assembly line model with children

sitting neatly in columns and rows.

They receive each predetermined subject and

are drilled to demonstrate knowledge.

Rote memorization...(audio fades)

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My goal is to become a career firefighter and

you know hopefully be someone in the business.

Um, but even if they're not going into

that, communication, respect, confidence,

working together as part of the team, you know

all of those are huge things that they're going

to get out of this course.

The students are solving authentic problems

global challenges and integrating three years

of science three years of mathematics

and technology and engineering. We've got kids

with all kinds of ability levels and

different experiences here.

They're thinking and they're doing and that's it's

incredible to see that.

With cybersecurity classes and

networking classes what I like about

them is that the information that I

learn is often coupled with these

real-life situations and a lot of

hands-on application that we do in class.

This helps us because you have to know

how to work with people that you're not

used to working and that helps with

your communication skills.

So today we're doing a project about all

these kinds of different issues kind of

around the world. My group in particular

is doing political corruption around the world.

Um, it's just a lot of working together and

like you know kind of whoever you get

with you can have to make it work.

I think one application of student

portfolio is that it increases student

engagement with material and you can see

their growth set in any content

area that they select to do a project in.

I think it helps us stay connected as

a class because we do have like Google

classroom and they can, it helps us with

like warm ups and stuff so it helps

students stay engaged.

You have a lot of people who have

different ideas, different backgrounds, different

mindsets working together to make one product.

So, aside from the technical knowledge

you'll gain, you also gain the ability to

learn how to work in a group and

accomplish one goal.

Geometry and physics

Learn and listen

Learn very practical skills

I do expect them to try and to

fail and try again.

The best teachers

connect learning to the outside world.

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