Disruptions Within Seycove

Deep Cove is called Deep Cove because the lowest part in the bay is 100 ft deep

The tea bag played a major part in the hydration and nutrition of the soldiers on the battle field. It was something that they could just put into their pocket and when ready add water and you have a nice drink.  It brought soldiers a little comfort in the war zone.

An integrated circuit is sometimes called a chip or microchip.  It is a semiconductor wafer on which 1000s or millions of tiny resistors, capacitors and transistors are made.  It can be used as a counter, amplifier, memory, processor or timer.  Early developments of the integrated circuit go back to 1949, when German engineer Werner Jacobi got a patent for an integrated-circuit-like semiconductor amplifying device to make hearing aids for people.  Years later, Jack Kilby designed a new circuit for the US Air Force and he won a Nobel Prize for it.  Later an IC chip was designed for spacecraft to go to the moon.  That was a significant disruption to how far people thought they could go from earth.  The IC chip helped computers go from massive devices to much smaller size while still getting a larger memory.  This increased the uses of the computers. Some people say it is one of the most important inventions of the 20th century.

Here is a picture that I drew of a set of bowling pins and a bowling ball from our bowling night out.

This is a picture that my coach took of the senior basketball team when we were on a basketball trip to Brentwood College. We had just finished bowling. This bowling trip was a fun disruption from the pressure of the basketball games that we had been playing

Challenge Page 2 Silicon Valley Reflection

Why did the computer disruption (revolution) start here?

Stanford University gave Hewlett Packard it’s start. A lot of engineers graduated from Stanford to work on military projects like Nasa&apos;s wind tunnels, and new semiconductor companies like Fairchild. Those projects and early companies expanded and grew. The Silicon Valley industries grew and pulled in engineers from all over the world to work together to design new technology. Then the supporting jobs and industries joined them.

Linda Brown and her family fought segregation in schools

Educational change is important so that all students have equal opportunities to learn in a meaningful way. Technology has made a big impact so people can have better access to more up to date information and from remote places.  Another change has been when segregation was abolished in school systems so that all people have access to the public school system.

Linda Brown and her parents fought segregation in school. Linda was the main child in the supreme court case Brown vs the Board of Education.  Her dad went to court to stop segregation at schools and they won.  

While I was playing basketball I was disrupting the record of Saint Michaels University School and we ended up defeating them.

Disruption takes innovative thinking.  I think it helps to look at disruption using an Albert Einstein quote.

‘We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.’

High Tech High is a San Diego, California-based school development organization that includes a network of charter schools, a teacher certification program, and a graduate school of education.  In 2010 it had approximately 5,300 students in high, middle, and elementary schools. It provides equitable participation, personalized learning, authentic work and collaborative design.  They achieve this by having a lottery based selection, a learner-centred approach, meaningful and relevant projects and a collaborative approach to designing the curriculum.     The school relates to disruption because it doesn’t educate traditionally.  The students are out in the halls working on projects, in groups surrounding technology and creating physical projects to represent their learning covering more than one subject.   Some things that Seycove and PLP could apply from HTH might be more interactive designing between academic, athletics and arts areas.  It would be great to have room for a permanent Maker Workshop and Creative technology area. HTH also consults with outside experts and PLP could interact with some local university project experts to see uni learning in action and help prepare for post-secondary life.

definition of the word ‘disruption’ A disturbance that interrupts an event  or an activity.

Uber represents disruption to the cab industry.

The word disruption applies to Seycove because of programs like the PLP program as well as flex time. These programs interrupt the traditional way of teaching and the regular school curriculum by offering different learning opportunities for different learning styles and more topics.   

Ivy League schools are a group of eight schools in the north east United States. These schools are definitely considered some of the most prestigious schools in the world and they are all ranked in the top 15 schools in the world by US news and world report. The point of these school is to give the best education possible to students. They are very well established and are associated with academic excellence, high admission standards and costs and they are part of a famous athletic conference. These school are very focused on changing the world. Like HTH and PLP at Seycove, these Ivy League universities love projects, so they give money to students to fund their projects that they hope will change the world.

Fun fact : only 2% of Harvard students have ever dropped out.  One of them was Bill Gates.

Google is best known for its search engine.  This was disruptive because it changed the way people access up to date information in a short time in priority order.  This disrupted the business world because people became more informed consumers and businesses want to have positive google information showing up first

In this video I am demonstrating the disruptive power of google by searching up a question that I normally wouldn’t be able to find out the answer to without a lot of calculating.

There are 22 different species of squirrels in Canada. Their tails have many purposes. The tails help them balance in high places and they act as a rudder when jumping from tree branch to branch.  Their tails also help keep them warm in the winter and can show other squirrels what kind of mood they are in. They help plant trees because they put seeds into the ground to help grow trees. 

Squirrels can cause big disruptions even though they are small creatures.  Squirrels can cause major power outages by chewing on wires or walking on wires and damaging them. 

I would not be willing to go into World War One because of the horrible things that happened to the soldiers and what they had to do.  These horrible things included losing limbs, being blown up, dying and let’s not forget the psychological impact of seeing these events occur. Not only when the battles are happening but when you get home you may have to live with a  mental or physical injury for a long time.  I would try to help the war effort in a different way like raising money to help out.

This local environment can be disrupted humans in a lot of ways.  Developers can come in and cut down all the trees to build new roads, businesses or houses. Also it can be disrupted by development if the trees are gone and the soil erodes and causes floods.  Humans can also cause forest fires like in BC this year and destroy the environment for a long time. 

Heading to Mill Bay on Van Island to play in a 4 day senior basketball tournament at Brentwood College

Challenge Page 1 Silicon Valley Reflection

Before the 1900’s, San Francisco&apos;s port helped make it a hub for the telegraph, radio and railroad industries. Inside the rail yard is one of the first computers used in Silicon Valley to control the flow of trains in and out of the rail yard. Internet cables or fibre lines were put right under the tracks. Without those, Yahoo, Google, and Facebook couldn&apos;t exist here. The Internet cables to Stanford run along existing rail lines. Today the rail line brings workers into Palo Alto, too.

The cross-continental rail system made Leland Stanford very rich and he used his money to found Stanford University. 

These are pictures of me playing basketball and hockey

This project shows that disruption has positive impacts most of the time.  Technology, the Basketball Academy and Ivy League schools were all positive disruptions to education.  Nature disruptions can be negative because ecosystems are well-balanced to begin with.

When we first started off creating this book we were asked the question what is the definition of disruption. I thought about it and gave my own personal answer. I said disruption is a disturbance that interrupts an event or an activity. Now I would say that my personal hypothesis was right and wrong because I was initially not thinking of disruption in a positive way but it can be very positive and add value. When I look at disruptions at PLP and Seycove, they have improved education by offering more choices and using technology to open up access to knowledge and collaboration. I played a lot of sports this week and every year it gets more competitive and disruptive on the court and on the ice. This gives me better skills and you have to be a team player which I can apply to the classroom for working with my fellow students and teachers. I learned about disruptions to education by studying High Tech High, Ivy League Schools and how hard some people fought just to get equal access to education during segregation.

Here is an interview with a Seycove exchange student from Germany.  He talks about his time spent in North Vancouver from a visitor perspective.

North Vancouver Illustration of Disruption

The picture that I created shows the disruption because the chainsaw is representing the developers coming to North Vancouver forests and cutting down trees to build new homes to make money.

Apple is the best test tech company in the entire world so it is not surprising that they have been disrupting the flow of the other tech companies and impacting society. Apple has made many different products such as the iPhone, iPad and Mac but the reason I chose the first iPhone ever was because it turned a simple cell phone into a complex, multipurpose mobile device. It was the first cell phone with a big display that could be used to surf the internet and listen to music. The iPhone was the world’s first smartphone to come with a virtual keyboard that appears when you need it. This was a revolutionary step by Apple because it created a fully functional mobile computer that you could use where ever you went. It has impacted education, tourism for maps and social media. There have been over a billion iPhones sold which shows the global impact.

Disruption of education isn’t always a bad thing and can help you learn new things faster.

Collaboration devices can be used to communicate with people from around the world. This is disrupting the preconceptions we might have about people from other countries as we get to know them better.

Artificial intelligence can be used to perform routine tasks that humans usually perform.  This disrupts people’s regular routine and frees up time for humans to work on things at a higher level and more fun things too.

Virtually reality can be used to disrupt the average day and travel to a new place without actually physically travelling there.  This can save time and money.

This is my ideal classroom because there is a technology centre to get help if you have questions like Google Smart Home.  There are lots of big windows and light.  The desks are big so you can collaborate but also have your own quiet space when needed. There is food and water and bathrooms inside so you don’t have to leave if you are hungry or thirsty.  There is also a permanent Maker Workshop with lots of raw materials and tools so you can build things for projects.

Disrupted Classroom Space. With a multi-user smart desk.

The Seycove PLP program is a unique program that offers students a chance to learn with an inquiry and project based approach, using technology and real-world examples.  

Interview with my sister and Seycove alumni 

The Basketball Academy started at Seycove and offers a chance to train in basketball during class time and bring your skills to a higher level.  

The Flex Time day was started at Seycove this year and offers students a chance to chose from a wide range of new topics to learn about once a week.

World War One was the war to end all wars. This was not the case unfortunately since World War Two followed about twenty years later. World War One was one of the biggest disruptions in history. World War One was a disruption because it disrupted the lives of families in Canada even though it was fought overseas. Many men were fighting in the trenches so a lot of women in Canada had to work outside the home for the first time and earn a living or the family income would come to a screeching halt. This disrupted the whole economy. Many men died in the war which meant that families were emotionally devastated and raised by single parents. A lot of soldiers came back wounded physically and emotionally so this disrupted their families. They didn’t have medical technology and knowledge to help them that they do now.

The following photos can all be considered disruption for the following reasons

In this picture a boy is sitting on his iPad. This is showing disruption in a positive way from traditional learning because it shows that a student can learn outside the classroom and without a physical textbook.

In this picture there are a lot of students roaming the hall.  This could be disruptive if they are noisy while classes are on but it could be disruptive in a good way because it is important for students to share information and network since Seycove is a school where everyone knows everyone and gets along.  

Here is an average phone of a high school student. The iPhone can represent disruption if it distracts kids from their school work.  It can also be a positive disruption since it allows for group texting for group projects and it can be a research tool

Post Secondary Education Interview This is a PLP substitute  teacher, Ms. Findler  talking about her post education experience

While interviewing our sub teacher, I learned a lot about what options are available for post secondary education. Like my teacher, I know that some of the family members took some years off during their post secondary education so I might want to do that. Even if I did disrupt my education by taking a break, it is important to go back to school to finish what you started and to get as high a level of education as possible. I would also get some related work experience or volunteer experience so I could get a better job when I did finish. It is still a good idea to finish as soon as possible so you can pay off your bills. I also learned that there is way a lot of variety in terms of courses. If you want to specialized in a field such as neurosurgery and not just be a regular surgeon there are many different places you can do that. I learned that you can usually take a first degree in one area but then your second degree or masters can be a little different.

Challenge Page 3 Silicon Valley Reflection

Why is the Silicon Valley still popular and successful today?

1. Access to a large group of talented people. 2. Access to a great network like lawyers, marketers, media people to support them. 3. Access to investors who like to invest in new tech ideas. 5. Great weather, fun activities and sights. Carmel, Napa, the beach, Sierra Nevada mountains. 6. You can get another job if your startup fails because there are so many similar companies around.

Who am I? Good question. I am a son, younger brother, PLP student, basketball player, hockey player, mountain biker, snow boarder, referee, employee, youngest cousin, grandchild, dog owner and friend. I believe everything happens for a reason and hard work pays off in the long run.

A Disruption to Education: Money can be a good disruption to education because it enhances people’s opportunities. We toured Brentwood College during the basketball tournament. It is expensive to go there but they offer students a lot of academic, athletic and fine arts development.

Interview I learned some interesting things about disrupting education during the interview.  I learned that it is important to have community based learning and real world examples that students can relate to.  I think the PLP program does a good job of this because we’ve been involved with the community when we’ve gone on field study trips and when we interviewed people from the community during the winter exhibition.  PLP uses real world examples like when we studied the Game of Life and a real soldier from World War I and the solar panel design in math.

On the basketball trip during this week, we got a tour of Brentwood College which is another example of disruption to traditional education.  They have a tripartite program where students are encouraged to equally excel in academics, arts and athletics.  They have amazing facilities and a very inclusive environment for high school students from all over the world.  

I liked studying how the advancements in computers disrupted life in the business world and at home.  I didn’t know how far back modern computers went and how they important to even win World War Two and break the Nazi code.  Even looking back to WW1 before modern computers, it is an eye opener to how hard life was and I’m glad that there was all the technological disruptions to get us to where we are today.  Now technology is disrupting life more every year from self driving trucks to spherical cameras that take 360 degree selfies.

The history of modern computers starts a long time ago in the 1930s when test equipment for engineers was designed and used by people like Walt Disney for sound equipment for movies. Then calculators were designed to operate remotely. During WW Two Britain designed a computer called Colossus to break the Nazi code to help win the war. The first commercial computer was developed in 1946 and was located on the University of Pennsylvania campus. The computer took up 1,800 squares feet and weighed 50 tons. The second generation of computers used transistors instead of vacuum tubes and they had memory and operating systems using tapes and disks and printers were added. The third generation of computers used an integrated circuit board so computers were smaller, more powerful and more reliable. Personal computers were invented for use at home and Apple started releasing their mobile devices like iPads and smartphones that revolutionized multi-functioning handheld computers. Each of these innovations provided people at home and businesses with faster access to more information so it changed society with social media, business with online shopping and education using technology.

Intel is best known for creation the world’s first commercial microchip. This was disruptive because it was taking business away from big companies like Texas Instruments.  Intel supplies processors for companies like Apple so it is part of Apple’s impact on the world.  

This video explains more about Intel as well as the history. When the sinister eight moved on from Mr Shockley’s company that was just one of the disruptions within the tech world that was a positive move because then they could make the microchip.

With this project I’ve learned that it is good to pursue disruption for positive change and growth in education.   It is important to not get discouraged if it is hard during the disruption stage because change is hard.  If I look at Ivy League Schools, PLP and HTH and Brentwood, I see it is important to collaborate and be inclusive and recognize different learning styles.  

I also see more clearly how my academics and PLP fit well with athletics.  Both require hard work, collaboration, goal setting, leadership, strategies, and focus. For my future years at Seycove, post secondary and career, I am going to try and balance academics with athletics and with my creative side (engineering and using multimedia).    I don’t know what I will study in university but I want to keep my options open and try to be well-rounded to travel down the road of life and be ready for whatever challenge or opportunity is around the next curve in the road.

Seycove is a small school where we like to come support each other in different performances and sporting events. The following unique Seycove sound is a recording of my friend Tim encouraging the Seycove senior boys basketball team. Tim is a well known figure around Seycove. He always has a smile on his face and will help anyone who asks. Tim loves to come support teams and show his school pride.

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