this feels funny so bear with me my
first check here I’m speaking English
hey Chippewa they fall see me I need
your help okay but this is going to be a
group activity so I’m going to train you
how to participate okay
so everybody is going to hold up their
arm okay but you need to tell me your
level of understanding of English okay
if the person next to you doesn’t
understand English be ready to explain
okay because everyone’s gonna put up
their hand this means I don’t understand
check again complete okay this means I
understand a little bit black I’ll
understand
this means it’s all good speak okay so
when I say go you’re going to put up
your hand and you’re going to show me
nothing will you little bit shwee ah
okay Maddy okay but check okay check
with your partner check next to you they
understand but I don’t want to see the
wrong fingers either when we start
putting up okay so check your partner
so I’ll speak English okay
i if there’s one and you’re next to –
Hey – take care of ones and thing okay
group work alright now the next thing I
want to check is the answer to this
question and I’m gonna check this what
is stem I hear some smart people here
okay we’re going to do our hands if you
know the answer what is stem okay if you
have no idea this if you have a good
guess one okay one two three
what is stem months twos I want to see
every hander I’m not talking okay okay –
what is stem please very good science
technology engineering and mathematics
good there any other answers any other
excellent so we have yes science
technology engineering math we also have
stems that are the growth hey we saw a
very disturbing image before we ate of
the stem of future growth good the most
important word is what stem is
innovation stem is innovation okay
there’s one more word here I need to
explain me Who am I why am I here hey
many of you know me
an American married to an Algerian most
importantly for me that explains why am
I here I’m a mother
hey ridi so do you Sammy is why I’m here
hey thank you so yes I love education I
studied education what matters to me
about education is what works there’s
many problems of Education around the
world I’ve worked across the United
States I’ve worked in France I’ve worked
in Italy I’ve worked in Algeria in
Algeria I’ve trained teachers in and
Weds Steve I’m the Bob we’re gonna add
that our boys again anyone who’s can
know and develop it education is
difficult everywhere okay we don’t need
to discuss the problem we need to find
what works okay what works in education
is innovation one more thing before I
talk I think the most powerful agents
have changed or probably the mothers but
after that or youth right so I’m honored
to be able to speak to the youth and
their teachers and guides because this
is the force of change
and according to me the most important
base of a country is education and it’s
the most difficult but have we have
doctors who have training continuously
and they continuously talked to hone
their skills hey you would never go to a
doctor whose training is the fact that
once they were sick and now they got
better and therefore they’re qualified
to be a doctor but that’s what we do
with teachers we say well they went
through the program so they can teach it
it’s not the same we need to develop
innovation okay so how well stem is a
new approach stem is recognizing that
the world is changing the economy is
changing around the world and it’s
changing faster than we can keep up most
of you can keep up hey I can’t change
the channel on the television anymore my
son can change it like that so when
we’re teaching science technology
engineering and math we’re teaching for
the future but it’s how we teach and
since we have teachers here we have
researchers here and we have students
and future teachers I want you to think
how we can be more innovative
but why stem why do we care about stem
remember one world learning my other hat
in Algeria is developing education
helping youth find work once you get
your degree the rest of your life is
using it so weird world learning is
trying to help youth find work who is
the best equipped to find work in a
changing economy our stem workers
computer programmers physicists
petroleum engineers survey technicians
engineering managers sales
representatives
for a sec these people are everywhere
many people in Algeria think engineering
isn’t a CMAs own it’s not it’s
everywhere okay but stem workers also
can adapt to a changing economy the jobs
that my son will do are not invented yet
and he has to be ready for that I wanted
him to grow up here I chose to move here
with my son because I want him to have
the strength that you all have Algeria
is a crossroads you learn the languages
hey and you learn cultures and you learn
to adapt the education system is
difficult I’ll say that but what doesn’t
kill you makes you stronger right
so I wish that our current educational
system didn’t quite kill us quite so
much but you develop resilience that
will serve you in the future
okay so what can we do when we’re
teaching I will tell you resi Tom Parker
has no place in stem anyone who’s
working in the stem industry
were you ever required to recite
something by heart well you know you’re
required to innovate and think of
something new real world learning
through many internships mentors the
real learning is happening out there
and teachers need to be trained you
cannot teach without reflecting on your
pedagogy hey you cannot teach simply by
turning the page in the textbook you
need to understand you need to love the
material and have your student
interact okay we also need opportunities
for higher level thinking earlier most
of the students I see here I’ve already
post back but we need to think of this
at college we need to think of this at
I’ve studied what works in STEM
education is difficult to see this is
the most important learner-centered when
we teach teachers I teach them student
talk time teacher talk time an
innovative classroom way more student
how do we inspire kids to pursue stem
how do we inspire our youth to enjoy
innovation we start with teachers our
teachers must enjoy we have to have
hands-on engagement like I shared before
my son is studying technology
he’s memorizing parts of a machine that
were built in 1985 this is not
innovation toys he should be playing
with toys he should be building with
blocks he should be playing with the 3d
printer that GE brought today so if you
haven’t seen that go see it’s amazing
and our students should understand the
future they should understand their
careers
but most important parents if you can’t
see parents need to understand two
families need to understand the economy
is changing hey we are not looking for
La Poste premarin all for Navi we’re
looking for innovation ok so here’s an
image at word learning we like to do
tech camp has anyone heard of
techcamp yay okay techcamp we bring
algerian youth together to discuss
technology solutions okay these are the
four ways that we like to develop new
ways of thinking new ways of working new
tools for working and new strategies for
engaging now I need your help okay
because I said lots of tools but I
wanted you to check with your neighbor
or the person behind her you behind
anyway check around you and make sure
you know what these are okay but I
Buckley havoc the person equity firm
let’s keep being concrete cat shows I
can’t say that okay okay but explain it
to them explain to the person next to
you what is thinking what is ways of
working
what are tools for working and
okay finish your thoughts and lights up
thank you thank you okay little note
there usually when I train teachers they
say Oh Madame Joubert les amis on phone
you know they make the class font of all
you see on every trip a little
I have 18 minutes and a hundred people
and you all just spoke so don’t accept
that your classes are too big and you
don’t have enough time thank you okay
but what’s next so this can you turn the
lights a little bit down so they can see
just a little bit if it’s possible ways
of working and engaging we want to see
groups hey we want to speed play these
are grownups who are playing this is
good okay and we want to see actual work
on equipment hey it’s not a question of
resources either especially here Algeria
we have the resources we need to get
organized okay
we like to teach soft skills how to talk
to each other civic engagement
volunteering doing events like this okay
technical training and it’s good to
understand English for technology that’s
not a political statement that’s just
for technology engineering science
English will help you in your career
okay what else
strategies for engaging I talk to you
about tech camp these are people these
are wordly these are young people in
work Allah who have organized a
languages Funt or they go to the
villages of word Allah and they teach
the young people while earning should be
fun learning language is this fun okay
whoops there so these are young people
in work Allah who devised the project
funded their project do their project on
their own and enjoy
okay tools for working I couldn’t be
more pleased that you have the 3d
printer here okay
one project that what learning is trying
very hard to bring here are a Fab Lab
what do you think fab stands for
fabulous and laboratory the fab labs are
mobile labs this one is in Barcelona
where you find the equipment you need to
innovate you find 3d printers you find
large metal cutters you find the things
you need to innovate you go in and you
use them hey everybody especially the
students it’s not fair me ugly it’s open
hey this lab creates housing for people
at risk in Barcelona and its students
okay now one thing though now we talked
about stem what is steam hard
what Algeria yes the best now that we’ve
been trying to teach steam the stem we
know it has to be steam stem is best
applied with the Arts hey I wonder why
it’s innovation what we want
da Vinci what is he most famous for some
machines he’s famous for his machines
okay
the Mona Lisa right the Last Supper
scientist or both okay
so would you say no wait which fingers
okay would you say he’s an artist a
scientist or both okay ready one two
three all your hands in the air good you
all passed I see two Zig right he’s an
artist and an engineer arguably one of
the highest innovators in the world okay
so my question to you Wow excuse me huh
my question to you is not depend on
how will you be an agent of change and
innovation and I hope you get many ideas
here today to help you on your way so
thank you very much how will you be a
force for innovation [Applause]