Making Geeks Cool Could Reform Education

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- embracing "digital culture"—from deploying videogame-style rewards to encouraging kids to develop online reputations—could completely transform education.
- "The driving force in the life of a child, starting much earlier than it used to be, is to be cool, to fit in," Grodd told the group. "And pretty universally, it's cool to rebel."
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- - "are able to make learning cool, so the cool kids are the ones who get As. That's an art."
  - "Geeks get things done. They're possessed. They can't help themselves,"
  - There are no teachers' bathrooms or lounges. Parents roam the halls. And the students are required to present their work to outsiders. This, it turns out, is the key to geekifying education. "A big chunk of the school experience is having them hang out with the adults they could imagine becoming,"
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"The students all work in small groups as a way to foster shared enthusiasm: Get two kids excited about something and it's harder for a third to poke fun at them."

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