PRICE TRENDS.

>>> STUDENTS IN A NORTHWEST SIDE

NAG NET SCHOOL IS GETTING LESSON

TO TO BUILD ROBOTS IN THE FIRST

GRADE, MERGING TECHNOLOGY WITH

EDUCATION.

AND AS BRANDIS FRIEDMAN REPORTS

IT IS HELPING THEM GET THE MOST

OUT OF A LONGER SCHOOL DAY.

>> WE INVENTED THEM.

>> Reporter: THESE SIX-YEAR-OLDS

MAY NOT HAVE ACTUALLY INVENTED

ROBOTS BUT TEACHERS HERE IN

WILDWOOD MAGNET SCHOOL SAYS IT

IS GOOD THEY THINK THEY DID.

>> YOU TAKE IT ON THE TRICK

TAPE.

YOU NEED WIRES.

AND YOU PUT ON THE BATTERY.

>> Reporter: BECAUSE TAKING

OWNERSHIP OF THEIR LEARNS IS

CENTRAL TO THE EXPERIENCE IN

CHICAGO'S NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE ARE TRYING TO ADOPT A STUDENT

DRIVEN INQUIRY AND LEARNING AND

OWNERSHIP OF LEARNING.

>> Reporter: FOR THESE FIRST

GRADERS THAT MEANS BUILDING

ROBOTS AND LIGHTS.

8th GRADERS ARE BURIED IN THAT

LAB TOPS BUILDING WEBSITES AND

THESE FOURTH GRADERS ARE

STUDYING BILLIONAIRES.

DO YOU KNOW WHO WARREN BUFFET

WAS?

>> NO.

>> NOW DO YOU KNOW?

>> I THOUGHT HE WAS A NORMAL

GUY.

>> WHAT DO YOU THINK NOW?

>> HE IS AN INVESTOR AND VERY

IMPORTANT.

HE GIVES A LOT OF MONEY TO

CHARITY.

>> HE HAS ABOUT $20 BILLION.

MORE THAN BILL GATES.

>> THEY HAVE TO PROVE IT BY

PRESENTEDDING WHAT THEY KNOW AT

THE SCHOOL'S FAIR.

WE HAVE GIVEN THEM A MENU OF:S

TO CHOSE FROM.

YOU CAN PRESENT WHAT BOARD, OR

PREPT WITH AN i-PAD, SO WE

ENCOURAGE THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY

HERE AT WILDWOOD.

STUDENT ARE RARELY FOUND AT

THEIR DESKS RATHER THAN

SUBJECTS, THE CON TEMPERATURE IS

NEXTEDDING TO MP IN THE CASE OF

THE FOURTH GRADE MILLIONAIRES

THEY ARE LEARNING MATH AND

SOCIAL STUDIES, RESEARCH AND

COLLABORATION.

SPEAKING AND LISTENING.

>> HE WAS A ROLE MODEL IN THE

WORLD AND HE HELPED A LOT OF

PEOPLE.

AND THEN WE CAN DO THAT WHEN WE

GET OLDER.

WE DON'T HAVE TO BE RICH BUT

WEEKEND HELP THE WORLD AND BE

GREAT ROLE MODELS.

THEY HAVE TO DM STRAIGHT THEY

HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF

RESPONSIBLE FINANCIAL

MANAGEMENT.

SPENDING AND SAVING WISELY.

WHAT I WANT TO SEE FROM THEM IS

WHAT THEY ARE LEARNING FROM

THESE PEOPLE NOT JUST BECAUSE

THEY HAVE A LOT OF MONEY BUT HOW

ARE THEY LOOKING AT THEM AT ROLE

MODELS FOR THE KID AND WHAT THEY

WILL DO WITH THEIR LEARNING.

>> Reporter: AND TECHNOLOGY

PLAYS A BIG PART.

>> WHERE DID YOU FIND THE

PICTURES?

>> GOOGLE IMAGES.

>> Reporter: IT IS CALLED

BLENDED LEARNING AND IT IS WHY

THEY SOUGHT OUT THE HELP OF THE

CHICAGO PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND.

>> IF WE WANT STUDENTS TO MEET

THOSE EXPECTATIONS 2004 GIVE

THEM AND THEIR TEACHERS THESE

TOOLS TO BE ABLE TO MEET THEM.

TECHNOLOGY IS ONE OF THE GREAT

AND AVAILABLE TOOLS OUT THERE

FOR US.

AND BY BLNDING IT TEACHERS CAN

TAKE A CLASSROOM OF 30 STUDENT

AT DIFFERENT LEVELS AND BEGIN TO

MEET THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS.

SO USING TECHNOLOGY SMARTLY THEY

CAN SEE WHERE EACH INDIVIDUAL

STUDENT IS AGAINST A PARTICULAR

TOPIC.

AND THEY CAN PUT THOSE STUDENTS

IN DIFFERENT KINDS OF GROUPS TO

HELP ADVANCE THEM AT THE PACE

THAT MAKES IT FOR THEM.

>> Reporter: THE SCHOOL IS

WORKING THROUGH HOW TO BEST USE

ITS OVERCROWDED SPACE AND HELP

STUDENTS TIE TECHNOLOGY TO WHAT

THEY LEARN IN CLASS.

SWH OF FUNDING ARRIVED JUST AS

THE LONGER SCHOOL DAY WAS BEING

IMT PLEMTED IN ALL OF CHICAGO'S

SCHOOLS.

>> IN THE LOWER GRADES WE JUST

BUILT WHAT WE CALLED MYRTLE

TIME, MEDIA QUISHY, AND THAT WAS

A CHANCE TO WORK ON SOME

PROJECTS THAT THEY ARE GETTING

IN THE CONTACT AREAS.

AND PUTTING UP TIME FOR MORE

READING AND THE BIGGEST THING IS

SUPPORT YOUR LEARNERS WHO ARE

STRUGGLING.

>> Reporter: THAT TECHNOLOGY

ALLOWS FOR MORE PROJECT BASED

HANDS-ON LEARNS BECAUSE STUDENTS

WORK AT THEIR OWN LEVELS.

>> WE KNOW WHAT PEOPLE NEED IN

THIS ECONOMY IS THEY NEED TO, WE

ARE COMPETING AGAINST PEOPLE WHO

HAVE MASTER'S DEGREES WHO WILL

WORK FOR CHEAPER THAN WHAT OUR

WORK FORCE WILL WORK FOR.

WE HAVE TO EQUIP KIDS WITH THE

CAPACITY OF COMPETING IN THE

GREBAL ECONOMY.

AND COMPETING IN JOBS THAT

MATTER.

>> Reporter: AND IT FITS IN WITH

WHAT STUDENT ARE REQUIRED TO

DEMONSTRATE UNDER THE COMMON

CORE STATE STANDARDS.

REALLY IT IS PUTTING OUT THERE

WHAT IS EXPECTED, NOT THE COMMON

CORE BUT IN THE REAL WORLD.

I SPEND MOST OF MY DAY

EVERYTHING TO FIGURE OUT HAVING

TO TAKE DIFFERENT IDEAS AND

COMMUNICATE THEM TO OTHER

PEOPLE, DEFEND THEM, IN SOME

CASES AND WE ARE GIVING STUDENTS

THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN NOW DID

THAT IN A VERY SAFE ENVIRONMENT

OF SCHOOL.

THE HOPE IS THESE STUDENT WILL

BE BETTER PREPARED FOR HIGH

SCHOOL AND WHATEVER ELSE COMES

THEIR WAY.

FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT, I'M BRANDIS

FRIEDMAN.

>>> WILDWOOD IS VASTLY

OVERCROWDED AND MORE THAN 1