#UberElevate: If Burgers Could Fly…
“A key to solving urban mobility is flying burgers.” Dara Khosrowshahi, UBER CEO
If April Showers Bring May Flowers, What Do May Flowers Bring?
“We humans have, since the earliest civilizations, built monuments. We want to leave something behind to show the next generation, or the generations after that, what we did with our time here.”
Missions for the Martian Classroom
Creativity and play are common themes in innovation and can help solve big problems. Give students agency in demonstrating mastery of content in fun and creative ways using a menu of options such as this:
The STEM Crisis and Bounded Rationality in Education
Sometimes a relatively small, well-timed, deft intervention at the right injection point will set everything working again. A tune-up, a new carburetor: the right injection at the perfect injection point.
The Martians in Your Classroom TED Talk in Print
We have come along way in technological advances and space travel, but in order to lead the way in future missions, we have to think bigger in education as well.
The Martian Classroom isn't just about space, it's a metaphor for the future of education and where we need to drive the learning space of the future by equipping students to thrive both on and off of planet Earth.
Educators influence the future. The Martians in our classrooms are that future and will pave the way for humanity. What an awesome responsibility we have and they have!
We are just getting started. Let's propel the change rather than waiting for the change to propel us.
Tackling Significant Challenges
Our education system is tied closely to industry; first to agriculture, then to manufacturing, now to technology. In the future, we will continue to build on this technology as we explore Space. We have hardly scraped the surface in keeping up with accelerating technologies. Dell Technologies predicts that 85% of the jobs in 2030 haven't been created yet. What steps do we need to make in order to ensure that our students are prepared for unknown jobs, on and off of our planet?
Technology Bonanza
Not only did these inventions quickly find their way into the lives of Americans, but many of them also produced abundant tax returns for the government itself. The plan catalyzed consumer industries and sent the U.S. economy soaring to unprecedented levels.
Globalized Learning Spaces
The Martian Classroom isn’t just about Space, it’s also a metaphor for the future of education and where we need to drive the learning space for this future. To start, we need to loosen the ties between education and geography, and this needs to happen now. Expanding the classroom to collaborate with classes on the other side of the globe will prepare students for a world that connects work to global talent.
The Next “Where Were You When” Moment- What Will It Be?
Launchpad
The moon landing was the “where were you when?” moment for not one but two generations. 9/11 was, unfortunately, the next “where were you when” moment for many of us. What was the biggest "where were you when" moment in your generation? What were you doing at the time? What impact did that moment have on the world around you? How did it impact education?
Most of the Martians in today’s classrooms were not born when 911 took place. How do we ensure that the next “where were you when” moment is a victory for humankind and not a tragedy? What role do we play as educators?
Rush Hour in Low Earth Orbit
NASA has a slew of rocket resources and activities to incorporate in the classroom. Visit https://www.pinterest.com/explore/rockets/ that add the “A” to STEM for some STEAMY activities to incorporate in your Martian Classroom!