RE REGION.
>> GREGG COOPER, AS ALWAYS, THANKS FOR YOUR PERSPECTIVE. >> GREAT TO BE HERE. >>>THE NICKEL PLATE DISTRICT IS
THE CIVIC, HISTORIC, AND CULTURAL EPICENTER OF FISHERS. IT'S WHERE YOU CAN CATCH LIVE ENTERTAINMENT, GREAT MUSIC AND
SATISFY YOUR TASTE FOR GREAT FOOD AT A VARIETY OF RESTAURANTS. IT'S ALSO WHERE YOU'LL FIND A
TRAIL, NEAR THE NICKEL PLATE RAIL LINE, THAT HONORS THE HERITAGE OF THE AREA. THE DISTRICT IS ALSO HOME OF
FISHERS LOCAL GOVERNMENT. >>GERRY: CERTAINLY, TECH IS EVERYWHERE... IT CONTINUES TO IMPACT VIRTUALLY EVERY ASPECT OF
OUR LIVES...AND IT ALSO DRIVES CHANGE. DATA, CONTENT, AND INFORMATION ON THE WEB IS DOUBLING EVERY 7
TO 11 MONTHS. CURRENT STUDENTS WILL CHANGE CAREERS- NOT JOBS OR PROMOTIONS- BUT RE-INVENT WHAT THEY DO 7-13
TIMES IN THEIR LIFETIMES. WITH TECHNOLOGY, IT'S NO LONGER WHAT YOU KNOW, BUT WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH WHAT YOU KNOW, WHICH IS
DISRUPTING THE TRADITIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEM AND ENVIRONMENT. I'M PLEASED TO BE JOINED BY TWO
TECH EDUCATORS AT THE FOREFRONT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION IN FISHERS... JULIE ALANO IS COMPUTER SCIENCE
DEPARTMENT CHAIRPERSON AT HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN HIGH SCHOOL AND STEVE LOSER IS THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT FISHERS
HIGH SCHOOL. WELCOME TO YOU BOTH. >> NOT ALL SCHOOL SYSTEMS AND SCHOOLS ARE EMBRACING TECHNOLOGY
AND INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP, WHY IS IT HAPPENING HERE AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT.
>> IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU JUST SAID ABOUT PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO CHANGE JOBS, NOT CAREERS BUT JOBS AND THEY HAVE
TO LOON -- LEARN NEW THINGS QUICKLY SO IT'S IMPORTANT WE TRAIN OUR STUDENTS TO LEARN ON THE FLY AND NOT JUST MEMORIZE
SOMETHING THEY CAN GOOGLE AND A LOT OF SCHOOLS ARE PICKING UP ON THE CHANGE. IT'S JUST SOME EDUCATORS ARE A
LITTLE AFRAID OF CHANGE. >> HAS THERE BEEN SOME RESISTANCE AND WHY IS THAT? >> THAT STUFF, SOME TEACHERS
SAY I'VE ALWAYS DONE IT THAT WAY AND IT WORKS. WE ARE A HIGH PERFORMING SCHOOL SO WHY SHOULD I CHANGE IF WE
STILL HAVE HIGH TEST SCORES AND ALL THAT BUT IT'S A MATTER OF MAKING SURE THAT STUDENTS ARE PREPARED FOR THE JOBS AND
INDUSTRIES TELLING US THERE'S SOME AREAS STUDENTS NEED TO WORK ON. >> TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT ON
THE FOCUS ON INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IS HAVING WITH STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT. >> I THINK FIRST AND FOREMOST
WE WANT TO REFLECT THE FISHERS COMMUNITY SO WE ARE BEING RESPONSIVE AND THAT PACE OF CHANGE IS RAPID AND SO OUR
CLASSROOMS AND OUR CURRICULUM NEED TO BE JUST AS RAPID WITH THAT AND WHAT'S AWESOME IS WE CAN START TO CONNECT THOSE
THINGS TO COMMUNITY PROBLEMS, CHALLENGES AND BUILD CURRICULUM AND CLASSROOM EXPERIENCES AROUND THAT.
>> WORKING WITH COMMUNITY INDUSTRY TO GIVE STUDENTS EXPERIENCE IS YOU CAN'T GET IN THE CLASSROOM SO THEY ARE
WORKING WITH PEOPLE IN THE INDUSTRY TO GET THAT EXPERIENCE AS WELL AS NOT JUST THE TRADITIONAL GO THROUGH MATERIAL
AND TEST AND QUIZ, SO PROJECT -BASED LEARNING AND AUTHENTIC LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT WE ARE GIVING STUDENTS WHERE THEY HAVE
TO APPLY WHAT THEY'VE LEARNED AND WHAT THEY KNOW. >> THE STUDENTS LIKE THAT HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE EVEN BETTER
THAN THE TRADITIONAL. >> IT IS A LITTLE CHANGE FOR SOME OF THEM. WE KIND OF CALL IT THE PLACE
SCHOOL AND WE ARE NOT REALLY DOING THE PLAY SCHOOL ANYMORE. IT'S A SHIFT FOR THEM. SO I THINK AS YOUNGER STUDENTS
COME ALONG AND WILL BE EVEN MORE EXCITING WHAT WE CAN DO AND THEY'VE ALREADY HAD THIS EXPERIENCE AS THEY COME THROUGH
OUR LOWER GRADES. >> STEVE, ANOTHER GREAT EXAMPLE WITH LUNCH -- NEXT LAUNCH.
SECOND NEAR THIS YEAR TALK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT'S REFLECTIVE OF SOME OF THE CHANGE AND THE FOCUS ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
>> WE ARE IN THE SECOND YEAR HERE PARTNERING WITH CULVER ACADEMIES TO PUT THIS ON, BUT RIGHT HERE THE IOT LAB WILL HOST
A BUSINESS IDEA COMPETITION AMONG NINE HIGH SCHOOLS ON THE TOP PRIZES 25,000 DIALS AND GOES DOWN FROM THERE.
THE BIG GOAL BEING TO TAKE THAT MONEY AND GO ON TO COLLEGE OR TO IMPLEMENT THEIR IDEA. >> AS YOU LOOK THE NEXT 5-10
YEARS PLUS, THE IMPACT OF THIS FOCUS, WHAT WILL IT BE? >> WHERE YOU SEE STUDENTS LEAVE OUR SYSTEM, GRADUATE AND
GO ON TO PURSUE GOALS WHETHER THAT'S COLLEGE OR A CAREER STEP, BUT ULTIMATELY PLANTING THEIR ROOTS RIGHT BACK HERE IN FISHERS
AS A CITIZEN TO RAISE A FAMILY, WHICH I'M SURE HAS BEEN TOUTED ON THE SHOW TO THIS POINT AND AS WELL TO SEE THE ECOSYSTEM REALLY
BEING THE PLACE THEY NEED TO BE TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN. >> AND MAKING SURE WE KEEP GO STUDENTS HERE AND BY GETTING
THEM INTO THE COMMUNITY IN HIGH SCHOOL THEY CAN SEE THE OPPORTUNITIES THEY HAVE EVEN BEFORE THEY GO TO COLLEGE SO WE
CAN KEEP THEM IN THE COMMUNITY IN INDIANA. >> VERY GOOD. THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT
FISHERS HIGH SCHOOL AND JULIE.