Silicon Valley tau tuaj rau Kansas cov menyuam kawm ntawv. Qhov no ua rau muaj kev tawm tsam

Silicon Valley tau tuaj rau Kansas cov menyuam kawm ntawv. Qhov no ua rau muaj kev tawm tsam

Cov noob ntawm kev tsis sib haum xeeb tau cog rau hauv tsev kawm ntawv cov chav kawm thiab sprouted hauv chav ua noj, chav nyob, thiab hauv kev sib tham ntawm cov tub ntxhais kawm thiab lawv niam lawv txiv. Thaum 14-xyoo-laus Collin Winter, kawm qib yim ntawm McPherson, Kansas, koom nrog kev tawm tsam, lawv mus txog qhov kawg. Nyob ze Wellington, cov tub ntxhais kawm theem siab tau teeb tsa lub rooj zaum, thaum lawv niam lawv txiv sib sau ua ke hauv chav nyob, tsev teev ntuj thiab chaw kho tsheb. Lawv tau mus koom lub rooj sib tham hauv tsev kawm ntawv hauv kev tsav tsheb. Kylie Forslund, 16, xyoo 10 tus menyuam kawm ntawv hauv Wellington tau hais tias "Kuv tsuas yog xav nqa kuv Chromebook thiab qhia lawv tias kuv yuav tsis ua qhov no ntxiv lawm." Hauv cov zej zog uas tsis tau pom cov ntawv tshaj tawm nom tswv, cov ntawv tshaj tawm hauv tsev tam sim ntawd tshwm sim.

Silicon Valley tuaj rau hauv lub xeev cov tsev kawm ntawv - thiab txhua yam mus tsis ncaj ncees lawm.

Yim lub hlis dhau los, cov tsev kawm ntawv pej xeem nyob ze Wichita tau hloov mus rau Summit Learning lub vev xaib thiab cov chav kawm, cov ntaub ntawv "kev kawm tus kheej" uas siv cov cuab yeej online los tsim kev kawm tus kheej. Lub Summit platform tau tsim los ntawm Facebook cov neeg tsim khoom thiab tau txais nyiaj los ntawm Mark Zuckerberg thiab nws tus poj niam Priscilla Chan. Hauv qhov kev pab cuam Summit, cov tub ntxhais kawm siv sijhawm feem ntau ntawm lawv lub laptops, kawm online thiab xeem. Cov kws qhia ntawv pab cov menyuam yaus, ua haujlwm ua tus cob qhia thiab ua cov haujlwm tshwj xeeb. Lub kaw lus yog pub dawb rau cov tsev kawm ntawv, tshwj tsis yog lub laptops, uas feem ntau yuav nyias nyias.

Ntau tsev neeg hauv Kansas lub nroog qhov twg, vim underfunding tsev kawm ntawv pej xeem cov qhabnias xeem zuj zus lawm, thaum xub thawj peb zoo siab nrog qhov kev tsim kho tshiab no. Tom qab qee lub sij hawm, cov menyuam kawm ntawv pib los tsev nrog mob taub hau thiab mob hauv lawv txhais tes. Ib txhia hais tias lawv ntshai heev. Ib tug ntxhais nyob hauv lub tebchaws tau thov kom nws txiv mus yos hav zoov lub mloog pob ntseg kom tsis txhob hnov ​​​​qab nws cov phooj ywg hauv chav kawm uas cuam tshuam nws ntawm nws txoj kev kawm, uas tam sim no nws nyob ib leeg.

Kev tshawb fawb ntawm McPherson High School cov niam txiv pom tias 77 feem pua ​​​​tawm tsam Summit Learning rau lawv cov menyuam, thiab ntau dua 80 feem pua ​​​​hais tias lawv cov menyuam tsis txaus siab rau lub platform. Tyson Koenig ntawm McPherson hais tias "Peb cia cov khoos phis tawj qhia cov menyuam yaus, thiab lawv zoo li zombies," said Tyson Koenig ntawm McPherson tom qab kawm nrog nws tus tub XNUMX xyoo. Nws rub nws tawm ntawm tsev kawm ntawv thaum Lub Kaum Hli.

McPherson County Schools Superintendent Gordon Mohn tau hais tias "Kev hloov pauv tsis tshua muaj txiaj ntsig zoo," "Cov tub ntxhais kawm tau dhau los ua cov neeg kawm ywj pheej thiab tam sim no muaj kev txaus siab rau lawv txoj kev kawm." John Backendorf, tus thawj coj ntawm Tsev Kawm Ntawv Wellington, hais tias "feem ntau ntawm cov niam txiv zoo siab nrog txoj haujlwm."

Cov kev tawm tsam hauv Kansas tsuas yog ib feem ntawm qhov kev tsis txaus siab loj zuj zus ntxiv nrog Kev Kawm Summit.

Lub platform tuaj rau cov tsev kawm ntawv pej xeem plaub xyoos dhau los thiab tam sim no suav nrog 380 lub tsev kawm ntawv thiab 74 tus tub ntxhais kawm. Lub Kaum Ib Hlis hauv Brooklyn Cov tub ntxhais kawm ntawv theem siab tau hloov pauv tom qab lawv lub tsev kawm ntawv hloov mus rau Summit Learning. Hauv Indiana, pawg thawj coj saib tsev kawm thawj zaug txiav thiab tom qab ntawd tsis kam los ntawm kev siv lub platform tom qab kev soj ntsuam, nyob rau hauv uas 70 feem pua ​​​​ntawm cov tub ntxhais kawm thov kom thim nws, lossis siv nws tsuas yog xaiv tau. Thiab hauv Cheshire, qhov program ua quav tom qab kev tawm tsam hauv 2017. Mary Burnham, ib tug pog ntawm ob tug xeeb ntxwv los ntawm Cheshire tau hais tias "Thaum muaj kev poob siab rau cov txiaj ntsig, cov menyuam yaus thiab cov neeg laus muaj peev xwm kov yeej nws thiab txav mus," said Mary Burnham, tus pog ntawm ob tug xeeb ntxwv los ntawm Cheshire uas tau tshaj tawm tsab ntawv thov kom tshem tawm qhov Summit. "Tsis muaj leej twg txais nws."

Txawm tias muaj tseeb hais tias nyob rau hauv Silicon Valley nws tus kheej ntau zam gadgets nyob rau hauv tsev thiab xa me nyuam mus rau cov tsev kawm ntawv dawb los ntawm high technology, nws tau sim rau lub sij hawm ntev remake Kev kawm Asmeskas hauv nws tus kheej daim duab. Lub rooj sib tham tau ua ntej ntawm cov txheej txheem no, tab sis cov kev tawm tsam tau nug txog qhov kev cia siab hnyav rau kev siv tshuab hauv tsev kawm ntawv pej xeem.

Tau ntau xyoo, cov kws tshaj lij tau sib cav txog cov txiaj ntsig ntawm tus kheej-paced, sib tham sib kev kawm dua li cov xib fwb coj kev kawm. Cov neeg tawm tswv yim sib cav hais tias cov kev pab cuam no muab rau cov menyuam yaus, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog nyob rau hauv cov nroog me uas tsis muaj zog, nkag mus rau cov ntaub ntawv kawm zoo thiab cov kws qhia ntawv. Cov neeg tsis ntseeg txhawj xeeb txog lub sijhawm tshuaj ntsuam ntau dhau thiab sib cav tias cov tub ntxhais kawm tau ploj mus ntawm cov lus qhia tseem ceeb ntawm tus kheej.

John Payne, tus khub laus ntawm RAND, tau kawm cov haujlwm rau kev hloov kho kev kawm thiab ntseeg tias thaj chaw no tseem nyob hauv nws cov menyuam mos.

"Muaj kev tshawb fawb tsawg dhau," nws hais.

Diana Tavenner, yav dhau los tus kws qhia ntawv thiab CEO ntawm Summit, tau tsim Summit Public Schools hauv 2003 thiab pib tsim software uas yuav tso cai rau cov tub ntxhais kawm "txhawb lawv tus kheej." Qhov kev pab cuam uas tau tshwm sim, Summit Learning, tau raug coj los ntawm lub koom haum tshiab tsis muaj txiaj ntsig - TLP Kev Kawm. Diana hais tias qhov kev tawm tsam hauv Kansas feem ntau yog hais txog kev xav: "Lawv tsis xav hloov pauv. Lawv nyiam tsev kawm ntawv zoo li lawv. Cov neeg zoo li no tawm tsam txhua qhov kev hloov pauv. "

Hauv 2016, Summit tau them nyiaj rau Harvard Research Center los kawm txog lub platform qhov cuam tshuam, tab sis tsis dhau nws. Tom Kane, uas yog tus tsim cov txiaj ntsig, tau hais tias nws ntshai tsis hais tawm tsam Summit vim tias ntau txoj haujlwm kev kawm tau txais nyiaj los ntawm Facebook tus tsim thiab nws tus poj niam txoj kev siab hlub, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.

Mark Zuckerberg txhawb nqa Summit hauv 2014 thiab tau pab tsib Facebook engineers los tsim lub platform. Hauv xyoo 2015, nws tau sau tias Summit yuav pab "ua tau raws li tus tub ntxhais kawm qhov kev xav tau thiab kev txaus siab" thiab "tawm cov kws qhia ntawv lub sijhawm los cob qhia- lawv ua dab tsi zoo tshaj." Txij li thaum xyoo 2016, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative tau muab $ 99,1 lab nyiaj pab rau qhov ua siab tshaj. Abby Lunardini, CEO ntawm Chan Zuckerberg Initiative tau hais tias "Peb ua cov teeb meem uas tau hais tseg, thiab qhov Summit ua haujlwm nrog cov thawj coj hauv tsev kawm ntawv thiab cov niam txiv hauv zos," said Abby Lunardini, CEO ntawm Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, "ntau lub tsev kawm ntawv uas siv Summit tau los hlub thiab txhawb nqa nws."

Qhov kev hlub thiab kev txhawb nqa no pom zoo tshaj plaws hauv Kansas lub nroog Wellington (8 tus neeg) thiab McPherson (000 tus neeg). Lawv nyob ib puag ncig los ntawm cov nplej thiab cov chaw ua haujlwm, thiab cov neeg nyob hauv ua haujlwm hauv kev ua liaj ua teb, ntawm cov chaw ua haujlwm roj los yog cov chaw tsim khoom dav hlau nyob ze. Hauv 13, Kansas tshaj tawm tias nws yuav txhawb nqa "moonshot" hauv kev kawm thiab qhia "kev kawm tus kheej." Ob xyoos tom qab nws xaiv rau qhov project no "cov neeg caij nkoj": McPherson thiab Wellington. Thaum cov niam txiv tau txais daim ntawv qhia cog lus tias β€œkev kawm tus kheej”, ntau tus zoo siab heev. Cov thawj coj hauv cheeb tsam tsev kawm tau xaiv Summit.

"Peb xav tau txoj hauv kev sib npaug rau txhua tus menyuam," Brian Kynaston tus thawj coj hauv tsev kawm tau hais. Summit ua rau nws tus ntxhais muaj 14 xyoo muaj kev ywj pheej.

"Txhua tus neeg tau txiav txim sai dhau," nws hais ntxiv.

Thaum xyoo kawm ntawv pib, cov menyuam tau txais lub laptops los siv Summit. Nrog lawv cov kev pab, lawv tau kawm txog lej mus rau Askiv thiab keeb kwm. Cov kws qhia ntawv tau hais rau cov tub ntxhais kawm tias tam sim no lawv lub luag haujlwm yog los ua tus cob qhia.

Cov niam txiv ntawm cov me nyuam muaj teeb meem kev noj qab haus huv tam sim ntawd khiav mus rau teeb meem. Megan, 12, uas raug kev txom nyem los ntawm qaug dab peg, tau pom zoo los ntawm kws kho mob paj hlwb kom txwv lub sij hawm tshuaj ntsuam mus rau 30 feeb ib hnub kom txo cov qaug dab peg. Txij li thaum nws pib siv cov cuab yeej web, Megan tau qaug dab peg ntau zaus hauv ib hnub.

Thaum lub Cuaj Hlis, qee cov tub ntxhais kawm tau nthuav tawm cov ntsiab lus tsis txaus ntseeg thaum Summit pom zoo qhib lub vev xaib rau lawv. Hauv ib qho ntawm nws cov lus qhia txog keeb kwm Paleolithic, Summit suav nrog qhov txuas mus rau ib tsab xov xwm los ntawm British ntawv xov xwm The Daily Mail nrog kev tshaj tawm tsis zoo rau cov neeg laus. Thaum tshawb nrhiav Kaum Nqe Kevcai, lub platform tau xa mus rau qhov chaw ntseeg Vajtswv. Rau cov lus thov no, Tavenner tau teb tias qhov kev cob qhia tau tsim los siv cov ntaub ntawv qhib thiab tsab xov xwm hauv Daily Mail haum nws cov kev xav tau. "Daily Mail sau nyob rau theem pib heev thiab nws yog ib qho yuam kev rau ntxiv qhov txuas," nws hais ntxiv tias cov ntaub ntawv Summit tsis coj cov tub ntxhais kawm mus rau qhov chaw ntseeg.

Summit faib cov kws qhia ntawv thoob plaws lub tebchaws. Rau qee tus, nws tau tso lawv tawm ntawm kev npaj thiab muab qhab nia xeem thiab muab sijhawm ntxiv rau lawv cov tub ntxhais kawm. Lwm tus hais tias lawv pom lawv tus kheej hauv lub luag haujlwm ntawm cov neeg sawv cev. Thaum Summit xav kom cov tsev kawm ntawv muaj cov xibfwb qhia ntawv tsawg kawg yog 10 feeb, qee cov menyuam yaus hais tias kev sib tham tsis ntev tshaj li ob peb feeb lossis tsis muaj txhua.

Cov lus nug tseem tshwm sim txog kev tiv thaiv cov tub ntxhais kawm cov ntaub ntawv tus kheej. Leonie Haimson, tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm Parent Coalition for Student Privacy hais tias "Summit sau ntau cov ntaub ntawv ntawm tus kheej ntawm txhua tus tub ntxhais kawm thiab npaj taug qab nws mus rau hauv tsev kawm qib siab thiab dhau mus," Tavenner teb tias lub platform tau ua raws li Txoj Cai Tiv Thaiv Kev Tiv Thaiv Me Nyuam Hauv Online.

Thaum lub caij ntuj no, ntau tus tub ntxhais kawm los ntawm McPherson thiab Wellington tau txaus.

Silicon Valley tau tuaj rau Kansas cov menyuam kawm ntawv. Qhov no ua rau muaj kev tawm tsam

16-xyoo-laus Miriland Fabkis qhov muag pib nkees thiab nws tsis tau tham nrog cov kws qhia ntawv thiab cov tub ntxhais kawm hauv chav kawm. "Txhua tus neeg muaj kev ntxhov siab heev tam sim no," nws hais. Cov tub ntxhais kawm qib yim Colleen lub caij ntuj no tau koom nrog lub Ib Hlis taug kev nrog rau 50 lwm tus tub ntxhais kawm. Nws hais tias, "Kuv ntshai me ntsis," tab sis kuv tseem zoo siab ua ib yam dab tsi."

Lub koom haum lub rooj sib tham tau muaj nyob rau hauv lub tiaj nraum qaum tsev ntawm ib tug ntawm cov niam txiv, Tom Henning lub tsheb kho lub khw. Tus kws tshaj lij Chris Smalley, leej txiv ntawm ob tug menyuam hnub nyoog 14 thiab 16 xyoo, tau teeb tsa lub npe rau pem hauv ntej ntawm nws lub tsev tawm tsam Summit: β€œLawv piav txhua yam zoo rau peb. Tab sis qhov no yog qhov phem tshaj txiv qaub tshebuas peb tau yuav." Deanna Garver kuj tau kos npe rau hauv nws lub vaj: "Tsis txhob poob dej nrog Summit."

Hauv McPherson, Koenigs tau txuag nyiaj thiab xa lawv cov menyuam mus rau tsev kawm ntawv Catholic: "Peb tsis yog Catholic, tab sis peb pom tias nws yooj yim dua los tham txog kev ntseeg noj hmo tshaj qhov ua siab tshaj." Kwv yees li kaum kaum tus niam txiv Wellington twb tau tsiv lawv cov menyuam tawm ntawm tsev kawm ntawv pej xeem tom qab lub caij nplooj zeeg thiab lwm 40 txoj kev npaj yuav thim lawv thaum lub caij ntuj sov, raws li Wellington City Councilor Kevin Dodds.

Nws hais tias, "Peb nyob ntawm thaj tsam," thiab lawv tau hloov peb mus ua npua guinea.

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