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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have been teaching for a long time,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.00,0:00:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in doing so
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.00,0:00:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have acquired a body of knowledge about kids and learning
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.00,0:00:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I really wish more people would understand
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.00,0:00:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the potential of students.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.00,0:00:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1931, my grandmother --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.00,0:00:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bottom left for you guys over here --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.00,0:00:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,graduated from the eighth grade.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.00,0:00:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She went to school to get the information
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.00,0:00:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that's where the information lived.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.00,0:00:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was in the books; it was inside the teacher's head;
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.00,0:00:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she needed to go there to get the information,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.00,0:00:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that's how you learned.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.00,0:00:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fast-forward a generation:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.00,0:00:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is the one-room schoolhouse, Oak Grove,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.00,0:00:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where my father went to a one-room schoolhouse.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.00,0:00:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he again had to travel to the school
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.00,0:00:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get the information from the teacher,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.00,0:00:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stored it in the only portable memory he has, which is inside his own head,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.00,0:00:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and take it with him,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.00,0:00:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that is how information was being transported
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.00,0:00:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from teacher to student and then used in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.00,0:00:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was a kid,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.00,0:00:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had a set of encyclopedias at my house.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.00,0:00:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was purchased the year I was born,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.00,0:01:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was extraordinary,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.00,0:01:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I did not have to wait to go to the library to get to the information.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.00,0:01:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The information was inside my house
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.00,0:01:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was awesome.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.00,0:01:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was different
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.00,0:01:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than either generation had experienced before,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.00,0:01:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it changed the way I interacted with information
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.00,0:01:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even at just a small level.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.00,0:01:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the information was closer to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.00,0:01:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could get access to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.00,0:01:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the time that passes
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.00,0:01:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between when I was a kid in high school
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.00,0:01:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when I started teaching,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.00,0:01:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we really see the advent of the Internet.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.00,0:01:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right about the time that the Internet gets going
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.00,0:01:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as an educational tool,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.00,0:01:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I take off from Wisconsin
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.00,0:01:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and move to Kansas, small town Kansas,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.00,0:01:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I had an opportunity to teach
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.00,0:01:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a lovely, small-town,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.00,0:01:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rural Kansas school district,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.00,0:01:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I was teaching my favorite subject,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.00,0:01:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,American government.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.00,0:01:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My first year -- super gung-ho -- going to teach American government,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.00,0:01:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,loved the political system.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.00,0:01:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kids in the 12th grade:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.00,0:01:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not exactly all that enthusiastic
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.00,0:01:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the American government system.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.00,0:01:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Year two: learned a few things -- had to change my tactic.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.00,0:02:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I put in front of them an authentic experience
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.00,0:02:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that allowed them to learn for themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.00,0:02:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't tell them what to do or how to do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.00,0:02:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I posed a problem in front of them,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.00,0:02:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was to put on an election forum for their own community.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.00,0:02:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They produced flyers. They called offices.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.00,0:02:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They checked schedules. They were meeting with secretaries.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.00,0:02:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They produced an election forum booklet
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.00,0:02:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the entire town to learn more about their candidates.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.00,0:02:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They invited everyone into the school
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.00,0:02:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for an evening of conversation
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.00,0:02:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about government and politics
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.00,0:02:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and whether or not the streets were done well,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.00,0:02:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and really had this robust experiential learning.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.00,0:02:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The older teachers -- more experienced --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.00,0:02:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looked at me and went,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.00,0:02:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, there she is. That's so cute. She's trying to get that done."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.00,0:02:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.00,0:02:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"She doesn't know what she's in for."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.00,0:02:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I knew that the kids would show up,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.00,0:02:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I believed it,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.00,0:02:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I told them every week what I expected out of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.00,0:02:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that night, all 90 kids --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.00,0:02:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dressed appropriately, doing their job, owning it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.00,0:02:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to just sit and watch.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.00,0:02:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was theirs. It was experiential. It was authentic.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.00,0:03:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It meant something to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.00,0:03:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they will step up.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.00,0:03:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From Kansas, I moved on to lovely Arizona,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.00,0:03:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I taught in Flagstaff for a number of years,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.00,0:03:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this time with middle school students.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.00,0:03:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Luckily, I didn't have to teach them American government.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.00,0:03:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Could teach them the more exciting topic of geography.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.00,0:03:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, "thrilled" to learn.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.00,0:03:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what was interesting
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.00,0:03:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about this position I found myself in in Arizona,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.00,0:03:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was I had this really
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.00,0:03:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,extraordinarily eclectic group of kids to work with
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.00,0:03:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a truly public school,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.00,0:03:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we got to have these moments where we would get these opportunities.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.00,0:03:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.00,0:03:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was we got to go and meet Paul Rusesabagina,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.00,0:03:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is the gentleman
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.00,0:03:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the movie "Hotel Rwanda" is based after.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.00,0:03:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he was going to speak at the high school next door to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.00,0:03:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We could walk there. We didn't even have to pay for the buses.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.00,0:03:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was no expense cost. Perfect field trip.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.00,0:03:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The problem then becomes
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.00,0:03:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how do you take seventh- and eighth-graders to a talk about genocide
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.00,0:03:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and deal with the subject in a way
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.00,0:03:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is responsible and respectful,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.00,0:03:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they know what to do with it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.00,0:04:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we chose to look at Paul Rusesabagina
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.00,0:04:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as an example of a gentleman
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.00,0:04:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who singularly used his life to do something positive.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.00,0:04:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I then challenged the kids to identify
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.00,0:04:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,someone in their own life, or in their own story, or in their own world,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.00,0:04:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they could identify that had done a similar thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.00,0:04:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I asked them to produce a little movie about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.00,0:04:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the first time we'd done this.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.00,0:04:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody really knew how to make these little movies on the computer,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.00,0:04:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they were into it. And I asked them to put their own voice over it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.00,0:04:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the most awesome moment of revelation
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.00,0:04:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that when you ask kids to use their own voice
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.00,0:04:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ask them to speak for themselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.00,0:04:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what they're willing to share.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.00,0:04:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The last question of the assignment is:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.00,0:04:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how do you plan to use your life
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.00,0:04:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to positively impact other people?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.00,0:04:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The things that kids will say
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.00,0:04:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you ask them and take the time to listen
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.00,0:04:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is extraordinary.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.00,0:04:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fast-forward to Pennsylvania, where I find myself today.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.00,0:04:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I teach at the Science Leadership Academy,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.00,0:04:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is a partnership school between the Franklin Institute
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.00,0:05:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the school district of Philadelphia.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.00,0:05:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are a nine through 12 public school,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.00,0:05:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we do school quite differently.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.00,0:05:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I moved there primarily
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.00,0:05:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be part of a learning environment
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.00,0:05:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that validated the way that I knew that kids learned,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.00,0:05:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that really wanted to investigate
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.00,0:05:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what was possible
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.00,0:05:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you are willing to let go
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.00,0:05:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of some of the paradigms of the past,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.00,0:05:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of information scarcity when my grandmother was in school
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.00,0:05:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when my father was in school and even when I was in school,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.00,0:05:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to a moment when we have information surplus.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.00,0:05:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what do you do when the information is all around you?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.00,0:05:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why do you have kids come to school
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.00,0:05:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they no longer have to come there to get the information?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.00,0:05:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Philadelphia we have a one-to-one laptop program,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.00,0:05:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so the kids are bringing in laptops with them everyday,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.00,0:05:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taking them home, getting access to information.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.00,0:05:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here's the thing that you need to get comfortable with
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.00,0:05:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you've given the tool
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.00,0:05:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to acquire information to students,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.00,0:05:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that you have to be comfortable with this idea
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.00,0:05:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of allowing kids to fail
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.00,0:05:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as part of the learning process.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.00,0:06:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We deal right now in the educational landscape
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.00,0:06:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with an infatuation
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.00,0:06:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the culture of one right answer
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.00,0:06:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can be properly bubbled on the average multiple choice test,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.00,0:06:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I am here to share with you:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.00,0:06:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is not learning.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.00,0:06:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the absolute wrong thing to ask,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.00,0:06:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to tell kids to never be wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.00,0:06:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To ask them to always have the right answer
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.00,0:06:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't allow them to learn.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.00,0:06:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we did this project,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.00,0:06:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is one of the artifacts of the project.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.00,0:06:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I almost never show them off
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.00,0:06:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of the issue of the idea of failure.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.00,0:06:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My students produced these info-graphics
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.00,0:06:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a result of a unit that we decided to do at the end of the year
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.00,0:06:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,responding to the oil spill.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.00,0:06:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I asked them to take the examples that we were seeing
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.00,0:06:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the info-graphics that existed
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.00,0:06:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a lot of mass media,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.00,0:06:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and take a look at what were the interesting components of it,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.00,0:06:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and produce one for themselves
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.00,0:06:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a different man-made disaster from American history.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.00,0:06:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they had certain criteria to do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.00,0:06:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were a little uncomfortable with it,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.00,0:06:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we'd never done this before, and they didn't know exactly how to do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.00,0:06:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can talk -- they're very smooth,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.00,0:07:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they can write very, very well,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.00,0:07:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but asking them to communicate ideas in a different way
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.00,0:07:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was a little uncomfortable for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.00,0:07:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I gave them the room to just do the thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.00,0:07:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go create. Go figure it out.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.00,0:07:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's see what we can do.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.00,0:07:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the student that persistently
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.00,0:07:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,turns out the best visual product did not disappoint.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.00,0:07:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was done in like two or three days.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.00,0:07:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is the work of the student that consistently did it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.00,0:07:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I sat the students down, I said, "Who's got the best one?"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.00,0:07:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they immediately went, "There it is."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.00,0:07:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Didn't read anything. "There it is."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.00,0:07:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I said, "Well what makes it great?"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.00,0:07:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they're like, "Oh, the design's good, and he's using good color.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.00,0:07:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's some ... " And they went through all that we processed out loud.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.00,0:07:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I said, "Go read it."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.00,0:07:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they're like, "Oh, that one wasn't so awesome."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.00,0:07:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then we went to another one --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.00,0:07:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it didn't have great visuals, but it had great information --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.00,0:07:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and spent an hour talking about the learning process,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.00,0:07:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it wasn't about whether or not it was perfect,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.00,0:07:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or whether or not it was what I could create.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.00,0:07:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It asked them to create for themselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.00,0:07:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it allowed them to fail,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.00,0:08:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,process, learn from.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.00,0:08:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when we do another round of this in my class this year,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.00,0:08:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they will do better this time,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.00,0:08:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because learning
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.00,0:08:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has to include an amount of failure,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.00,0:08:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because failure is instructional
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.00,0:08:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the process.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.00,0:08:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are a million pictures
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.00,0:08:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I could click through here,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.00,0:08:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and had to choose carefully -- this is one of my favorites --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.00,0:08:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of students learning,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.00,0:08:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what learning can look like
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.00,0:08:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a landscape where we let go of the idea
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.00,0:08:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that kids have to come to school to get the information,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.00,0:08:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but instead, ask them what they can do with it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.00,0:08:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ask them really interesting questions.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.00,0:08:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They will not disappoint.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.00,0:08:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ask them to go to places,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.00,0:08:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see things for themselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.00,0:08:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to actually experience the learning,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.00,0:08:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to play, to inquire.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.00,0:08:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is one of my favorite photos,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.00,0:08:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because this was taken on Tuesday,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.00,0:08:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I asked the students to go to the polls.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.00,0:08:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Robbie, and this was his first day of voting,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.00,0:08:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he wanted to share that with everybody and do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.00,0:08:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this is learning too,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.00,0:09:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we asked them to go out into real spaces.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.00,0:09:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The main point
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.00,0:09:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that, if we continue to look at education
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.00,0:09:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as if it's about coming to school
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.00,0:09:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get the information
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.00,0:09:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not about experiential learning,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.00,0:09:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,empowering student voice and embracing failure,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.00,0:09:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're missing the mark.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.00,0:09:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And everything that everybody is talking about today
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.00,0:09:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,isn't possible if we keep having an educational system
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.00,0:09:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that does not value these qualities,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.00,0:09:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we won't get there with a standardized test,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.00,0:09:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we won't get there with a culture of one right answer.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.00,0:09:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know how to do this better,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.00,0:09:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's time to do better.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.00,0:09:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)