which basically uses technology to individualize instruction for
Dialogue: 0,0:36:00.67,0:36:03.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every single student in the class and actually every single
Dialogue: 0,0:36:03.10,0:36:05.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,student in school in math.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:05.23,0:36:07.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Students come in, they are working literally on a computer,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:07.50,0:36:09.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there actually is a teacher facilitating as well,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:09.23,0:36:12.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and every single student could be at a different place.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:12.70,0:36:15.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's personalized to each child so that they're growing
Dialogue: 0,0:36:15.10,0:36:17.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's not, you know, teaching to the middle where some kids
Dialogue: 0,0:36:17.57,0:36:19.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are at the top, some kids at the bottom don't get taught,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:19.27,0:36:21.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but every single child has an individualized plan for them
Dialogue: 0,0:36:21.63,0:36:26.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is regularly assessed to make sure it continues.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:26.37,0:36:28.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we've have lots and lots of examples.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:28.33,0:36:33.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Josiah School is one of the schools that's in our iZone.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:33.43,0:36:35.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we're kind of launching the next stage of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:35.87,0:36:38.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It directly relates to the question that was asked.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:38.10,0:36:41.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've created what we call an education ecosystem.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:41.43,0:36:44.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We started this about a month or two ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:44.47,0:36:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually, a little longer now, probably about three or four
Dialogue: 0,0:36:46.50,0:36:50.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,months ago, and largely what we believe is that within the
Dialogue: 0,0:36:50.07,0:36:53.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,district we cannot innovate fast enough and so we have to look to
Dialogue: 0,0:36:53.57,0:36:55.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,outside partners to come in.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:55.40,0:36:58.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in order to do that we've got to define exactly what needs
Dialogue: 0,0:36:58.73,0:36:59.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:59.87,0:37:03.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What areas we need support and help in.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:03.10,0:37:05.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we need to be able to pilot some of these programs to be
Dialogue: 0,0:37:05.47,0:37:07.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,able to see how well they can grow.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:07.90,0:37:09.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then programs that don't work we're going
Dialogue: 0,0:37:09.10,0:37:10.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to shut down quickly.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:10.17,0:37:13.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And programs that do work, like School of One we're going to
Dialogue: 0,0:37:13.03,0:37:14.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,expand pretty rapidly.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:14.37,0:37:18.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we really see the school district as being the nexus of
Dialogue: 0,0:37:18.07,0:37:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that connection between outside entrepreneurs, developers,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:22.00,0:37:24.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,funders that want to come together to try out these
Dialogue: 0,0:37:24.07,0:37:26.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,different types of options.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:26.40,0:37:30.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One thing that, I've been to quite a few of our iZone schools
Dialogue: 0,0:37:30.50,0:37:32.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the only one thing that, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:32.83,0:37:35.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,puts them together into one bucket is that they are all
Dialogue: 0,0:37:35.07,0:37:36.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,completely different.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:36.33,0:37:37.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's kind of something that we
Dialogue: 0,0:37:37.77,0:37:39.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really feel is important.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:39.10,0:37:41.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That what might work for Josiah in East Harlem,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:41.83,0:37:45.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,may not necessarily work for a kid in Statton Island and the
Dialogue: 0,0:37:45.20,0:37:48.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,way the technology is being used in The Bronx may look different
Dialogue: 0,0:37:48.60,0:37:50.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than the way it's being used in Brooklyn.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:50.37,0:37:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But using technology to personalize instruction is
Dialogue: 0,0:37:54.00,0:37:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really the main theme that kind of goes throughout it.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:58.00,0:38:00.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tom Kalil: And what are some of the ways in which you think you could
Dialogue: 0,0:38:00.30,0:38:05.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leverage the purchasing power of New York City potentially even
Dialogue: 0,0:38:05.53,0:38:08.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working with other school districts to help drive the
Dialogue: 0,0:38:08.87,0:38:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,evolution of the market?
Dialogue: 0,0:38:11.00,0:38:12.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,David Weiner: So we're hoping that through Digital Promise and through
Dialogue: 0,0:38:12.97,0:38:16.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Educational Ecosystem we're basically able to come together
Dialogue: 0,0:38:16.27,0:38:18.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with different urban districts, Newark, Baltimore,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:18.47,0:38:22.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,D.C., Philadelphia, to be able to say there are some common
Dialogue: 0,0:38:22.33,0:38:23.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,themes that we're having.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:23.70,0:38:26.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Supporting students getting through 9th grade with enough
Dialogue: 0,0:38:26.87,0:38:29.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,credits, actually, to be 10th graders has been a struggle for
Dialogue: 0,0:38:29.63,0:38:32.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,us and some of our other large urban districts.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:32.03,0:38:35.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And by being able to define these challenges and problems
Dialogue: 0,0:38:35.50,0:38:39.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we're having we hope to go to the marketplace and be able
Dialogue: 0,0:38:39.47,0:38:41.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to say these are the challenges and we need your help in
Dialogue: 0,0:38:41.67,0:38:44.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,creating technologies to actually be able to innovate
Dialogue: 0,0:38:44.03,0:38:44.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and improve that.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:44.90,0:38:48.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So almost a buyer's consortium of school districts and
Dialogue: 0,0:38:48.07,0:38:50.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,organizations that can come together to outline the
Dialogue: 0,0:38:50.40,0:38:53.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,challenges we have and look to the outside marketplace to help
Dialogue: 0,0:38:53.43,0:38:56.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,us figure out how to improve on those challenges.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:56.57,0:38:57.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tom Kalil: Great.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:57.93,0:39:01.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I mentioned early, Gabe Newell is the President and
Dialogue: 0,0:39:01.23,0:39:03.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,founder of Valve, which is an incredibly successful
Dialogue: 0,0:39:03.90,0:39:06.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,video game company.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:06.20,0:39:10.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Clearly the video game industry knows a lot about how to grab
Dialogue: 0,0:39:10.43,0:39:13.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and maintain the very high levels of attentive time on
Dialogue: 0,0:39:13.37,0:39:17.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,task, both young people and grownups.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:17.03,0:39:20.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What role do you think there could be for your company and
Dialogue: 0,0:39:20.63,0:39:25.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the video game industry more broadly in terms of transforming
Dialogue: 0,0:39:25.17,0:39:27.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,teaching and learning?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:27.53,0:39:31.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gabe Newell: Well, we got here because of our customers.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:31.13,0:39:34.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've been successful as a video game company,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:34.30,0:39:38.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as an entertainment company because we watch exactly what
Dialogue: 0,0:39:38.73,0:39:40.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our customers are doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:40.63,0:39:45.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what started to happen was that teachers and students
Dialogue: 0,0:39:45.53,0:39:49.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,started to bring our games into an educational setting and
Dialogue: 0,0:39:49.40,0:39:52.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're, like, aren't we enemies; right?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:52.53,0:39:53.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:39:53.23,0:39:56.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, aren't we entertainment?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:56.10,0:40:00.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And isn't that, you know, in opposition to education?
Dialogue: 0,0:40:00.17,0:40:03.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we started talking to the teachers and we started talking
Dialogue: 0,0:40:03.17,0:40:08.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to researchers and the more we looked at it it seems like the
Dialogue: 0,0:40:08.10,0:40:10.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,technology, the engineering, the design,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:10.13,0:40:15.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the science behind what we do is the same as the science and the
Dialogue: 0,0:40:15.73,0:40:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,technology that shows so much opportunity in
Dialogue: 0,0:40:19.10,0:40:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the educational field.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:21.00,0:40:25.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we decided, well, if that's true,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:25.07,0:40:29.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then teachers should be good video designers and,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:29.40,0:40:33.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,video game designers, and we should be able to build
Dialogue: 0,0:40:33.33,0:40:35.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,compelling, engaging curriculum.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:35.80,0:40:37.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we decided to go ahead and try to do that,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:37.67,0:40:39.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we're in the process of building some middle
Dialogue: 0,0:40:39.63,0:40:42.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,school curriculum.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:42.77,0:40:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're building new tools.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:44.00,0:40:46.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're building new distribution technology to give teachers and
Dialogue: 0,0:40:46.97,0:40:49.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,students the ability to have access to that.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:49.40,0:40:51.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then we're going to give those tools themselves to the
Dialogue: 0,0:40:51.53,0:40:53.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,teachers and students.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:53.20,0:40:54.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we're going to learn a lot about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:54.90,0:41:00.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're going to learn, you know, how these technologies
Dialogue: 0,0:41:00.27,0:41:01.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are converging.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:01.77,0:41:04.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I also think that we're going to show other video
Dialogue: 0,0:41:04.43,0:41:07.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,game developers what the opportunity is,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:07.43,0:41:10.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how they can be contributing, how everything that we've been
Dialogue: 0,0:41:10.30,0:41:15.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learning in our industry to engage and excite children,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:15.33,0:41:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is very applicable in an educational environment as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:19.10,0:41:21.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we're very excited working with teachers to figure out how
Dialogue: 0,0:41:21.97,0:41:27.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what we do can be a tool to them rather than a distraction.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:27.30,0:41:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tom Kalil: Right.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:28.00,0:41:32.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seems one of the things that a great video game does
Dialogue: 0,0:41:32.23,0:41:36.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is continually keep you on the knife edge between a challenge
Dialogue: 0,0:41:36.83,0:41:41.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being just too hard in which case you give up in frustration,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:41.40,0:41:44.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and being too easy in which case you get bored.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:44.73,0:41:49.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are some other things that the video game industry has
Dialogue: 0,0:41:49.37,0:41:55.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,figured out how to do that you think are broadly applicable to
Dialogue: 0,0:41:55.63,0:41:58.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,great teaching and learning.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:58.33,0:42:00.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gabe Newell: You know, we have to think about progression,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:00.87,0:42:03.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to think about pacing, we have to think about
Dialogue: 0,0:42:03.13,0:42:05.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,appropriate levels of frustration.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:05.33,0:42:08.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our best -- well, you have to be challenged; right?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:08.60,0:42:09.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tom Kalil: Right.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:09.40,0:42:12.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gabe Newell: And you can't be too challenged or you walk away from the task.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:12.53,0:42:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tom Kalil: It has to be hard fun.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:14.00,0:42:19.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gabe Newell: It has to be, yeah, it has to be hard fun is a good way to do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:19.90,0:42:23.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think one of the biggest steps forward we came to recently is
Dialogue: 0,0:42:23.27,0:42:27.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we started using biometric information to directly measure
Dialogue: 0,0:42:27.70,0:42:30.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sort of frustration and engagement levels among game
Dialogue: 0,0:42:30.63,0:42:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,players and it taught us a lot about everybody has a different
Dialogue: 0,0:42:37.00,0:42:39.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,optimal pathway through an experience,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:39.97,0:42:42.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we think that those are the kinds of lessons that are going
Dialogue: 0,0:42:42.20,0:42:47.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be very applicable, just as applicable in the classroom as
Dialogue: 0,0:42:47.47,0:42:50.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are in people's dens.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:50.83,0:42:53.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tom Kalil: Great.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:53.13,0:42:57.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shirley, one of the points that Secretary Duncan made is that we
Dialogue: 0,0:42:57.27,0:43:00.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really have to harness these technologies in ways that are
Dialogue: 0,0:43:00.10,0:43:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only going to promote excellence, but equity.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:03.00,0:43:06.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you think are some of both the challenges and
Dialogue: 0,0:43:06.03,0:43:13.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,opportunities in using digital learning to promote equity and
Dialogue: 0,0:43:13.23,0:43:16.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to expand the circle of opportunity?
Dialogue: 0,0:43:16.23,0:43:18.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shirley Malcolm: One of the things that really excited me about the first
Dialogue: 0,0:43:18.73,0:43:23.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,presentation was that when called upon to talk about
Dialogue: 0,0:43:23.87,0:43:26.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,performance of different groups, that there was the opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:43:26.93,0:43:30.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see that in fact that it had made a difference for all kids.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:30.83,0:43:36.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think that that is the real opportunity that is there.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:36.23,0:43:42.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obviously the real challenge is to make sure that the tools that
Dialogue: 0,0:43:42.17,0:43:45.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are needed are going to be available.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:45.87,0:43:50.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that these, the stubborn performance gap,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:50.70,0:43:54.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I will say it in all honesty,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:54.90,0:43:59.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this is an unusual situation to be able to report
Dialogue: 0,0:43:59.93,0:44:04.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,data such as Mooresville has reported.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:04.20,0:44:06.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In most cases, that's not what we're seeing.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:06.83,0:44:11.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're seeing a gap that persists and that just does not move.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:11.63,0:44:14.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so the question is why is that.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:14.80,0:44:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In part it is because we have thought about learning really as
Dialogue: 0,0:44:18.90,0:44:23.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only something that in fact happens in school all too often.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:23.77,0:44:28.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When in fact it happens or should happen everywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:28.27,0:44:31.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being able to have the technology allows you to do that
Dialogue: 0,0:44:31.53,0:44:36.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everywhere, you know, anywhere any time with the students.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:36.47,0:44:40.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think that that is a real promise and
Dialogue: 0,0:44:40.03,0:44:42.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a real opportunity.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:42.53,0:44:47.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Making sure that we in fact have the access that is available and
Dialogue: 0,0:44:47.43,0:44:52.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not differential expectations for students is really going to
Dialogue: 0,0:44:52.67,0:44:55.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be a challenge.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:55.33,0:45:01.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was happy to hear that in the cyber learning grants were
Dialogue: 0,0:45:01.50,0:45:04.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,included some which addressed issues related
Dialogue: 0,0:45:04.50,0:45:06.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to students with disabilities.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:06.77,0:45:10.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think that that's another access issue of a different
Dialogue: 0,0:45:10.77,0:45:15.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kind, but it is in fact an access issue and very happy
Dialogue: 0,0:45:15.07,0:45:21.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see that these kinds of things are being attended to.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:21.23,0:45:23.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tom Kalil: What do you think are the opportunities around
Dialogue: 0,0:45:23.77,0:45:27.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,professional development, particularly in STEM,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:27.10,0:45:28.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,science technology, engineering and math?
Dialogue: 0,0:45:28.83,0:45:31.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As you know this is a major priority for the President to
Dialogue: 0,0:45:31.97,0:45:34.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,move the United States from the middle to the top of the pack
Dialogue: 0,0:45:34.43,0:45:38.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over the next decade and certainly teacher quality
Dialogue: 0,0:45:38.20,0:45:40.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a major challenge in the STEM area.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:40.57,0:45:44.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what are some opportunities to harness technology in the
Dialogue: 0,0:45:44.80,0:45:48.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,area of professional development?
Dialogue: 0,0:45:48.10,0:45:53.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shirley Malcolm: I think that especially for teachers who are seeking
Dialogue: 0,0:45:53.07,0:45:55.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,professional education and professional experiences,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:55.70,0:45:58.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while at the same time they're in the classroom,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:58.93,0:46:05.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they need a place to be able to go and grab and get and learn
Dialogue: 0,0:46:05.20,0:46:07.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and update their content.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:07.73,0:46:11.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They need to be able to have access to hybrid learning
Dialogue: 0,0:46:11.20,0:46:13.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,opportunities, not just ones that depend on
Dialogue: 0,0:46:13.63,0:46:15.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,face-to-face contact.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:15.53,0:46:19.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they need to be able, I think just as many of the rest
Dialogue: 0,0:46:19.20,0:46:22.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of us, if they don't understand it the first time around to be
Dialogue: 0,0:46:22.63,0:46:25.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,able to go and revisit it time and time again until
Dialogue: 0,0:46:25.63,0:46:27.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they do understand it.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:27.10,0:46:29.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think that's one of the things that the technology can
Dialogue: 0,0:46:29.57,0:46:31.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually allow.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:31.50,0:46:35.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We did a small experiment basically driven by necessity
Dialogue: 0,0:46:35.57,0:46:38.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the fact that some of the teachers in a program that we
Dialogue: 0,0:46:38.63,0:46:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were running this summer could not, in fact,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:41.70,0:46:45.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of them couldn't be there at the same time,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:45.13,0:46:50.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we were able to incorporate a digital component with that
Dialogue: 0,0:46:50.70,0:46:54.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,face-to-face in-the-lab kind of aspect.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:54.90,0:46:58.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think that those kinds of opportunities that we really
Dialogue: 0,0:46:58.47,0:47:03.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have to explore how we're going to be able to move that and to
Dialogue: 0,0:47:03.90,0:47:10.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,use that in ways that are thoughtful to help teachers
Dialogue: 0,0:47:10.03,0:47:14.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have the tools that they need to address their learning and
Dialogue: 0,0:47:14.43,0:47:16.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their improvement.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:16.53,0:47:17.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tom Kalil: Great.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:17.87,0:47:22.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gabe, one of the things that Valve is doing is making your
Dialogue: 0,0:47:22.17,0:47:25.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,level editors available so that's going to really
Dialogue: 0,0:47:25.10,0:47:30.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,democratize both teachers and students being able to develop
Dialogue: 0,0:47:30.73,0:47:32.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,games for learning.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:32.83,0:47:36.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are some of the other things that you think the video
Dialogue: 0,0:47:36.27,0:47:43.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,game industry can and should do to support games as a powerful
Dialogue: 0,0:47:43.13,0:47:45.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tool for learning?
Dialogue: 0,0:47:45.03,0:47:47.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gabe Newell: Well, one of the things that we're doing is providing support
Dialogue: 0,0:47:47.40,0:47:49.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,materials for teachers.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:49.30,0:47:53.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there is a website that we've put up called "learning with
Dialogue: 0,0:47:53.30,0:48:00.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,portals.com" that will give teachers guides to how to use
Dialogue: 0,0:48:00.33,0:48:08.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in an educational situation the physics curricula and the tools
Dialogue: 0,0:48:08.17,0:48:10.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we're creating.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:10.50,0:48:13.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, just recognizing that you're part of that community
Dialogue: 0,0:48:13.03,0:48:19.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and connecting with giving them the ability to create -- you
Dialogue: 0,0:48:19.47,0:48:22.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,know, we're all used to social networking, well, but, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:22.67,0:48:24.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and most of the social networking environments there's
Dialogue: 0,0:48:24.43,0:48:26.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not this notion of a class, there's not this notion of
Dialogue: 0,0:48:26.63,0:48:28.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a teacher.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:28.33,0:48:31.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And those are easy things for us to add, you know, whether it's,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:31.50,0:48:38.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, an origin for EA or it's a battle net at blizzard,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:38.37,0:48:42.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it would be very helpful as we explore ways that
Dialogue: 0,0:48:42.77,0:48:45.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,entertainment software is complementary to educational
Dialogue: 0,0:48:45.17,0:48:50.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,experiences for other game developers to embed those
Dialogue: 0,0:48:50.90,0:48:54.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kinds of notions into their social networking systems.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:54.97,0:49:03.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tom Kalil: And are there ways in which you think that the industry could be
Dialogue: 0,0:49:03.17,0:49:07.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,incented to do these types of things from a commercial point
Dialogue: 0,0:49:07.40,0:49:09.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of view as opposed to just a, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:09.33,0:49:11.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,corporate social responsibility or
Dialogue: 0,0:49:11.13,0:49:12.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,philanthropical point of view?
Dialogue: 0,0:49:12.40,0:49:13.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gabe Newell: Well, absolutely.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:13.03,0:49:15.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, I'd sit down with Bobby Kodak at Activision or John
Dialogue: 0,0:49:15.67,0:49:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Riccitiello at Electronic Arts and just walk them through our
Dialogue: 0,0:49:18.90,0:49:22.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,experiences and what we've been learning, you know.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:22.23,0:49:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think there are tremendous opportunities to, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:25.00,0:49:27.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just commercial opportunities,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:27.20,0:49:29.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I think to better understand the businesses
Dialogue: 0,0:49:29.37,0:49:30.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we're already in.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:30.63,0:49:32.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, I mean, these are convergent problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:32.50,0:49:33.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tom Kalil: Right.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:33.10,0:49:37.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gabe Newell: If they learn how to help a student in a middle school
Dialogue: 0,0:49:37.23,0:49:39.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,understand fractions, they're probably going to find that
Dialogue: 0,0:49:39.93,0:49:43.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're better across the board at everything else that they're
Dialogue: 0,0:49:43.90,0:49:44.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:44.73,0:49:47.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think, you know, being better at this will help their bottom
Dialogue: 0,0:49:47.40,0:49:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,line in a very ongoing basis.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:51.10,0:49:52.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tom Kalil: Great. That's terrific.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:52.60,0:49:57.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, David, as you have worked on developing an innovation
Dialogue: 0,0:49:57.90,0:50:04.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ecosystem, what are some of the challenges that smaller
Dialogue: 0,0:50:04.40,0:50:07.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,companies, which is where a lot of the innovation occurs,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:07.50,0:50:12.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have reported to you as challenges associated with
Dialogue: 0,0:50:12.83,0:50:16.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,addressing the educational market and what are some of the
Dialogue: 0,0:50:16.50,0:50:19.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things that you think school districts could do to help
Dialogue: 0,0:50:19.47,0:50:21.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,address those barriers?
Dialogue: 0,0:50:21.27,0:50:24.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,David Weiner: One of the biggest barriers that we've heard people say
Dialogue: 0,0:50:24.03,0:50:25.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is simply access.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:25.73,0:50:28.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People don't know how to access the marketplace of schools.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:28.80,0:50:30.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very difficult to get in.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:30.33,0:50:31.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you can make a connection you may be able to get into
Dialogue: 0,0:50:31.80,0:50:32.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one school or two schools.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:32.77,0:50:38.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's really hard to actually be able to get access.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:38.57,0:50:41.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second thing is is this idea of piloting programs or having,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:41.43,0:50:44.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, some degree of research and design.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:44.17,0:50:47.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In education it's, you know, it's the "do no harm."
Dialogue: 0,0:50:47.77,0:50:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a nervousness that if we try something new it might
Dialogue: 0,0:50:50.50,0:50:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be worse than what we currently have.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:52.00,0:50:54.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And although what we currently have is not great,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:54.27,0:50:56.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're a little nervous it's going to go down.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:56.83,0:51:00.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we feel like that that actually is our responsibility
Dialogue: 0,0:51:00.13,0:51:01.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the district to actually, first of all,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:01.83,0:51:05.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,open up our environment to smaller developers,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:05.03,0:51:08.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,new people that want to get in, but also to pilot.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:08.63,0:51:12.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the things I think we recognize most clearly is we
Dialogue: 0,0:51:12.67,0:51:16.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have about 185 schools that are now in our iZone and we're going
Dialogue: 0,0:51:16.30,0:51:19.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up to 400 in two years, that some of the models that we
Dialogue: 0,0:51:19.07,0:51:21.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,create are not going to work.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:21.13,0:51:21.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tom Kalil: Right.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:21.73,0:51:24.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,David Weiner: They may be fine, and they may not, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:24.03,0:51:26.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they may not harm students, but they're not going to be those
Dialogue: 0,0:51:26.43,0:51:30.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,groundbreaking leaps forward that we actually need.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:30.47,0:51:34.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But our hope is that of the 400 schools that are trying out lots
Dialogue: 0,0:51:34.43,0:51:37.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of different technologies, and partnering with outside smaller
Dialogue: 0,0:51:37.33,0:51:41.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and larger entrepreneurs, that we will find enough in that to
Dialogue: 0,0:51:41.87,0:51:43.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dramatically be able to grow.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:43.30,0:51:46.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,School of One is a great example again because it's something
Dialogue: 0,0:51:46.10,0:51:47.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has worked well.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:47.27,0:51:49.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's at a school in Brooklyn right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:49.43,0:51:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're expanding to five new Schools of One sites in January
Dialogue: 0,0:51:53.00,0:51:55.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and actually seven additional ones in September.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:55.17,0:51:59.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So data that shows that some of these entrepreneurial,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:59.90,0:52:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these different types of ideas that are actually working,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:03.00,0:52:05.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we want to expand quickly and that ideas that aren't going to
Dialogue: 0,0:52:05.33,0:52:07.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,work we're going to close down as fast as we can.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:07.63,0:52:10.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And allowing smaller businesses, smaller groups to actually
Dialogue: 0,0:52:10.83,0:52:12.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,access and come into the schools,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:12.63,0:52:15.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be able to try things out and pilot things is really where we
Dialogue: 0,0:52:15.93,0:52:19.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,feel like we can have a lot of support and influence.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:19.80,0:52:24.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tom Kalil: So it seems like one of the ways in which large school districts
Dialogue: 0,0:52:24.20,0:52:27.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could help drive the market is to define, as you said,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:27.50,0:52:30.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some specific learning outcomes or specific problems that you're
Dialogue: 0,0:52:30.67,0:52:32.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,facing and saying, you know, if you could develop
Dialogue: 0,0:52:32.50,0:52:36.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a technology-enabled solution that would deliver the following
Dialogue: 0,0:52:36.33,0:52:40.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,results, and here is how we'd measure it,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:40.43,0:52:42.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then we would buy it.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:42.10,0:52:47.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So by being a more proactive voice of the customer,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:47.30,0:52:49.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you might be in a position of saying, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:49.13,0:52:52.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we don't want to just go out and buy a lot of technology for the
Dialogue: 0,0:52:52.67,0:52:55.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sake of technology, but we want to use it to solve a
Dialogue: 0,0:52:55.23,0:52:56.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,particular problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:56.57,0:53:01.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are there things like that that come to mind that could serve as
Dialogue: 0,0:53:01.17,0:53:06.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the basis for a pilot for how procurement could drive
Dialogue: 0,0:53:06.07,0:53:12.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,innovation to solve a particular learning challenge?
Dialogue: 0,0:53:12.90,0:53:15.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,David Weiner: Yeah, I mean, one of the challenges I think school
Dialogue: 0,0:53:15.20,0:53:18.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,districts, and New York City, I would say, is one of them,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:18.17,0:53:20.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has really been defining what those challenges are.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:20.10,0:53:21.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've done a bad job of saying, hey,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:21.47,0:53:23.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is the challenge we're facing,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:23.43,0:53:25.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether it's the achievement gap or supporting students with
Dialogue: 0,0:53:25.30,0:53:28.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disabilities or allowing students to access more
Dialogue: 0,0:53:28.33,0:53:31.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,curricula, we've done a poor job of doing that.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:31.17,0:53:34.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The innovation ecosystem, and again kind of coupled with
Dialogue: 0,0:53:34.63,0:53:37.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Digital Promise, we hope, will allow us to be able to say these
Dialogue: 0,0:53:37.90,0:53:39.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are some of the challenges we're facing.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:39.57,0:53:42.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's really important also is that we looked at all of
Dialogue: 0,0:53:42.77,0:53:45.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our different schools and some of our schools have
Dialogue: 0,0:53:45.10,0:53:47.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,different challenges.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:47.40,0:53:49.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the schools in the iZone right now is a school called
Dialogue: 0,0:53:49.53,0:53:53.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brooklyn Tech, it's one of our, one of our exam schools that is
Dialogue: 0,0:53:53.77,0:53:54.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a really high functioning school,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:54.80,0:53:57.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a Steiverson-type school so it really has
Dialogue: 0,0:53:57.23,0:53:58.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a top-level student.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:58.67,0:54:01.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, one of the challenges that we heard from their community
Dialogue: 0,0:54:01.03,0:54:04.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their parents were that -- it sounds crazy -- but juniors
Dialogue: 0,0:54:04.63,0:54:07.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and seniors in their schools, their schedules were so tight
Dialogue: 0,0:54:07.03,0:54:09.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they weren't able to access enough AP classes.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:09.23,0:54:11.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'm not sure any student wants to take seven or eight AP
Dialogue: 0,0:54:11.63,0:54:14.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,classes as a high school student but if there is a child that
Dialogue: 0,0:54:14.10,0:54:15.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,does it's going to be at Brooklyn Tech.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:15.97,0:54:18.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what we actually did is we actually built a digital
Dialogue: 0,0:54:18.47,0:54:21.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,platform to actually allow blended learning.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:21.57,0:54:23.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So students are now actually getting some of the learning
Dialogue: 0,0:54:23.43,0:54:25.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the classroom about half the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:25.40,0:54:27.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then half the time they're required to do it at home as
Dialogue: 0,0:54:27.40,0:54:29.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,part of, you know, homework and extended day.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:29.90,0:54:33.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This almost reminds me when I was in college and I had to do
Dialogue: 0,0:54:33.13,0:54:35.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some online work but we're really allowing our high school
Dialogue: 0,0:54:35.13,0:54:35.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,students to do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:35.97,0:54:39.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So whereas last year Brooklyn Tech seniors could only take
Dialogue: 0,0:54:39.67,0:54:41.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,five AP classes, they can now take seven.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:41.67,0:54:43.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:54:43.60,0:54:45.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not that again that I would encourage anyone to do that
Dialogue: 0,0:54:45.57,0:54:47.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they didn't want to, but that's something they could do.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:47.93,0:54:49.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the other end of the spectrum --
Dialogue: 0,0:54:49.57,0:54:50.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tom Kalil: That's a high class problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:50.97,0:54:53.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,David Weiner: Yes, yes, yes, but it is a problem that we're hoping to
Dialogue: 0,0:54:53.47,0:54:55.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,solve and that marketplace does.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:55.33,0:54:58.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And on the other end of the spectrum we have schools that
Dialogue: 0,0:54:58.17,0:54:59.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are called transfer schools.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:59.83,0:55:02.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And these schools are for students who have actually
Dialogue: 0,0:55:02.13,0:55:04.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dropped out of a traditional high school and they're trying
Dialogue: 0,0:55:04.67,0:55:06.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get reengaged.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:06.37,0:55:08.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we find is these kids come to us at 16, 17,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:08.83,0:55:12.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,18 years old with two credits, three credits, so, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:12.17,0:55:14.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's going to take them four, almost five more years to
Dialogue: 0,0:55:14.13,0:55:16.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually get through high school.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:16.53,0:55:18.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Traditionally we have been unable to provide more than
Dialogue: 0,0:55:18.93,0:55:21.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about five or six classes a year.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:21.07,0:55:24.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With our online platform now we are actually able to double and
Dialogue: 0,0:55:24.73,0:55:26.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually almost triple the number of classes a student
Dialogue: 0,0:55:26.67,0:55:27.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would be able to take in a year.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:27.83,0:55:29.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you're 17 years old and you have the credits of a 9th
Dialogue: 0,0:55:29.97,0:55:32.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,grader you can actually get through high school in two years
Dialogue: 0,0:55:32.17,0:55:34.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as long as you're committed and able to do learning inside the
Dialogue: 0,0:55:34.73,0:55:36.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,school day and outside of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:36.27,0:55:38.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It allows you to meet students who have
Dialogue: 0,0:55:38.33,0:55:39.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nontraditional schedules.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:39.93,0:55:42.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Students that have to work or raising a child,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:42.17,0:55:44.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we can actually work around their schedule.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:44.67,0:55:47.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tom Kalil: So you're trying to move towards competency-based assessment as
Dialogue: 0,0:55:47.53,0:55:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,opposed to how many hours were you in class?
Dialogue: 0,0:55:50.00,0:55:51.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,David Weiner: That's exactly right. That's exactly right.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:51.53,0:55:53.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we see it basically for all of our students.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:53.30,0:55:54.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Students, some of our top students,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:54.50,0:55:56.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of our students that are struggling the most,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:56.20,0:55:57.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all over the board.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:57.30,0:56:00.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we have defined these challenges and we have worked
Dialogue: 0,0:56:00.37,0:56:03.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with groups like SYSCO and Google and Apple to say these
Dialogue: 0,0:56:03.20,0:56:06.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are some of our challenges; we need to get credit accumulation
Dialogue: 0,0:56:06.27,0:56:09.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,faster in a competency-based manner and we need your help in
Dialogue: 0,0:56:09.43,0:56:10.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,figuring out how we can do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:10.67,0:56:12.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's really where we've been able to innovate.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:12.40,0:56:13.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tom Kalil: Right.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:13.13,0:56:16.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, Mark, you cited some really extraordinary figures in terms
Dialogue: 0,0:56:16.97,0:56:20.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the improvements that you've been able to make in student
Dialogue: 0,0:56:20.73,0:56:22.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learning outcomes.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:22.13,0:56:25.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And obviously, you know, there were probably a lot of things
Dialogue: 0,0:56:25.77,0:56:28.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that went into that, you know, leadership, parental engagement,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:28.87,0:56:31.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, teacher professional development.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:31.70,0:56:35.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what do you think were some of the key wins in terms of the
Dialogue: 0,0:56:35.07,0:56:38.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,role that technology-enabled learning played in that?
Dialogue: 0,0:56:38.27,0:56:40.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mark Edwards: Well, you know, one of the real exciting outcomes,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:40.90,0:56:44.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was kind of an unintended, is the level of collaboration that
Dialogue: 0,0:56:44.43,0:56:48.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,goes on after school, that goes on with teachers in the evening
Dialogue: 0,0:56:48.27,0:56:50.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on the weekends and from state to state and
Dialogue: 0,0:56:50.60,0:56:51.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,region to region.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:51.97,0:56:55.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there is this sense of a collaborative hum that occurs.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:55.43,0:56:58.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's this same type of excitement that is occurring
Dialogue: 0,0:56:58.33,0:57:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with teachers that we see with students.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:00.50,0:57:03.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think the relevance, the fact that it's relevant to the
Dialogue: 0,0:57:03.67,0:57:06.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,future rather than part of the past,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:06.60,0:57:09.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is driving our new teachers' energy and excitement.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:09.63,0:57:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I also think that when parents see this opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:57:13.00,0:57:16.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for children, that they're more inclined to be part of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:16.60,0:57:20.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're seeing in the evenings our teachers will engage with
Dialogue: 0,0:57:20.17,0:57:22.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,students on online discussion boards.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:22.30,0:57:26.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Last winter we were out for snow and we had semester
Dialogue: 0,0:57:26.20,0:57:27.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exams coming up.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:27.37,0:57:29.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we were on a time -- we had to move ahead.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:29.93,0:57:32.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But our teachers sent e-mails and we had hundreds of students
Dialogue: 0,0:57:32.77,0:57:35.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,online in the evening connecting with each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:35.80,0:57:39.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,connecting with their teachers preparing for this opportunity.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:39.53,0:57:41.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I think that there are huge dividends.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:41.83,0:57:45.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think with the Lead Innovative Schools, Terry Grier,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:45.27,0:57:47.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Superintendent of Houston ISD,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:47.10,0:57:49.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a good friend and colleague, we talk regularly.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:49.47,0:57:52.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, he's a district of 200,000 plus students,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:52.20,0:57:56.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the opportunity to connect locally across the nation,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:56.83,0:58:00.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,across the world, I think brings a level of excitement to the
Dialogue: 0,0:58:00.47,0:58:04.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,classroom that there's a new sense of opportunity for all.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:04.33,0:58:07.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For teachers and for students.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:07.60,0:58:10.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tom Kalil: Well, please join me in thanking what has been
Dialogue: 0,0:58:10.07,0:58:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an absolutely terrific panel.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:11.50,0:58:19.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:58:19.27,0:58:23.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we're going to go to the next phase of the program.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:23.50,0:58:27.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are going to be three breakout sessions.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:27.93,0:58:30.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone should know which breakout session they're
Dialogue: 0,0:58:30.93,0:58:36.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,supposed to go to and there will be people with signs telling you
Dialogue: 0,0:58:36.33,0:58:38.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where to go.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:38.03,0:58:42.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also want to introduce Adam Frankel who is -- Adam,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:42.07,0:58:43.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stand up.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:43.40,0:58:44.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Please join me in thanking Adam.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:44.67,0:58:47.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:58:47.80,0:58:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is really going to require an all-hands-on-deck
Dialogue: 0,0:58:52.00,0:58:56.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,effort, so please talk to Adam if you're interested in talking
Dialogue: 0,0:58:56.87,0:58:59.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about how you can get involved, how your organization can get
Dialogue: 0,0:58:59.50,0:59:03.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,involved in making the Digital Promise a reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:03.40,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you!