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EAST -- A Way Forward: Tech Inspires Self-Directed Learning

Students in the Environmental and Spatial Technology program, at Horace Mann Magnet Middle School, in Little Rock, Arkansas, connect with nature through projects that serve their community. Read the article.

Students in the Environmental and Spatial Technology program, at Horace Mann Magnet Middle School, in Little Rock, Arkansas, connect with nature through projects that serve their community. Read the article.

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Produced, Written, and Directed by

  • Ken Ellis

Associate Producer:

  • Amy Erin Borovoy

Editor:

  • Karen Sutherland

Camera Crew:

  • Rob Weller
  • Jeff Woodward

Narrator:

  • Kris Welch

Original Music:

  • Ed Bogas

Additional Footage Courtesy of

  • Horace Mann Arts and Science Magnet Middle School
  • Little Rock School District
  • Japanese American National Museum
  • © 2007
  • The George Lucas Educational Foundation
  • All rights reserved

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EAST -- A Way Forward: Tech Inspires Self-Directed Learning
Students in the Environmental and Spatial Technology program, at Horace Mann Magnet Middle School, in Little Rock, Arkansas, connect with nature through projects that serve their community.

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This is a very inspiring and

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This is a very inspiring and good video. It is a pity that it is quite expensive but I think there are a lot of people who would like to give money to this project. Once I read about Soichiro Honda. I found this book at shared files SE http://www.sharedshares.com . To start his business he needed a lump sum of money but he didn’t give up his idea. He decided to ask several thousand people to give him little money. In such a way he started his first business. It seems to me that parents will be glad to pay $500 a year so that their child has an opportunity to be involved in such activity.
Can you imagine how clever and experienced these children will be when they leave school? I’d love to organize such a project in some school in my town.

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What an amazing project! This is such an awesome way to integrate technology, Science, and current environmental topics with real life skills. What an innovative way to teach!

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This is how we prepare students for 21 century competencies. teachers have to be aware of an important point , they are preparing their students for a world different than the one they were learning in.

School Deputy at AlHod School

After seeing this video, I

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After seeing this video, I certainly believe that these students are prepared for the world. The key is not just only using technology but taking the stuff they have learnt somewhere else and applying it. A class without walls

Ongoing teacher training is

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Ongoing teacher training is the key to all that progress. Students are already handling all the devices they need for real life experiences, but unfortunately,very few teachers are speaking the same language as their students. When it comes to technology, we, teachers, are far behind our students.

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The EAST Project is a very inspiring idea, especially that it shows you how students can be motivated to contribute their efforts in something real. The students learn new skills that will really help them in their real life endeavors.

True learning taking place

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True learning taking place for each student...will definitely spread the word to my peers.

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I am inspired!

Ali Syed

Amazing

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What an amazing experiment. I hope this idea spreads.