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PRICE TRENDS.

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>>> STUDENTS IN A NORTHWEST SIDE

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NAG NET SCHOOL IS GETTING LESSON

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TO TO BUILD ROBOTS IN THE FIRST

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GRADE, MERGING TECHNOLOGY WITH

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EDUCATION.

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AND AS BRANDIS FRIEDMAN REPORTS

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IT IS HELPING THEM GET THE MOST

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OUT OF A LONGER SCHOOL DAY.

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>> WE INVENTED THEM.

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>> Reporter: THESE SIX-YEAR-OLDS

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MAY NOT HAVE ACTUALLY INVENTED

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ROBOTS BUT TEACHERS HERE IN

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WILDWOOD MAGNET SCHOOL SAYS IT

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IS GOOD THEY THINK THEY DID.

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>> YOU TAKE IT ON THE TRICK

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TAPE.

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YOU NEED WIRES.

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AND YOU PUT ON THE BATTERY.

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>> Reporter: BECAUSE TAKING

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OWNERSHIP OF THEIR LEARNS IS

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CENTRAL TO THE EXPERIENCE IN

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CHICAGO'S NEIGHBORHOOD.

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WE ARE TRYING TO ADOPT A STUDENT

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DRIVEN INQUIRY AND LEARNING AND

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OWNERSHIP OF LEARNING.

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>> Reporter: FOR THESE FIRST

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GRADERS THAT MEANS BUILDING

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ROBOTS AND LIGHTS.

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8th GRADERS ARE BURIED IN THAT

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LAB TOPS BUILDING WEBSITES AND

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THESE FOURTH GRADERS ARE

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STUDYING BILLIONAIRES.

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DO YOU KNOW WHO WARREN BUFFET

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WAS?

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>> NO.

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>> NOW DO YOU KNOW?

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>> I THOUGHT HE WAS A NORMAL

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GUY.

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>> WHAT DO YOU THINK NOW?

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>> HE IS AN INVESTOR AND VERY

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IMPORTANT.

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HE GIVES A LOT OF MONEY TO

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CHARITY.

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>> HE HAS ABOUT $20 BILLION.

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MORE THAN BILL GATES.

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>> THEY HAVE TO PROVE IT BY

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PRESENTEDDING WHAT THEY KNOW AT

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THE SCHOOL'S FAIR.

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WE HAVE GIVEN THEM A MENU OF:S

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TO CHOSE FROM.

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YOU CAN PRESENT WHAT BOARD, OR

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PREPT WITH AN i-PAD, SO WE

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ENCOURAGE THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY

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HERE AT WILDWOOD.

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STUDENT ARE RARELY FOUND AT

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THEIR DESKS RATHER THAN

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SUBJECTS, THE CON TEMPERATURE IS

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NEXTEDDING TO MP IN THE CASE OF

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THE FOURTH GRADE MILLIONAIRES

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THEY ARE LEARNING MATH AND

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SOCIAL STUDIES, RESEARCH AND

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COLLABORATION.

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SPEAKING AND LISTENING.

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>> HE WAS A ROLE MODEL IN THE

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WORLD AND HE HELPED A LOT OF

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PEOPLE.

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AND THEN WE CAN DO THAT WHEN WE

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GET OLDER.

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WE DON'T HAVE TO BE RICH BUT

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WEEKEND HELP THE WORLD AND BE

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GREAT ROLE MODELS.

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THEY HAVE TO DM STRAIGHT THEY

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HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF

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RESPONSIBLE FINANCIAL

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MANAGEMENT.

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SPENDING AND SAVING WISELY.

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WHAT I WANT TO SEE FROM THEM IS

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WHAT THEY ARE LEARNING FROM

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THESE PEOPLE NOT JUST BECAUSE

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THEY HAVE A LOT OF MONEY BUT HOW

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ARE THEY LOOKING AT THEM AT ROLE

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MODELS FOR THE KID AND WHAT THEY

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WILL DO WITH THEIR LEARNING.

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>> Reporter: AND TECHNOLOGY

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PLAYS A BIG PART.

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>> WHERE DID YOU FIND THE

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PICTURES?

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>> GOOGLE IMAGES.

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>> Reporter: IT IS CALLED

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BLENDED LEARNING AND IT IS WHY

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THEY SOUGHT OUT THE HELP OF THE

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CHICAGO PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND.

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>> IF WE WANT STUDENTS TO MEET

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THOSE EXPECTATIONS 2004 GIVE

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THEM AND THEIR TEACHERS THESE

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TOOLS TO BE ABLE TO MEET THEM.

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TECHNOLOGY IS ONE OF THE GREAT

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AND AVAILABLE TOOLS OUT THERE

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FOR US.

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AND BY BLNDING IT TEACHERS CAN

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TAKE A CLASSROOM OF 30 STUDENT

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AT DIFFERENT LEVELS AND BEGIN TO

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MEET THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS.

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SO USING TECHNOLOGY SMARTLY THEY

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CAN SEE WHERE EACH INDIVIDUAL

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STUDENT IS AGAINST A PARTICULAR

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TOPIC.

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AND THEY CAN PUT THOSE STUDENTS

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IN DIFFERENT KINDS OF GROUPS TO

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HELP ADVANCE THEM AT THE PACE

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THAT MAKES IT FOR THEM.

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>> Reporter: THE SCHOOL IS

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WORKING THROUGH HOW TO BEST USE

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ITS OVERCROWDED SPACE AND HELP

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STUDENTS TIE TECHNOLOGY TO WHAT

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THEY LEARN IN CLASS.

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SWH OF FUNDING ARRIVED JUST AS

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THE LONGER SCHOOL DAY WAS BEING

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IMT PLEMTED IN ALL OF CHICAGO'S

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SCHOOLS.

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>> IN THE LOWER GRADES WE JUST

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BUILT WHAT WE CALLED MYRTLE

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TIME, MEDIA QUISHY, AND THAT WAS

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A CHANCE TO WORK ON SOME

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PROJECTS THAT THEY ARE GETTING

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IN THE CONTACT AREAS.

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AND PUTTING UP TIME FOR MORE

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READING AND THE BIGGEST THING IS

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SUPPORT YOUR LEARNERS WHO ARE

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STRUGGLING.

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>> Reporter: THAT TECHNOLOGY

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ALLOWS FOR MORE PROJECT BASED

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HANDS-ON LEARNS BECAUSE STUDENTS

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WORK AT THEIR OWN LEVELS.

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>> WE KNOW WHAT PEOPLE NEED IN

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THIS ECONOMY IS THEY NEED TO, WE

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ARE COMPETING AGAINST PEOPLE WHO

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HAVE MASTER'S DEGREES WHO WILL

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WORK FOR CHEAPER THAN WHAT OUR

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WORK FORCE WILL WORK FOR.

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WE HAVE TO EQUIP KIDS WITH THE

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CAPACITY OF COMPETING IN THE

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GREBAL ECONOMY.

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AND COMPETING IN JOBS THAT

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MATTER.

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>> Reporter: AND IT FITS IN WITH

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WHAT STUDENT ARE REQUIRED TO

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DEMONSTRATE UNDER THE COMMON

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CORE STATE STANDARDS.

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REALLY IT IS PUTTING OUT THERE

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WHAT IS EXPECTED, NOT THE COMMON

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CORE BUT IN THE REAL WORLD.

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I SPEND MOST OF MY DAY

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EVERYTHING TO FIGURE OUT HAVING

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TO TAKE DIFFERENT IDEAS AND

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COMMUNICATE THEM TO OTHER

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PEOPLE, DEFEND THEM, IN SOME

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CASES AND WE ARE GIVING STUDENTS

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THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN NOW DID

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THAT IN A VERY SAFE ENVIRONMENT

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OF SCHOOL.

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THE HOPE IS THESE STUDENT WILL

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BE BETTER PREPARED FOR HIGH

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SCHOOL AND WHATEVER ELSE COMES

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THEIR WAY.

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FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT, I'M BRANDIS

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FRIEDMAN.

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OVERCROWDED AND MORE THAN 1