Palos Verdes High
School’s Capstone Program presented “Connecting the Dots, 21st
Century Literacy in a Global Society” on May 15, 2013. The forum held at the
Peninsula Center Library Community Room also included panelists Shirley Parry,
Greg Allen, Martin Griffin, Laura Henry, Somdeb Banerjee, and Steve Regur as
keynote speaker.
Following are insights
from Mike Chen, Redondo Mortgage Center intern 2013.
The
event Connecting the Dots was an exciting learning opportunity. In gist, the
keynote speaker and panelists discussed that the process of solving problems is
not merely reliant on technology, instead, relies on leadership and creativity.
The panel tackled points on:
·
How
can the education system focus on problem solving and leadership
·
How
schools can help students graduate with college-ready and work-ready skills
·
How
to help students obtain global competencies
Redondo
Mortgage Center Loan Officer Pooyan Fard who is also a Capstone industry
partner at Palos Verdes High School explained how the above points are the key
in 21st Century particularly in human capital market. He shared that
students can obtain skills but what they really need is leadership and vision.
If schools can provide an environment where students can obtain a
problem-solving mindset, the rest can easily be learned. He ended with a
valuable tip for the attendees: “It is not about the degree, rather, about what
students really want to do and enjoy doing.”
Mike is a senior at
California State, Long Beach majoring in Business Finance. He is also RMC’s
guest blogger for the day.
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