1. Profile
&
After School Enrichment programs
Satya Gunampalli
Jan 25, 2013
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2. About Us
Learning2Innovate is an education startup to promote
inquiry and project based learning in teams. Our programs aim to
enable young minds to apply their knowledge to solve complex
problems and innovate to succeed in life.
Our coaching methods foster kids to communicate, collaborate,
think critically and create the new world they wish to live in. Knowledge
age requires knowledge workers. What our schools teach today is no
longer enough. Many repeatable & mundane jobs are being automated.
Kids who learn to generate new ideas, work in teams and innovate will
thrive in 21st century and solve complex global challenges.
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3. Key lessons from education and Brain
research
Education research tells us schools need to be smaller, with more
parent involvement and more personalized curricula.
Brain research shows people learn by making sense of information,
by connecting things, and by learning in a real context.
Learning theory asserts the value of hands-on experiences.
Developmental psychology says kids are fragile and must be
nurtured by adult mentors to thrive.
• - Source: http://metcenter.org/about-us/our-history/
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4. Natural curiosity drives Inquiry
Based Learning (IBL)
Engagement & motivation to learn is driven by our
own natural curiosity. Our coaching methods are
designed to ignite young minds with questions that are
interesting and motivating. This process connects
information more meaningful way compared to
teaching facts and processes in traditional class room.
Research shows that when a learner is involved
and engaged, they retain 80% of what they learn.
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5. From Foundations Book on IBL
National Science Foundation
Children need to be nurtured to fully develop their abilities to
become real thinkers—to puzzle through problems, to see multiple
ways of finding solutions, to gather and weigh evidence, and to apply
and test scientific ideas.
They need opportunities to experience the joy of discovery and
develop scientific attitudes such as perseverance, risk taking,
curiosity, and inventiveness. These skills of inquiry can ultimately
equip children with the ability to function effectively as adults, both
at work and in the everyday world.
- http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2000/nsf99148/pdf/nsf99148.pdf
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6. Essential skills for 21st century
Communication
Collaboration and team work
Critical thinking and problem solving
Creativity and innovation
Computational thinking
Cross cultural understanding
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7. Question puzzling all of us
How can kids learn 21st
century skills with 19th
century education
systems?
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8. Challenges with public school
systems
Designed for industrialized economy and assembly line model to “Process kids
in batches”. Quote from Sir Ken Robinson –Source TED video.
Over the years, we got obsessed with testing, which results in many teachers
focusing on teach for the tests and not real learning.
Hands-on experiences and 1:1 personalized time are hard to implement with
25+ students in a class.
Capitalist competition attracts best talent away from low-paid teaching
profession.
Public schools in US where 90% of the students attend provide no choice to
parents and have no competition.
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9. What public school teachers
CANNOT do effectively?
Class room size is main challenge for a teacher to engage
kids in smaller groups or at 1:1 level. It is not practical even
for best teachers to personalize teaching. We all know
that everyone’s learning style and pace is different.
School resources are dedicated to prove each class room is
meeting standards and maximum possible students
“PASS” the test.
As a society, we all are obsessed with GRADES and
measuring performance of students through standardized
tests, which are not designed to measure “True learning or
application of knowledge.”
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10. US education outcomes are pathetic.
70% graduate from High school, but few have really learnt much.
Only 1/3 of our high school students are truly college ready.
5% end up taking engineering in college compared to 20% in china.
Many students, even from best high schools struggle to meet
expectations in college.
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11. USA PISA ranking (OECD)
17, 31, 23 (Reading, Math, Science)
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12. Team based approach to promote 4C
skills.
Our afterschool enrichment program works
with kids in small teams (max 7) and focus on...
• Inquiry and Project Based learning (IBL & PBL).
• Real life examples and projects for relevance.
• Learning by experimenting and observation in teams.
• Continuous research to support students & teacher/coach.
• Promoting Out-of-the-box thinking.
• Cross Connecting information across the disciplines.
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13. Project Based Learning (PBL) done in
teams enforces 21st century skills
Projects enable engagement & motivation. When done in
small teams, it forces the kids to communicate, build on
each other ideas and work together on a common task.
Teams using PBL are very interactive and learn to apply
the knowledge and seek answers to many questions that
arise during the project.
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14. Activities of mind that help create
pathways for an innovative person
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15. Afterschool enrichment programs
Enroll Elementary, middle school and high school students. Per
month fee is ~$100. Same as Kumon or any other tutoring services.
Each Team will have maximum of 7 students. Most learning will be
team oriented using IBL & PBL best practices.
Living room learning is preferred location. Small team size makes
this possible and observation easier for coach (teacher)
• Comfortable for all kids.
• Cheaper for everyone and less travel needed.
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16. Why Afterschool programs are used
by parents?
On average typical suburban family spends about $5k-
8k on after school programs.
Hard to dedicate time for parents to teach and
manage jobs.
Not all parents can teach well and understand online
content.
Schools are not equipped to handle 21st century
learning challenges.
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17. Team activities every week (90 min)
Reflect on how everyone did since last meeting and discuss ways
to improve. Everything must be student centric. - 15 minutes.
Work on quarterly project – 45 minutes.
Identify issues, plan and discuss .
Assign tasks to be worked offline by everyone.
Record the sessions to be used for final video on the project.
Plan next week activities and offline work to be done by everyone.
In session challenge – 15 minutes.
Discuss a topic that team will research and learn about at home –
15 minutes.
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18. Expected student engagement every
week (about 2-3 hours, at Home)
Think and research on project tasks that
came up in team meetings.
• Form different questions and reframe them.
• Write down ideas for project to discuss with the team.
• Email the group for clarifications and questions.
• Sketch, draw or build any prototypes that will help
communicate ideas to team better.
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20. Bloom learning levels
Bloom identified six levels within the cognitive
domain. He effectively broke thinking down into
different levels, each building on the previous
one, from the most simple to the more abstract.
Within this structure learning at the higher levels
is dependent on having attained essential
knowledge and skills at lower levels.
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21. Bloom Taxonomy explained
Remembering: can the student recall or remember the information? define, duplicate, list,
memorize, recall, repeat, reproduce state
Understanding: can the student explain ideas or concepts? classify, describe, discuss, explain,
identify, locate, recognize, report, select, translate, paraphrase
Applying: can the student use the information in a new way? choose, demonstrate, dramatize,
employ, illustrate, interpret, operate, schedule, sketch, solve, use, write.
Analyzing: can the student distinguish between the different parts? appraise, compare,
contrast, criticize, differentiate, discriminate, distinguish, examine, experiment, question, test.
Evaluating: can the student justify a stand or decision?appraise, argue, defend, judge, select,
support, value, evaluate
Creating: can the student create new product or point of view? assemble, construct, create,
design, develop, formulate, write.
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22. Building right skills is easy when
interest and passion is involved.
Our goal is to enable every
kid reach all levels of Bloom
Taxonomy on everything
they are interested in and
passionate about.
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23. Inquiry learning process – 5E’s
Engage
Evaluate Explore
Elaborate Explain
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24. Expectations from each
teacher/coach
Manage about 10 teams ~ 60-70 students.
Weekly hours on coaching = 10 * 1.5 = 15 hours.
• Emails/Phone to answer questions = 2 hours
• Customize the content for each team = 5 hours
• collaborating with other teachers = 2 hours
Total Time per week = 24 hours.
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25. Break down by academic year
Fall semester. 4 months. Sep-Dec.
Winter Semester, Jan – May 5 months
Summer Programs - June – Aug
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26. Team and individual competitions
held twice a year.
All Day events to promote healthy competition and cross learning.
• Project demos by teams.
• Scientific challenges – team based.
• Public speaking. - individual
• Essay writing. – Individual.
Dec 15 – Dec 21 Saturday.
May 15 – June 1 Saturday.
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27. Phase -1 promotion
Towns to focus
Flower Mound/Lewisville
Coppell/Irving
Frisco
Plano
Richardson
Highland Village
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