Digital Ready partners with Outlier to bring rigorous math to Boston high schools
A little more about us.
In partnership with the community, we foster collective ownership of preparing the next generation of innovators for Boston — our students will become artificial organ designers, ethnical hackers, massive 3D printed building designers, biomimicry engineers, quantum computer programmers, biofabricators + more!
We aim to blur the line between high school, college, and industry through triple enrollment pathways, where students are enrolled in rigorous academic and technical studios, early college courses, and connected work-based learning experiences.
“The future has already arrived.
It’s just not evenly distributed. ”
Co-located with Industry.
We are co-located with industry so that students can build their creative problem solving habits in an authentic environment, where their ideas are welcomed and they are given explicit permission to take risks and experiment with new and innovative practices, whether their ideas ultimately succeed or fail. Last Spring we were based at MassRobotics, a unique co-working space for some of the most innovative robotics companies in the world.
Collaborative Design Studios.
Our Digital Design Studios are run like an action-packed, high energy hackathon, where students work as part of a team to prototype solutions to solve incredibly gnarly problems.
Students can earn industry-designed badges by demonstrating their learning in an Instagram meets Twitter approach that relies on visual storytelling and limited word count.
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Learn by Doing.
Students research, design, and prototype on a list of emerging technologies — artificial intelligence, virtual reality, digital fabrication, robotics, bioengineering, machine learning — to develop creative solutions.
They complete technical product life cycles to learn through experimentation + iteration and receive constant feedback on their emerging solutions from industry experts to refine their solution before making final recommendations.
Digital Portfolios.
Students emerge with a digital portfolio that showcases their passions, talents, and diversity of skills.
Students can use their portfolios as currency to obtain paid projects in the studio, internships, apprenticeships, and to apply to colleges and jobs.
By 2030, automation and AI will increase workplace demand for technological skills by 60%, creativity by 40%, social and emotional by 26% and critical thinking by 17%”
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