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

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

• Esther@creativecommons.org