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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TO LEARN MORE ABOUT TAMPA
PREP, GO TO tampaprep.org AND
FOR THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY IN
THE CLASSROOM, CHECK OUT
edtechmagazine.com.