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Time travel -- view of American education from 2030: a thread
Education has shifted considerably since the pandemic of 2020, but the writing was on the wall…
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AI can answer questions.
But can your child ask better ones? Adapt under pressure? Lead a team? Change strategy when the game changes?
That’s what Synthesis Summer Camp is built for.
A 4-week live online camp for kids ages 8–14.
synthesis.com/summer
Teachers: is SEL / mindset training effective or ineffective in your district? Why?
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And, she's done the hard work of turning those experiences into her own mental models.
She's learning how to make her own heuristics.
Later in life, whether it's university, starting her own business, or joining an organization, Rama's brain has an entire library of social situations to draw from.
She has had over 1000 repetitions in collaborative problem solving.
She has played with 613 unique teammates from 57 different countries.
Even though she's 12, she has the experiences of someone 3x her age.
At this final stage, Rama will go through three rounds of interviews. In each one, we ask her to support her opinions using achievements that she's curated during her time at Synthesis.
This is round two.
"What have you learned from your experience?" is an open-ended question. It requires students to form their own schema and articulate it.
Much different than, "Say back to me what I said you should learn."
The scenarios:
Funding: invest a lot, a little, or nothing? Why?
Prototyping: build none, one, or many? Why?
The second half of the session was focused on Asteroid 2024 YR4, which has (now) a 0.0001% chance of hitting Earth. Highly unlikely? Yes. But highly dangerous if it happens? Absolutely.
2. You let your dog walk without a leash. It's more fun, and it always comes back when you call. At least, it ALMOST always comes back when you call. What do you do? Leash it, or let it run? Why?
1. You’re supposed to lock up your bike, but you don't. After all, it's always been there the next morning, and you trust that you live in a safe neighborhood. But if someone takes it, it's gone forever. What do you do? Lock it, or leave it? Why?
As promised, here's the session. It's called "Black Swan Events." In the first half, we gave students a few hypotheticals to introduce this particular type of risk.
I’ll add it into an upcoming session and let you know what the students come up with.
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