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Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.25,0:00:11.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hi, my name is Ilana Vines,\Nand I go to the Emery/Weiner School.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.42,0:00:14.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I like to think of myself\Nas a pretty well-rounded person.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.60,0:00:15.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am an okay student.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.95,0:00:19.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm an exceptionally hard worker\Nif I say so myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.03,0:00:20.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I play basketball.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.46,0:00:22.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I like to think of myself\Nas pretty creative.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.92,0:00:25.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like everyone, we all have\Nstrengths and weaknesses,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.73,0:00:28.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some more easily recognized than others.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.26,0:00:31.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, when you see someone\Nwho's in a wheelchair,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.10,0:00:33.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first thing you see\Nis a weakness of theirs.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.50,0:00:36.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But let's say you see someone\Nwho's not in a wheelchair -
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.20,0:00:37.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let's use me as an example.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.70,0:00:40.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may not see someone\Nwho gets distracted easily.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.44,0:00:44.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For some people, they may have a unique\Nquality that can be looked as a weakness.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.91,0:00:49.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, not being able to work\Nin a normal learning environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.11,0:00:52.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,School systems have worked incredibly hard\Nto provide a good education
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.99,0:00:55.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for kids to take on\Nand go and do exceptional things.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.91,0:00:57.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, there's one flaw.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.97,0:01:00.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It only accommodates\Nto one kind of learner.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.59,0:01:04.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Classes are structured on that one\Nlearner's strenghts and weaknesses.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.67,0:01:08.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By doing this, you're helping\Na lot of students, but not all.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.16,0:01:10.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why can't the other kids\Nhave the same advantage?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.22,0:01:15.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So far, the only solution\NI've seen to this problem is one thing -
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.11,0:01:17.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One thing that seems like they're helping,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.13,0:01:19.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but actually doing nothing\Nto help the situation.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.75,0:01:23.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The solution schools have come up with\Nis to group all the other kids together
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.42,0:01:25.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that don't learn like everyone else.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.46,0:01:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By doing this, you're saying
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.80,0:01:30.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they have more in common with each other\Nthan with the other students.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.12,0:01:33.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what if there was another way, a way\Nfor all kids to learn at their on pace?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.16,0:01:35.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The idea I came up with
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.71,0:01:39.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to allow the student to decide\Nhow they get the information.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.15,0:01:41.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, the child decides.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.68,0:01:44.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Research shows that kids\Ndo tremendously better in college.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.70,0:01:45.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They do better
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.70,0:01:48.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they pick and choose\Ntheir own classes.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.34,0:01:50.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, this makes so much more sense.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.32,0:01:52.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one knows you better than you.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.76,0:01:55.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not saying we get to pick\Nour classes and what we learn.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.58,0:01:58.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm just saying we get to choose\Nhow we get the information.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.70,0:02:01.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, if a child has ADHD,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.71,0:02:04.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead of putting him or her\Nin a separate learning environment,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.76,0:02:07.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why not letting the child decide\Nhow they learn better
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.28,0:02:09.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the teacher helps them from there?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.85,0:02:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So far, in the United Kingdom,\Nthey're already using this idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.40,0:02:15.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They call it PLE,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.15,0:02:17.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Personalised Learning Environments.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.46,0:02:18.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,PLEs are environments
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.75,0:02:21.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which individual learners\Nand groups of learners
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.15,0:02:26.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can access a range of tools and resources\Nfor personalised learning activities.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.69,0:02:30.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By doing this, you are not separating\Nthe child from the rest of the classmates.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.46,0:02:33.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are also putting the child\Non a path of academic success.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.84,0:02:36.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right now, they're being prepared\Nbecause when they go to college,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.94,0:02:38.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they will know exactly what to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.99,0:02:40.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.10,0:02:42.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)