WELCOME TO "WEDU QUEST."

I'M DR. SHANNON McQUAIG.

TODAY, WE ARE COMING TO YOU

FROM MY MICROBIOLOGY LAB AT

ST. PETERSBURG COLLEGE.

WE USE TECHNOLOGICAL

INNOVATIONS HERE TO HELP MY

STUDENTS EXPLORE THE

MICROSCOPIC WORLD.

THE TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION

HAS SPREAD TO MANY K-12

SCHOOLS AS WELL.

IN TAMPA, THERE'S ONE PRIVATE

SCHOOL THAT HAS GONE ALL IN --

INTERACTIVE PROJECTION,

PAPERLESS WORK FLOW, COMPUTER

PROGRAMMING, AND FLIPPED

CLASSES.

TODAY, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS

ARE LEARNING IN A WHOLE NEW

WAY.

THIS CLASSROOM AT TAMPA PREP

NEAR DOWNTOWN TAMPA WENT

THROUGH A TRANSFORMATION LAST

SUMMER AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL

DIVISION HERE.

THEIR CLASSROOMS WERE

REMODELED AND OUTFITTED WITH

THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY.

WELL, LOOK.

I NOTICE IT SAYS 02 AND THEN I

SEE IT SAYS 22.

WHY IS THAT?

WE WANT EVERY KID TO HAVE

THE SAME VISUAL EXPERIENCE, SO

WE WANT TO HAVE MULTIPLE

DISPLAYS IN THE CLASSROOM SO

THAT YOU CAN BE AT THIS END OF

THIS CLASSROOM OR THIS END OR

OVER HERE AND SEE THE SAME

CONTENT.

THE AUDITORY ASPECT, ALL THE

TEACHERS HAVE LAPEL MIKES THAT

ARE SPECIFICALLY MADE TO DO

VOICE AMPLIFICATION AND NOT

CLARITY.

THERE IS NO SOLUTION FOR

IT.

IN THE COLLABORATIVE ASPECT

WITH THE STEELCASE FURNITURE,

VERY MOBILE.

WE CAN ON THE FLY CHANGE THE

WAY THE CLASSROOM IS LAID OUT,

AND THEN THE GLASS.

THIS USED TO ALL BE A WALL

HERE, AND NOW WE'VE PUT AS

MUCH GLASS AS POSSIBLE IN TO

KIND OF OPEN UP THE SPACE,

BRING IN AS MUCH NATURAL LIGHT

AS POSSIBLE.

EVERY STUDENT ALSO HAS AN

iPAD THAT IS AN INTEGRAL PART

OF THE LEARNING PROCESS.

THEN WE HAD TO REALIZE THAT

WE WANTED TO HAVE A WAY TO GET

CONTENT FROM THE TEACHER TO

FORWARDS, ELECTRONICALLY.

SO WE HAVE A LEARNING

MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT WE USE

CALLED HAIKU.

ALTHOUGH THERE WERE MONTHS

OF PLANNING, THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW

CLASSROOMS CAME QUICKLY.

THE TRAINING WAS DIFFICULT

BECAUSE THE CONSTRUCTION WAS

DONE IN THE SUMMER, SO WHEN

THEY CAME BACK, THEY WERE IN

THIS ENVIRONMENT IMMEDIATELY.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF I WOULD BE

ABLE TO LEARN EVERYTHING IN

TIME, BUT IT WAS AMAZINGLY

EASY.

PAT EMBRY NOW TEACHES

ALGEBRA WITH MANY NEW

HIGH-TECH TOOLS AT HER

DISPOSAL.

NOW I HAVE SCREENS ON THREE

SIDES OF THE ROOM.

I CAN HAVE THREE DIFFERENT

THINGS ON THE SCREEN.

I CAN WALK AROUND AND LOOK AT

THE STUDENT'S WORK.

WE CAN TALK ABOUT SOMETHING

THAT'S ON ONE OF THE THREE

SCREENS.

THEY CAN TURN THEIR DESKS TO

LOOK AT WHATEVER SCREEN WE'RE

TALKING ABOUT.

THERE IS NO BACK OF THE ROOM.

I'VE THROWN OUT THE SEATING

CHART.

THE STUDENTS COME IN AND SIT

WHEREVER THEY WOULD LIKE.

THE SEATING ARRANGEMENT

CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE CLASS

DEPENDING ON WHAT THE ACTIVITY

IS WE'RE DOING.

BUT THE REALLY POWERFUL PART

IS WHEN THE STUDENTS PROJECT

THEIR WORK ON THE BOARD.

WHO ELSE IS READY?

JOSHUA, THERE YOU ARE.

LET'S PUT YOURS UP.

WE DON'T CARE IF THE PROBLEM

IS ALWAYS RIGHT OR WRONG.

WE'RE JUST LOOKING TO SEE HOW

THE PROBLEMS WORK, AND WE

LEARN FROM OUR MISTAKES.

HERE IN LAURA PEREIRA'S

EIGHTH GRADE SPANISH CLASS,

THE MULTIPLE DISPLAY

ENVIRONMENT HAS OPENED MANY

OPTIONS FOR HER AS A TEACHER.

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

I COULD HAVE INFORMATION

THAT'S USEFUL TO THEM UP ON

ONE OR TWO SCREENS AND POINT

OUT TO THEM, YOU KNOW, IF

YOU'RE FEELING REALLY

COMFORTABLE WITH THE MATERIAL,

LOOK AT THIS BOARD.

IF YOU'RE STILL STRUGGLING

WITH THE VOCAB, I HAVE THE

VOCAB ON DISPLAY IN THE BACK,

OR IF THE VERBS ARE STILL

CHALLENGING YOU, THEY ARE ON

THE OTHER SCREEN.

IT'S REALLY ALLOWING KIDS TO

REALIZE THAT THERE ARE

INFORMATION.

CLASSROOM PARTICIPATION FOR

STUDENTS NOW INCLUDES BEING

ABLE TO DISPLAY THEIR

PRESENTATION RIGHT FROM THEIR

iPAD, OR THEY CAN WALK UP TO A

SCREEN TO DEMO THEIR WORK.

SINCE BOTH WALLS ARE ALL

COMPLETELY WRITABLE, THAT DOES

LEAVE A LOT MORE SPACE FOR

THEM TO WRITE, AND THEY LOVE

TO WRITE ON THE BOARD.

SOMETHING THAT I'VE REALIZED,

OH, I CAN HAVE EIGHT STUDENTS

GO UP AND WRITE AT THE SAME

TIME ON THE BOARD AND THAT'S

NOT A PROBLEM.

AND THE MOVABLE DESK HAS

MADE THE LEARNINENVIRONMENT

EVEN MORE POWERFUL.

THEY LOVE TO BE NEXT TO

EACH OTHER, AND THEY LIKE TO

GET AS CLOSE AS THEY CAN TO

THE DISPLAYS.

WE WANT IT TO BE SEAMLESS

WHERE THIS IS NOT TECHNOLOGY,

THIS IS JUST LEARNING.

THIS IS THE WAY YOU TEACH.

IT'S ANOTHER TOOL.

STUDENTS HERE ALSO USE THE

TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE REPORTS.

FOR DIFFERENT CLASSES,

WE'VE HAD TO DO VIDEO REPORTS

OR DIFFERENT PRESENTATIONS.

USING THE SKILLS I'VE LEARNED

HERE HAS ABSOLUTELY HELPED

WITH DOING THOSE

PRESENTATIONS, USING THE

CAMERAS, THE MICROPHONES.

IT'S HIGHER QUALITY THAN WHAT

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN WITHOUT THE

HERE.

IN THE COMPUTER TECH LAB,

JULIAN COHN IS COLLABORATING

WITH OTHER STUDENTS TO CREATE

AN APP.

THIS IS A FLOW CHART APP WE

DEVELOPED.

SO WHEN YOU CLICK THE BUTTON,

IT SETS THE IMAGE TO THE FIRST

OPEN SLOT.

THEN WE'LL PUT IN TEST, AND IT

GOES TO THE THING.

AND REED FOREHAND IS PART

OF A TEAM OF STUDENTS WHO

CREATED AUTO-ADJUSTING

HEADPHONES.

OUR GOAL WAS TO HAVE

HEADPHONES THAT WHEN YOU

CHANGED AMBIENT ENVIRONMENTAL

SOUND LEVELS THAT THEY WOULD

ADJUST THE NOISE VOLUME

WITHOUT YOU HAVING TO MANUALLY

TOUCH YOUR PHONE.

ONCE WE DESIGNED THE CIRCUIT,

WE PUT IT INTO THE CNC MACHINE

AND CREATED OUR FIRST

PROTOTYPE CIRCUIT.

ONCE THAT WORKED, WE DECIDED

TO CONDENSE THE CIRCUIT TO

MAKE IT MUCH SMALLER AND MUCH

MORE MANAGEABLE IN LINE WITH

THE HEADPHONES.

WE 3D PRINTED AN ENCLOSURE FOR

IT AND ACTUALLY PUT IT IN THE

HEADPHONES.

THE ENCLOSURE WAS DESIGNED

WITH A 3D CAD SOFTWARE.

WE STARTED WITH JUST A

SIMPLE CUBE, AND WE SLOWLY

EXTRUDED AWAY THE INSIDE OF

THE CUBE TO MAKE THE CIRCUIT

INSIDE.

AND THE COOL THING ABOUT

AUTODESK IS THAT YOU CAN

MANIPULATE IMAGES TO VIEW THEM

FROM EVERY ANGLE.

SO WE CAN CHECK THE BOX TO

SPECIFICATION WE NEEDED.

THIS IS JAMES RILEY'S

ADVANCE PRECALCULUS CLASS IN

THE SENIOR HIGH DIVISION OF

THE SCHOOL.

THE ONLINE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

THE SCHOOL USES FOR ALL

STUDENTS ALLOWS HIM TO RUN A

FLIPPED CLASS.

THE FLIPPED CLASSROOM IS

WHEN YOU DO YOUR HOMEWORK IN

CLASS AND YOU TAKE YOUR

LECTURES AT HOME.

HE MAKES THESE PODCASTS,

WHICH IS HIS VOICE TALKING AND

EXPLAINING THE LESSON WHILE HE

WRITES ON HIS iPAD.

AS WE WATCH THESE VIDEOS,

WE'RE LEARNING THE LESSON.

ESTABLISH THE COSINE CURVE.

SINCE THE STUDENTS WATCH

THE LECTURES AT HOME, DURING

CLASS, THEY'RE ABLE TO WORK

DIRECTLY WITH THEIR TEACHER.

AND AS SOON AS YOU HIT THAT

PROBLEM THAT YOU HAVE A

QUESTION ON, YOU CAN GO

THEN.

HE CAN TELL YOU WHAT IS

HAPPENING AND ANSWER YOUR

QUESTION, AND THEN YOU CAN GO

AND FINISH THE PROBLEM.

ANOTHER GOOD PART IS THAT

WE WORK IN GROUPS SO THAT I

THE TIME.

I CAN ASK SOMEONE ELSE IN THE

CLASSROOM TO HELP ME OUT.

FLIPPED CLASSROOMS, ACTIVE

LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS,

COMPUTER AND ENGINEERING

DESIGN CLASSES, FOR TAMPA

PREP, IT'S A WAY OF LIFE.

THERE'S A LOT OF OPPONENTS

TO INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY,

THAT IT TAKES AWAY FROM FACE

TIME AND WE NEED LESS DIGITAL

AND MORE HUMAN INTERACTION.

I THINK YOU SAW TODAY THAT

THERE'S MORE HUMAN INTERACTION

THAN EVER.

IT'S FUN TO COME IN EVERY

DAY AND REALLY THINK OF NEW

WAYS TO USE THIS TECHNOLOGY.

IT'S ADDED SOMETHING TO

TEACHING AND LEARNING IN THE

WAS POSSIBLE.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR ENGAGING

INTERACTIVE ENVIRONMENTS WHERE

OUR STUDENTS CAN BE CREATIVE

AND INNOVATIVE, TO FIND THOSE

FUTURE ENTREPRENEURS AND

EXPOSE THEM TO THINGS THAT

THEY CAN FLOURISH WITH.

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