KEEPING STUDENTS AWAKE, I HEAR,
IN THE CLASSROOM.
MIKE IT’S NOT USUAL FOR US TO
DO STORIES ABOUT HOW TEACHERS
ARE GETTING CREATIVE AND FINALLY
STUDENTS FIRE THEIR STUDENT AND
ALSO GET TO LEARN REAL-WORLD
APPLICATIONS FOR WHAT THEY’RE
LEARNING IN CLASS.
WHAT A MAP TEACHER DID HERE
PRETTY MUCH EXCEEDED HIS EARTHLY
EXPECTATIONS.
LET ME TAKE YOU THROUGH IT.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT M GIAMMON
A’S MATH CLASS.
HE REACHED OUT TO EXPERTS TO SEE
IF THEY WOUL VOLUNTEER TO TEACH
THE STUDENTS TO CREATE A MARS
ROVER COMPUTER SIMULATION.
HE TURNED IT INTO THE FIRST EVER
MARS ROVER COMPUTER CONTEST
BETWEEN HIS TEAMS.
HIS IDEA WAS TO PUSH HIS KIDS IN
THE CLASS OUT OF THEIR COMFORT
ZONE FROM SOLVING MATH EQUATIONS
AND EA INSTEAD FORCED THEM TO
WORK WITH REAL-LIFE ENGINEERS
AND EXPERTS TO APPLY THEIR MATH
SKILLS TO REAL-WORLD
APPLICATIONS.
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS MORE FUN.
>> I FEEL LIKE GOT A LOT MORE
OUT OF IT.
I WILL DEFINITELY REMEMBER THIS
EXPERIENCE IN THE FUTURE.
MIKE: WAY BETTER THAN LISTENING
TO A TEACHER TALK.
>> I’M NOT JUST FALLING ASLEEP
IN CLASS.
I’M ACTIVELY DOING SOMETHING.
MIKE: AND THAT IS THE WHOLE
POINT, INSPIRING KIDS TO BE
ENGAGED AND LEARN.
AS THE TEACHER TOLD M, THIS IS
SOMETHING THE STUDENTS WILL TAKE
WITH THEM FOR THE REST OF THEIR
LIVES BECAUSE IT MEANS THEY
SUCCEEDED IN A CHALLENGE THAT
THEY ALL ADM WAS VERY HARD AND
VERY STRESSFUL AT THE BEGINNING
BECAUSE THEY HAD NO IDEA WHAT
THEY WERE DOING.
THEY SAID AND WORKING WITH THOSE
REAL-WORLD EXPERTS FROM INTEL,
THEY REALLY DID FEEL  LITTLE
BIT LIKE MINI NASA ENGINEERS
COULD . THE NEXT STEP IS FOR THE
TEAMS TO GIVE PRESENTATIONS
TOMORROW BEFORE THOSE EXPERTS TO
FIND OUT WHICH TEAM WILL COME
OUT ON TOP.
