Emily Pilloton: Teaching design for change

Translator: Amantia Gjikondi Reviewer: Helena Bedalli

So this is a story

Pra kjo eshte historia

of a place that I now call home.

e vendit qe une tani e quaj shtepi.

It's a story of public education

Eshte nje histori e edukimit publik

and of rural communities

dhe e komuniteteve rurale

and of what design might do to improve both.

dhe se cfare mund te beje dizajni per ti permiresuar te dyja.

So this is Bertie County,

Pra, kjo eshte Komuna Bertie,

North Carolina, USA.

ne Karolinen e Veriut, Sh.B.A,

To give you an idea of the "where:"

per t'ju dhene nje ide te vendodhjes.

So here's North Carolina, and if we zoom in,

Pra, ketu eshte Karolina e Veriut, dhe nese e zmadhojme,

Bertie County is in the eastern part of the state.

Komuna Bertie eshte ne pjesen lindore te shtetit.

It's about two hours east

Eshte rreth dy ore ne lindje

driving-time from Raleigh.

me makine nga Raleigh.

And it's very flat. It's very swampy.

Dhe eshte shume e rrafshet. Eshte shume mocalore.

It's mostly farmland.

Eshte kryesisht toke bujqesore.

The entire county

E gjithe komuna

is home to just 20,000 people, and they're very sparsely distributed.

banohet nga vetem 20,000 njerez, dhe ato jane pak te shperndare.

So there's only 27 people per square mile,

Ka vetem 27 persona per milje katror,

which comes down to about 10 people

qe eshte rreth 10 njerez

per square kilometer.

per kilometer katror.

Bertie County is kind of a prime example

Komuna Bertie eshte nje lloj shembulli kryesor

in the demise of rural America.

ne deshtimin e Amerikes rurale.

We've seen this story all over the country

Ne e kemi pare kete histori perreth gjithe vendit

and even in places beyond the American borders.

dhe madje edhe ne vende pertej kufijnve amerikane.

We know the symptoms.

Ne i dime simptomat.

It's the hollowing out of small towns.

Eshte gërryerja e qyteteve te vogla.

It's downtowns becoming ghost towns.

Qendrat e qytetit kthehen ne qytet fantazem --

The brain drain --

largimi i trurit,

where all of the most educated and qualified leave and never come back.

ku me te edukuarit dhe te kualifikuarit largohen dhe nuk kthehen me kurre.

It's the dependence on farm subsidies

Eshte varesia mbi subvencionet bujqesore

and under-performing schools

dhe shkollave me performance te ulet

and higher poverty rates in rural areas

dhe normave te larta te varferise ne zonat rurale

than in urban.

ne krahasim me ato urbane.

And Bertie County is no exception to this.

Dhe Komuna Bertie nuk eshte perjashtim per kete.

Perhaps the biggest thing it struggles with,

Ndoshta gjeja me e madhe me te cilen lufton,

like many communities similar to it,

si shume komunitete te ngjashme me te,

is that there's no

eshte qe aty nuk ka

shared, collective investment

investime kolektive, te perbashketa,

in the future of rural communities.

ne te ardhmen e komuniteteve rurale.

Only 6.8 percent of all our philanthropic giving in the U.S. right now

Vetem 6,8 perqind e te gjitha bamiresive tona duke u dhene ne SHBA tani

benefits rural communities,

perfitohen nga komunitetet rurale,

and yet 20 percent of our population lives there.

dhe 20 perqind e popullsise tone jeton atje.

So Bertie County is not only very rural; it's incredibly poor.

Pra, Komuna Bertie eshte jo vetem shume rurale, ajo eshte teper e varfer.

It is the poorest county in the state.

Eshte komuna me e varfer ne shtet.

It has one in three of its children living in poverty,

Ajo ka nje nder tre femijet e saj qe jetojne ne varferi.

and it's what is referred to as a "rural ghetto."

Dhe eshte ajo qe i referohemi si geto rurale.

The economy is mostly agricultural.

Ekonomia eshte kryesisht bujqesore.

The biggest crops are cotton and tobacco,

Mbjelljet me te medha jane pambuku dhe duhani,

and we're very proud of our Bertie County peanut.

dhe ne jemi shume krenare per kikirikun e Komunes Bertie.

The biggest employer is the Purdue chicken processing plant.

Biznesi me i madh eshte fabrika e perpunimit te pulave Purdue.

The county seat is Windsor.

Qendra e Komunes eshte Windsor.

This is like Times Square of Windsor that you're looking at right now.

Kjo qe po shihni tani eshte si Times Square e Windsor.

It's home to only 2,000 people,

Banohet nga 2,000 njerez,

and like a lot of other small towns

dhe si shume qytete te tjera te vogla

it has been hollowed out over the years.

ajo po gerryhet gjate viteve.

There are more buildings that are empty or in disrepair

Aty ka me shume ndertesa qe jane bosh ose ne gjendje te keqe

than occupied and in use.

sesa te zena dhe ne perdorim.

You can count the number of restaurants in the county

Ju mund te numeroni sasise e restoranteve ne komune

on one hand --

me nje dore --

Bunn's Barbecue being my absolute favorite.

"Bunn's Barbecue" eshte absolutisht e preferuara ime.

But in the whole county there is no coffee shop,

Por, ne te gjithe komunen nuk ka nje Kafe,

there's no Internet cafe,

nuk ka nje internet kafe,

there's no movie theater, there's no bookstore.

nuk ka nje kinema, nuk ka nje librari.

There isn't even a Walmart.

Nuk ka as edhe nje Walmart.

Racially, the county

Nga pikpamja raciale, komuna

is about 60 percent African-American,

eshte rreth 60 perqind Afrikan Amerikan,

but what happens in the public schools

dhe ajo qe ndodh me shkollat publike

is most of the privileged white kids

eshte qe femijet e bardhe me te priviligjuar

go to the private Lawrence Academy.

shkojne ne Akademine private Laurence.

So the public school students

Keshtu qe studentet e shkollave publike

are about 86 percent African-American.

jane rreth 86 perqind Afrikano Amerikan.

And this is a spread from the local newspaper of the recent graduating class,

Dhe kjo eshte nje e dhene nga gazetat lokale e klasave te fundit te diplomuara,,

and you can see the difference is pretty stark.

dhe ju mund ta shihni qe diferenca eshte shume e zymte.

So to say that the public education system

Pra, per te thene qe sistemi i edukimit publik

in Bertie County is struggling

ne Komunen Bertie po lufton,

would be a huge understatement.

eshte goxha e zvogeluar.

There's basically no pool

Ne parim nuk ka rezerva

of qualified teachers to pull from,

te mesuesve te kualifikuar per tu terhequr nga kjo.

and only eight percent of the people in the county

Dhe vetem tete perqind e njerezve ne komune

have a bachelor's degree or higher.

kane nje arsimim unversiteti ose me te larte.

So there isn't a big legacy

Pra, nuk eshte nje trashegimi e madhe

in the pride of education.

ne krenarine e arsimimit.

In fact, two years ago,

Ne te vertete, 2 vjet me pare,

only 27 percent of all the third- through eighth-graders

vetem 27 perqind e studenteve nga klasa e trete deri te e teta

were passing the state standard

kaluan standartin e shtetit

in both English and math.

si ne anglisht ashtu edhe ne matematike.

So it sounds like I'm painting a really bleak picture of this place,

Keshtu qe tingellon sikur une jam duke pikturuar me te vertete nje pikture te zhveshur te ketij vendi,

but I promise there is good news.

por une ju premtoj qe ka lajme te mira.

The biggest asset, in my opinion,

Pasuria me e madhe, sipas opinionit tim,

one of the biggest assets in Bertie County right now is this man:

nje nder pasurite me te medha ne komunen Bertie tashme, eshte ky burre.

This is Dr. Chip Zullinger,

Ky eshte Dr. Chip Zullinger,

fondly known as Dr. Z.

njohur me dashuri si Dr. Z.

He was brought in in October 2007

Ai eshte sjelle ne tetor te 2007

as the new superintendent

si mbikqyresi i ri

to basically fix this broken school system.

per te rregulluar ne thelb kete sistem shkollor te thyer.

And he previously was a superintendent

Dhe ai perpara ishte nje mbikqyres

in Charleston, South Carolina

ne Charleston, ne Karolinen e Jugut

and then in Denver, Colorado.

dhe me pas ne Denver, Kolorado.

He started some of the country's first charter schools

Ai filloi disa nga e shkollat e para charter te komunes

in the late '80s in the U.S.

ne fund te viteve 80 ne SHBA.

And he is an absolute renegade and a visionary,

Ai eshte nje renegat absolut dhe nje vizionar,

and he is the reason that I now live and work there.

dhe ai eshte arsyeja qe une tani jetoj dhe punoj ketu.

So in February of 2009,

Keshtu ne shkurt te 2009,

Dr. Zullinger invited us, Project H Design --

Dr. Zullinger na ftoi ne, Projekti Dizajn H --

which is a non-profit design firm that I founded --

eshte nje firme dizajni jo fitimprures qe krijova-

to come to Bertie and to partner with him

te vinim ne Bertie dhe te bashkepunonim me te

on the repair of this school district

per te riparuar kete distrikt shkollor

and to bring a design perspective to the repair of the school district.

dhe per te sjelle nje prespektive dizenjimi ne te.

And he invited us in particular

Dhe ai na ftoi neve ne vecanti

because we have a very specific

sepse ne kemi nje lloj shume

type of design process --

specifik te procesit te projektimit --

one that results in appropriate design solutions

nje qe rezulton ne zgjidhje te pershtatshme dizajni

in places that don't usually have access

ne vende qe zakonisht nuk kane qasje

to design services or creative capital.

te dizenjojne sherbime ose kapitale krijues.

Specifically, we use these six design directives,

Në mënyrë specifike, ne perdorim keto gjashte direktiva te dizenjimit,

probably the most important being number two:

e ndoshta me e rendesishja eshte numri dy:

we design with, not for --

ne dizenjojme me, jo per --

in that, when we're doing humanitarian-focused design,

ne kuptimin qe, kur bejme dizenjime te fokusuara ne bamiresi,

it's not about designing for clients anymore.

nuk eshte me te dizenjosh per klientet;

It's about designing with people,

eshte rreth dizenjimit me njerezit,

and letting appropriate solutions emerge from within.

dhe te lejosh zgjidhjet e duhura te dalin nga brenda.

So at the time of being invited down there,

Keshtu qe ne kohen qe u ftuam atje,

we were based in San Francisco,

ne ishim te vendosur ne San Francisco.

and so we were going back and forth

Keshtu qe ne shkonim e vinim

for basically the rest of 2009,

gjate vitit 2009,

spending about half our time in Bertie County.

duke shpenzuar rreth gjysmen e kohes ne Komunen Bertie.

And when I say we, I mean Project H,

Dhe kur them ne, nenkuptoj Projektin H,

but more specifically, I mean myself and my partner, Matthew Miller,

por me specifikisht, nenkuptoj veten time dhe partnerin tim, Matthew Miller,

who's an architect and a sort of MacGyver-type builder.

qe eshte arkitekt dhe nje lloj ndertuesi tip-MacGyver.

So fast-forward to today, and we now live there.

Pra, po te kaloj me shpejtesi tek e sotmja, dhe ne sot jetojme atje.

I have strategically cut Matt's head out of this photo,

Une, strategjikisht, kam prere koken e Matt nga kjo foto,

because he would kill me if he knew I was using it

sepse ai do me "vriste" po ta dinte qe une do e perdorja ate

because of the sweatsuits.

per shkak te tutave.

But this is our front porch. We live there.

Por, kjo eshte veranda jone nga perpara. Ne jetojme atje.

We now call this place home.

Ne tani e quajme kete vend shtepine tone.

Over the course of this year that we spent flying back and forth,

Gjate ketij viti qe kaluam duke fluturuar sa andej - ketej,

we realized we had fallen in love with the place.

ne kuptuam qe kemi rene ne dashuri me kete vend.

We had fallen in love with the place and the people

Ne kemi rene ne dashuri me vendin dhe me njerezit

and the work that we're able to do

dhe me punen qe jemi ne gjendje te bejme

in a rural place like Bertie County,

ne vendet rurale si komuna Bertie,

that, as designers and builders,

qe si dizenjues dhe ndertues,

you can't do everywhere.

nuk mund ta bejme kudo.

There's space to experiment

Ka hapesire per te eksperimentuar

and to weld and to test things.

dhe per te bashkuar dhe per te provuar gjera.

We have an amazing advocate in Dr. Zullinger.

Ne kemi nje avokat te mahnitshem ne Dr. Zullinger.

There's a nobility of real, hands-on,

Ka nje fisnikeri te se vertetes, duart lart.

dirt-under-your-fingernails work.

poshtersi poshte thonjve tuaj te punes.

But beyond our personal reasons for wanting to be there,

Por pertej arsyeve tona personale per te dashur per te qene atje,

there is a huge need.

ekziston nje nevoje e madhe.

There is a total vacuum of creative capital in Bertie County.

Ka nje vakum te pergjithshem te kapitalit krijues ne komunen Bertie.

There isn't a single licensed architect in the whole county.

Nuk ka nje arkitekt te vetem te licensuar ne te gjithe komunen.

And so we saw an opportunity

Dhe keshtu ne pame nje mundesi

to bring design as this untouched tool,

per te sjelle dizenjim si ky mjet i paprekur,

something that Bertie County didn't otherwise have,

dicka qe si Komuna Bertie ndryshe nuk ka,

and to be sort of the -- to usher that in

dhe te jete lloj e -- te shoqerohet

as a new type of tool in their tool kit.

si nje lloj i ri mjeti ne kutine e tyre te mjeteve.

The initial goal became using design

Qellimi fillestar u be duke perdorur dizajnin

within the public education system in partnership with Dr. Zullinger --

brenda sistemit publik arsimor ne partneritet me Dr. Zullinger

that was why we were there.

qe ishte dhe arsyeja qe pse ne jemi ketu.

But beyond that, we recognized

Por pertej saj, ne njohem qe

that Bertie County, as a community,

Komuna Bertie si komunitet

was in dire need of a fresh perspective

kishte nje nevoje urgjente per nje perspektive te fresket

of pride and connectedness

te krenarise, te lidhjes

and of the creative capital

dhe te kapitalit krijues

that they were so much lacking.

qe i mungonte atyre.

So the goal became, yes, to apply design within education,

Keshtu qe objektivi qe vume, ishte aplikimi i dizajnit ne kuader te mesimit,

but then to figure out how to make education

dhe pastaj te kuptuarit sesi te benim edukimin

a great vehicle for community development.

nje mjet te madh per zhvillimin e komunitetit.

So in order to do this, we've taken three different approaches

Pra, ne menyre qe te bejme kete, ne kemi marre tri qasje te ndryshme

to the intersection of design and education.

per nderthurjen e projektimit dhe te arsimit.

And I should say that these are three things that we've done in Bertie County,

Dhe une mund te them qe keto jane tre gjerat qe ne kemi bere ne Komunen Bertie,

but I feel pretty confident that they could work

por une ndihem shume e sigurt qe ata mund te funksionojne

in a lot of other rural communities

ne shume komunitete te tjera rurale

around the U.S. and maybe even beyond.

rreth SHBA dhe ndoshta edhe pertej.

So the first of the three is design for education.

Pra, e para eshte dizenjimi per edukimin.

This is the most kind of direct, obvious

Ky eshte lloji me i drejtperdrejte, i dukshem,

intersection of the two things.

nderthurja e dy gjerave.

It's the physical construction

Eshte konstruksioni fizik

of improved spaces and materials and experiences

i hapesirave te permiresuara, materialeve dhe eksperiencave

for teachers and students.

per mesuesit dhe studentet.

This is in response to the awful mobile trailers

Kjo eshte ne pergjigje te rimorkiove te levizshme te tmerrshme

and the outdated textbooks

dhe teksteve te vjeteruara

and the terrible materials that we're building schools out of these days.

dhe materialeve te tmerrshme qe po ndertojme shkollat sot.

And so this played out for us in a couple different ways.

Dhe keshtu kjo eshte realizuar per ne ne disa menyra te ndryshme

The first was a series of renovations of computer labs.

E para ishte nje seri rinovimesh te laboratoreve informatike.

So traditionally, the computer labs,

Pra, tradicionalisht, laboratoret informatike,

particularly in an under-performing school like Bertie County,

vecanerisht ne nje shkolle e niveli te ulet si Komuna Bertie,

where they have to benchmark test every other week,

ku ata duhet te testojne etapat njehere ne dy jave,

the computer lab is a kill-and-drill

e ku laboratori kompjuterik eshte nje objekt

testing facility.

testesh te te mesuarit permendesh.

You come in, you face the wall, you take your test and you leave.

Ti hyn, ulesh perballe murit, jep provimin dhe largohesh.

So we wanted to change the way that students approach technology,

Pra ne donim te ndryshonim menyren qe studentet qasin teknologjine,

to create a more convivial and social space

per te krijuar nje hapesire me gazmore e me sociale

that was more engaging, more accessible,

qe ishte me angazhuese, me e arritshme.

and also to increase the ability for teachers

Dhe gjithashtu per te rritur mundesine per mesuesit

to use these spaces for technology-based instruction.

qe te perdorin keto hapesira per kurset e bazuar ne teknologjine.

So this is the lab at the high school,

Ky eshte laboratori i gjimnazit.

and the principal there is in love with this room.

Dhe me kryesorja eshte qe ndodhet ne harmoni me kete dhome.

Every time he has visitors, it's the first place that he takes them.

Cdo here qe ka vizitore, ky eshte vendi i pare qe i tregojne.

And this also meant the co-creation with some teachers

Dhe kjo gjithashtu nenkupton bashke-krijimin me disa mesues

of this educational playground system

te ketij sistemi lojrash edukativ

called the learning landscape.

te quajtur peizazhi i te mesuarit.

It allows elementary-level students to learn core subjects

Kjo i lejon nxenesit e nivelit fillor te mesojne subjektet kryesore

through game play and activity

nepermjet lojrave dhe aktiviteteve

and running around and screaming and being a kid.

dhe duke vrapuar perreth e bertitur dhe duke u sjelle si femi.

So this game that the kids are playing here --

Pra, kjo loje qe femijet jane duke luajtur ketu -

in this case they were learning basic multiplication

ne kete rast, ishin duke mesuar shumezimet baze

through a game called Match Me.

nepermjet nje loje te quajtur "Me Gjej Mua".

And in Match Me, you take the class, divide it into two teams,

Dhe ne "Me Gjej Mua", e merr klasen, e ndan ate ne dy grupe,

one team on each side of the playground,

cdo grup ne nje ane te sheshit te lojrave

and the teacher will take a piece of chalk

dhe mesuesi merr nje cope shkumesi

and just write a number on each of the tires.

dhe shkruan vetem nje numer ne cdonjeren prej gomave.

And then she'll call out a math problem --

Dhe me pas ajo do te shfaqe nje problem matematikor --

so let's say four times four --

le te themi kater here kater --

and then one student from each team has to compete

dhe me pas nje nxenes nga cdo grup eshte ne gare me tjetrin

to figure out that four times four is 16

per te gjetur qe kater here kater bejne 16

and find the tire with the 16 on it and sit on it.

dhe te gjeje gomen me numrin 16 te shenuar dhe te ulet ne te.

So the goal is to have all of your teammates sitting on the tires

Pra, qellimi eshte qe te gjithe shoket e grupit tend te jene te ulur mbi gomat

and then your team wins.

dhe skuadra jote fiton.

And the impact of the learning landscape

Dhe ndikimi i metodes se te mesuarit te peizazhit

has been pretty surprising and amazing.

ka qene shume surprizues dhe mahnites.

Some of the classes and teachers have reported higher test scores,

Disa nga klasat dhe mesuesit kane raportuar rezultate te larta ne provime,

a greater comfort level with the material,

nje nivel me te madh komoditeti me materialin

especially with the boys,

kryesisht me djemte,

that in going outside and playing,

qe duke qene jashte e duke luajtur,

they aren't afraid to take on

nuk kane frike per te marre

a double-digit multiplication problem --

nje problem dyshifror shumezimi --

and also that the teachers are able

dhe gjithashtu qe mesuesit jane te gatshem

to use these as assessment tools

per ta perdorur kete si mjet vleresimi

to better gauge how their students

per te vleresuar me mire sesi studentet

are understanding new material.

po kuptojne materialet e reja.

So with design for education, I think the most important thing

Keshtu qe me dizenjimin per edukim, une mendoj qe gjeja me e rendesishme

is to have a shared ownership of the solutions with the teachers,

eshte te kesh nje pronesi te perbashket zgjidhjesh me mesuesit,

so that they have the incentive and the desire to use them.

ne menyre qe ato te kene nxitje dhe deshira ne perdorimin e tyre.

So this is Mr. Perry. He's the assistant superintendent.

Ky eshte. Z. Perry. Ai eshte mbikqyres asistent.

He came out for one of our teacher-training days

Ai doli njeren prej diteve te trajnimit te mesuesve

and won like five rounds of Match Me in a row and was very proud of himself.

dhe fitoi pothuajse pese raunde te "Me Gjej Mua" dhe ishte shume krenar per veten e tij.

(Laughter)

(Te qeshura)

So the second approach is redesigning education itself.

Qasja e dyte eshte ridizenjimi i arsimit ne vetvete.

This is the most complex.

Ky eshte me i kompleks.

It's a systems-level look

Eshte nje veshtrim ne nivelin e sistemeve

at how education is administered

mbi menyren sesi administrohet edukimi

and what is being offered and to whom.

dhe sesi e kujt i ofrohet.

So in many cases this is not so much about making change

Pra, ne shume raste kjo nuk eshte dhe aq rreth te ndryshuarit

as it is creating the conditions

sesa eshte per te krijuar kushtet

under which change is possible

nen te cilat ndryshimi eshte i mundshem

and the incentive to want to make change,

dhe nxitjes per te dashur qe te besh ndryshim,

which is easier said than done in rural communities

qe eshte me e lehte per tu thene sesa per tu bere ne komunitetet rurale

and in inside-the-box education systems

dhe brenda kutise se sistemit edukativ

in rural communities.

ne komunitet rurale.

So for us, this was a graphic public campaign

Keshtu qe per ne, kjo ishte nje fushate publike grafike

called Connect Bertie.

e quajtur Te Lidhesh Bertie.

There are thousands of these blue dots all over the county.

Ka mijera si keto pika blu ne te gjithe komunen.

And this was for a fund that the school district had

Dhe kjo ishte per nje fond qe rrethi i shkolles kishte

to put a desktop computer and a broadband Internet connection

qe te vendoste nje kompjuter dhe nje lidhje interneti

in every home

ne cdo shtepi

with a child in the public school system.

me nje femije ne sistemin shkollor publik.

Right now I should say,

Tani une mund te them,

there are only 10 percent of the houses

jane vetem 10% e shtepive

that actually have an in-home Internet connection.

qe aktualisht kane lidhje interneti ne shtepi.

And the only places to get WiFi

Dhe te vetmet vende per te marre WiFi

are in the school buildings, or at the Bojangles Fried Chicken joint,

jane ndertesat e shkollave, ose tek restoranti " Pule e Skuqur Bojangles",

which I find myself squatting outside of a lot.

tek e cila une gjej veten te ulur jashte shume here.

Aside from, you know, getting people excited

Pervec kesaj, ju e dini, qe njerezit te interesohen

and wondering what the heck these blue dots were all over the place,

dhe te pyesin cfare dreqin jane keto pika blu gjithandej,

it asked the school system

iu kerkua sistemit te shkolles

to envision how it might become a catalyst

per te parashikuar sesi ai mund te behet nje katalizator

for a more connected community.

per nje komunitet me te lidhur.

It asked them to reach outside of the school walls

Iu kerkua qe te kapercenin muret e shkolles

and to think about how they could play a role

dhe te mendonin rreth menyres sesi ato mund te luajne nje rol

in the community's development.

ne zhvillimin e komunitetit.

So the first batch of computers

Pra, grupi i pare i kompjuterave

are being installed later this summer,

jane duke u instaluar kete vere,

and we're helping Dr. Zullinger develop some strategies

dhe ne po ndihmojme Dr. Zullinger per te zhvilluar disa strategji

around how we might connect the classroom and the home

rreth menyres sesi ne mund te lidhim klasen dhe shtepine

to extend learning beyond the school day.

per te zgjeruar mesimin pertej kohes se shkolles.

And then the third approach, which is what I'm most excited about,

Dhe me pas, qasja e trete, per te cilen une jam me e lumtur,

which is where we are now,

eshte ajo ku ne jemi tani,

is: design as education.

qe eshte dizenjimi si edukim.

So "design as education" means

Pra, dizenjimi per edukim nenkupton

that we could actually teach design within public schools,

qe ne aktualisht mund t'ju mesojme dizenjim ne shkollat publike,

and not design-based learning --

dhe jo te mesuarit te bazuar mbi dizajnin --

not like "let's learn physics by building a rocket,"

nuk eshte si-- hajde te mesojme fizike duke ndertuar nje rakete --

but actually learning design-thinking

por aktualisht te mesojme dizenjim duke menduar

coupled with real construction and fabrication skills

per ndertimin real dhe aftesite e fabrikimit

put towards a local community purpose.

per qellimin e komunitetit lokal.

It also means that designers are no longer consultants,

Ajo gjithashtu nenkupton qe dizenjuesit nuk jane me keshillues,

but we're teachers,

por jane mesues,

and we are charged with growing creative capital

dhe jane te ngarkuar per te rritur kapitalin krijues

within the next generation.

te brezave te ardhshem.

And what design offers as an educational framework

Dhe cfare dizenjimi ofron si nje kornize edukative

is an antidote

eshte nje kunderhelm

to all of the boring, rigid, verbal instruction

per te gjithe udhezimet verbale te merzitshme e te ngurta

that so many of these school districts are plagued by.

nga te cilat jane rrenuar shume rrethe shkollash .

It's hands-on, it's in-your-face,

Eshte nje eksperience praktike, konkrete,

it requires an active engagement,

qe kerkon nje angazhim aktiv,

and it allows kids to apply all the core subject learning

dhe i lejon femijet te aplikojne praktikisht subjektet thelbësore

in real ways.

ne realitet.

So we started thinking

Keshtu qe ne filluam te mendojme

about the legacy of shop class

ne lidhje me trashegimine e mesimit te punes praktike

and how shop class -- wood and metal shop class in particular --

dhe sesi kjo ore -- vecanerisht puna me dru dhe metal --

historically, has been something

historikisht, ka qene dicka

intended for kids who aren't going to go to college.

me synim per femijet qe nuk kane per te shkuar ne universitet.

It's a vocational training path.

Kjo eshte nje rruge e formimit profesional.

It's working-class; it's blue-collar.

Eshte per klasen punetore.

The projects are things like,

Projektet jane gjera te tilla si,

let's make a birdhouse for your mom for Christmas.

le te bejme nje shtepi zogjsh per mamane tuaj per Krishtlindje.

And in recent decades, a lot of the funding for shop class

Dhe ne dekadat e fundit, nje shume e fondeve per mesimin e punes praktike

has gone away entirely.

ka mbaruar menjehere.

So we thought, what if you could bring back shop class,

Keshtu qe ne menduam, cfare ndodh nese sjellim perseri oren e punes praktike,

but this time orient the projects

por kete here duke orientuar projektet

around things that the community needed,

rreth gjerave qe ka nevoje komuniteti,

and to infuse shop class

dhe te mbushim mesimin e punes praktike

with a more critical and creative-design-thinking studio process.

me me shume mendime dizenjimi kritik dhe krijues te procesit te studios.

So we took this kind of nebulous idea

Keshtu qe ne morem kete lloj mendimi

and have worked really closely with Dr. Zullinger for the past year

dhe kemi punuar vertet afer Dr. Zullinger per vitet e fundit

on writing this as a one-year curriculum

per ta shkruar ate si nje program nje - vjecar

offered at the high school level to the junior class.

ofruar nivelit te gjimnazeve ne vitin e pare.

And so this starts in four weeks,

Dhe keshtu qe kjo fillon per kater jave,

at the end of the summer,

ne fund te veres.

and my partner and I, Matthew and I,

Une dhe partneri im, Matthew dhe une,

just went through the arduous and totally convoluted process

sapo kaluam permes procesit te veshtire dhe teresisht te nderlikuar

of getting certified as high school teachers to actually run it.

per t'u certifikuar si mesues gjimnazi qe ta drejtojme kete.

And this is what it looks like.

Dhe ja si eshte.

So over the course of two semesters,

Keshtu gjate rrjedhjes se dy simestrave,

the Fall and the Spring,

vjeshtes dhe pranveres,

the students spend three hours a day every single day

studentet shpenzojne tre ore ne dite, cdo dite

in our 4,500 square foot

ne 420 metra katror

studio/shop space.

te studios/klases se punes.

And during that time, they're doing everything

Dhe gjate asaj kohe, ato mund te bejne gjithcka

from going out and doing ethnographic research and doing the need-finding,

qe nga dalja per kerkime etnografike dhe cfare nevojitet,

coming back into the studio,

duke u rikthyer ne studio,

doing the brainstorming and design visualization

duke realizuar ide dhe vizualizime dizajni

to come up with concepts that might work,

duke adhur ne perfundime te koncepteve qe mund te funksionojne,

and then moving into the shop and actually testing them,

dhe me pas duke levizur brenda studios dhe aktualisht duke i testuar ato,

building them, prototyping them,

ndertuar ato, individualizuar ato,

figuring out if they are going to work and refining that.

duke kuptuar nese ato do te punojne dhe duke i rafinuar ato.

And then over the summer, they're offered a summer job.

Dhe me pas gjate veres, atyre u jane ofruar pune verore.

They're paid as employees of Project H

Ato jane paguar si punonjes te Projektit H

to be the construction crew with us

per te qene ekuipazh i ndertimit me ne

to build these projects in the community.

per te ndertuar kete projekt ne komunitet.

So the first project, which will be built next summer,

Keshtu qe projekti i pare, qe do te ndertohet veres qe vjen,

is an open-air farmers' market downtown,

eshte nje treg i hapur fermeresh ne qender te qytetit

followed by bus shelters for the school bus system in the second year

i ndjekur nga strehat e autobuzeve per sistemin e autobuzave shkollore ne vitin e dyte

and home improvements for the elderly in the third year.

dhe rregullimet shtepiake per te moshuarit ne vitin e trete.

So these are real visible projects

Pra keto jane projekte reale te dukshme

that hopefully the students can point to and say,

qe shpresj studentet mund tju drejtohen dhe te thone

"I built that, and I'm proud of it."

"Une e ndertova ate, dhe une jam krenar per te."

So I want you to meet three of our students.

Une dua te takoni tre prej studenteve tane.

This is Ryan.

Kjo eshte Ryan.

She is 15 years old.

Ajo eshte 15 vjece.

She loves agriculture and wants to be a high school teacher.

Ajo e adhuron bujqesine dhe do te behet nje mesuese gjimnazi.

She wants to go to college, but she wants to come back to Bertie County,

Ajo deshiron qe te shkoje ne universitet, por ajo do qe te kthehet ne Komunen Bertie,

because that's where her family is from, where she calls home,

sepse ky eshte vendi nga eshte familja e saj, vendlindja,

and she feels very strongly about giving back

ajo ndihet shume e sigurte ne lidhje me ate qe duhet te ktheje

to this place that she's been fairly fortunate in.

tek ky vend qe ajo ka qene mjaft me fat te jetoje.

So what Studio H might offer her

Keshtu qe cfare Studio H mund ti ofroje asaj

is a way to develop skills

eshte rruga qe te zhvilloje aftesite

so that she might give back in the most meaningful way.

keshtu qe ajo mund te investoj mbrapsht ne menyren me kuptimplote.

This is Eric. He plays for the football team.

Ky eshte Eric. Ai luan per nje skuader futbolli.

He is really into dirtbike racing,

Ai merr pjese ne garat me motocikleta,

and he wants to be an architect.

dhe do te behet arkitekt.

So for him, Studio H offers him

Keshtu qe per te, Studio H ofron

a way to develop the skills he will need as an architect,

rrugen per zhvillimin e aftesise qe do i duhet si arkitekt,

everything from drafting to wood and metal construction

cdo gje qe nga vizatimi, tek druri dhe konstruksionet metalike,

to how to do research for a client.

tek menyra sesi te beje kerkime per nje klient.

And then this is Anthony.

Dhe me pas, ky eshte Anthony.

He is 16 years old, loves hunting and fishing and being outside

Ai eshte 16 vjec, adhuron gjuetine, peshkimin, natyren

and doing anything with his hands,

dhe te beje gjera me duart e tij.

and so for him, Studio H means

Dhe keshtu qe per te, Studio H do te thote

that he can stay interested in his education

qe ai mund te qendroje i interesuar ne edukimin e tij

through that hands-on engagement.

nepermjet atij angazhimi aktiv.

He's interested in forestry, but he isn't sure,

Ai eshte i interesuar ne pyjet, por ai nuk eshte i sigurte,

so if he ends up not going to college,

pra, nese ai perfundon duke mos shkuar ne universitet,

he will have developed some industry-relevant skills.

ai do te kete zhvilluar disa aftesi perkatese te industrise.

What design and building really offers to public education

Cfare dizajni dhe ndertimi ne te vertete i ofron edukimit publik

is a different kind of classroom.

eshte nje lloj tjeter klase.

So this building downtown,

Keshtu qe kjo ndertese ne qender te qytetit,

which may very well become the site of our future farmers' market,

qe mundet shume mire te behet vendi i tregut te fermereve tane te ardhshem,

is now the classroom.

tani eshte klasa.

And going out into the community and interviewing your neighbors

Dhe te shkosh jashte ne komunitet dhe te intervistosh fqinjet tuaj

about what kind of food they buy

rreth cfare lloj ushqimi ato blejne

and from where and why --

dhe prej kujt dhe pse,

that's a homework assignment.

kjo edhe nje detyre shtepie.

And the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the end of the summer

Dhe fjongoja e prere e ceremonise ne fund te veres

when they have built the farmers' market and it's open to the public --

kur ato do te kene ndertuar tregun e fermereve dhe do te jete e hapur per publikun,

that's the final exam.

ky eshte provimi perfundimtar.

And for the community, what design and building offers

Dhe per komunitetin, cfare dizenjuesit dhe ndertuesit ofrojne

is real, visible, built progress.

eshte i vertete, i dukshem, progres i ndertuar.

It's one project per year,

Eshte nje projekt per vit.

and it makes the youth the biggest asset

Dhe kjo i ben te rinjte pasurine me te madhe

and the biggest untapped resource

dhe burimin me te madh te pashfrytezuar

in imagining a new future.

ne imagjinimin te nje te ardhmeje te re.

So we recognize that Studio H, especially in its first year,

Pra, ne pranojme qe Studio H, sidomos ne vitin e pare,

is a small story --

eshte nje histori e vogel --

13 students, it's two teachers,

jane 13 studente, dy mesues,

it's one project in one place.

eshte nje projekt ne nje vend.

But we feel like this could work in other places.

Por ne ndihemi sikur kjo mund te funksionoje ne vende te tjera.

And I really, strongly believe in the power of the small story,

Dhe une me te vertet, fuqimisht besoj ne fuqine e historive te vogla,

because it is so difficult

sepse eshte shume e veshtire

to do humanitarian work at a global scale.

te besh pune humanitare ne shkalle globale.

Because, when you zoom out that far,

Sepse, kur ju perqendroheni per aq larg,

you lose the ability to view people as humans.

ju humbisni mundesine per ti pare njerezit si njerez.

Ultimately, design itself is a process

Ne fund te fundit, dizajni ne vetvete eshte nje proces

of constant education

i nje edukimi te vazhdueshem

for the people that we work with and for

per njerezit me dhe per te cilet punojme

and for us as designers.

dhe per ne si projektues.

And let's face it, designers, we need to reinvent ourselves.

Dhe le te perballemi me te, dizenjues, ne duhet te rizbulojme veten.

We need to re-educate ourselves around the things that matter,

Ne duhet te ri-edukojme veten rreth gjerave qe vlejne,

we need to work outside of our comfort zones more,

ne duhet te punojme me shume jashte zonave tona te rehatshme,

and we need to be better citizens in our own backyard.

dhe duhet te behemi qytetare me te mire ne oborrin tone te shtepise.

So while this is a very small story,

Pra, nderkoje qe kjo eshte nje histori e vogel,

we hope that it represents a step in the right direction

ne shpresojme qe kjo perfaqeson nje hap ne drejtmin e duhur

for the future of rural communities

per te ardhmen e komuniteteve rurale,

and for the future of public education

per te ardhmen e edukimit publik,

and hopefully also for the future of design.

dhe gjithashtu me shpresen per te ardhmen e dizenjimit.

Thank you.

Ju faleminderit.

(Applause)

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