Design Tech High School at Oracle

Sounds like this was truly a win-win situation. We love it when our students get to learn design thinking in the classroom and then put their knowledge into action in the workplace. Thanks for a great collaboration.

Thank you Colleen Cassity for this great profile on Alexander Lederman and the partnership we have with the Oracle education foundation. It's so exciting to see the future unfold for our graduates. Like we say, "it's not about the next 4 years, it's about the next 40 years." So like you said, let's keep celebrating a future full of hope, inspiration, and endless possibilities.

Great work class of 2024; this is creative, fun, inspires joy, and has an element of "how did they do that?" We'll miss you, and you've redefined the idea of a sr. prank; this is what you do, make people rethink their assumptions. Thanks for creating a work of art for us to remember you by.

Lots of great food for thought provided by this panel at NewSchools Summit last week. It was great to hear Sam provide the student perspective on A.I. and learning how it can unlock a student's creativity. It's clear that schools need to give students access to A.I. tools to help make sure that they know how to navigate their future, because A.I. will be a part of it. Also, as Alex pointed out, we need to have some sense of urgency around student access because we are already seeing the digital divide emerge between students who attend schools where A.I. is viewed as a foundation for a learning journey for the community and places where students are scared to use A.I. because the conversation is primarily about A.I. and cheating. Sam's work in creating with A.I. while pursuing his innovation diploma clearly shows what is possible when A.I. is a learning journey. We were also particularly excited to hear Sam talk about how learning design thinking has given him a framework for approaching A.I. and how there is still more work to be done in preparing students for this bold new future. Thank you to Alexandra Bernadotte for moderating a great panel with Sam Cheng from Design Tech @ Oracle and Jimmy Fisher.

We’re deep into producing the FY24 Oracle Social Impact Report, capturing images worth a thousand words. Here’s one we got on Monday evening of d.tech, glowing from the inside, out. It’s the outer radiance that has its roots in the wonderfully healthy system on the inside. That’s Design Tech High School at Oracle. #education #designthinking #socialimpact

Can't wait to learn from Design Tech junior Sam Cheng. Sam is on the panel "From AI Hype to Hope: Student Visions for the Future of Learning" at the New Schools Venture Fund Summit. It's always great to see our students engage in these important conversations. Go Sam!

Thanks to our board chair Betsy (Elizabeth) Corcoran for kicking off our A.I. event with the San Mateo County Office of Education. This technology is different from past technological breakthroughs, so we need to approach it differently. Schools need to be about more than education, we need to be about human development. A.I. is not a tool to just help us get better at our jobs. A.I. forces us to ask fundamental questions about the purpose of our jobs. Thanks also to Erik Burmeister, Kip Glazer, Morgan Vien, and Nancy Magee, and Ken M. for sharing your wisdom on this journey.

On Saturday we hosted an A.I. in education event, and there was a lot of uncertainty about the future. One thing that everyone was certain about was that A.I. is not going to replace teachers. Human learning is social; it's done by, with, and through people. A.I. will change many things, but it won't change that part of the human condition. So amidst all of the hype about A.I. please join us in celebrating teacher appreciation week. Take a moment and send an email to the teachers in your life, both past and present, and show them your gratitude. And a big thank you to all of the teachers who make Design Tech a great place.

In anticipation of the A.I. in schools event that we are co-hosting with San Mateo County Office of Education on Saturday, we also want to highlight some of what our parents said that they want us to keep in mind about A.I. First, they emphasized that A.I. is here to stay. There is a lot of buzz about it right now, but A.I. is not a trend that will fade away like a fidget spinner. And with that in mind they hope that we do the following as some first steps in terms of instruction: 1. Teach students how to use and apply A.I. tools, especially in design thinking classes. 2. Teach students how to learn and think, and don't just focus on the outcomes/product. 3. Teach students how to vet answers from A.I. 4. Teach students when to use A.I. and when not to use A.I. Looking forward to bringing people together from from Betsy (Elizabeth) Corcoran, Erik Burmeister, Morgan Vien, Kip Glazer , Nancy Magee, and Ken M. on Saturday. https://lnkd.in/gKR_hJ6i

We are very excited to host this event. We are all in this moment of change together, so bring your harmonica and come prepared to soak it all in.