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EMPOWERING THE 21ST CENTURY STUDENT
THROUGH MEDIA STUDIESESTHER WOJCICKI
PALO ALTO HIGH SCHOOLV.CHAIR CREATIVE COMMONS
600+ students ELECT to take MEDIA STUDIES
PROJECT BASED LEARNING IN THE LANGUAGE ARTS
TEN different publicationsat Palo Alto High 2012
– Campanile (full sized newspaper) 28 pages every 2-3 weeks
– InFocus television program (1998) (daily)– Verde Newsmagazine (2000) (80 pages every 6 weeks)– Voice (2003) website updated daily– Viking Sports Magazine (2007) 80 pages every 6 weeks– Calliope Literary Magazine yearly– Madrono Yearbook– Video Production (1995) producing videos– Agora Foreign Affairs (2012)– C Magazine (arts) (2012)
ALL PUBLICATIONS ARE SELF SUPPORTING
STUDENTS SELL ADVERTISING
WHAT IS THE KEY TO ENGAGING KIDS?
KEYS TO EMPOWERING STUDENTS --TRICK
• 1. TRUST• 2. RESPECT • 3. INDEPENDENCE• 4. COLLABORATION• 5. KINDNESS
PARENTS ARE THE FIRST TEACHERS
• 1. TRUST• 2. RESPECT • 3. INDEPENDENCE• 4. COLLABORATION• 5. KINDNESS
• TRICK STARTS AT HOME
BLOCK: LACK OF TRUST
• AMERICA DOESN’T TRUST TEACHERS• PARENTS DON’T TRUST THEIR KIDS• TEACHERS DON’T TRUST KIDS• KIDS DON’T BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES
Dropout rate is 35%
Reasons for dropping out
• LACK OF TRICK• School not relevant to real world
• Difficult home life• Economic issues
• Other ways to learn
Never before have so many people had access to so
much information
everyone can access information
24/7
But, many schools today look like schools 100 years ago
TEACHERS SHOULD SEE THE WEB AS SUPPORT NOT AS COMPETITION
SO WHAT KIND OF ACTION CAN YOU
TAKE TO HELP?
FORGET BLAMING TEACHERS
SUPPORT TEACHERS
HELP Schools of Education CHANGE
Teachers need to learn to use tech in the classroom
SUPPORT TECHNOLOGY TRAINING FOR TEACHERS
• Only 13% of teachers say they are receiving the professional development they need to effectively use technology
resources
SUPPORT BLENDED LEARNING
BLENDED LEARNING50% lecture
50% Project based learning or self directed online learning
Great Example:
HIGH TECH HIGH IN SAN DIEGO
11 schools and a graduate school of education
PROJECTS IN MATH
PROJECTS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
Projects in Science
Projects in Language Arts
MEDIA STUDIES
PROJECT BASED CURRICULUM FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
What do students learn in MEDIA STUDIES?
The three C’sTony Wagner (Harvard U)
1.CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS2.COLLABORATION SKILLS3. COMUNICATION SKILLS
MEDIA STUDIES IS RELEVANT TO THE REAL WORLD
Writing Interviewing Art
Thinking Photography
Computers Internet Civics
Technology
Social skills Deadlines
Teamwork Passion
Collaboration Advertising
Budgeting Marketing
Media Arts
Brings the community into the classroom
Brings the classroom into the community
CAN THIS TYPE OF EDUCATION BE SCALED?
CALL TO ACTION
SUPPORT POLICIES THAT
TREAT TEACHERS WITHTRUST & RESPECT
CHANGE THE CULTURE OF THE CLASSROOM
