Chrisman Frank - Gamification at Synthesis School

<p>Chrisman Frank is the co-founder and CEO of<a href="https://synthesis.is/"> Synthesis</a>, an enrichment club that teaches complex problem-solving and decision-making for kids 7 to 14 through online team games. His co-founder Josh Dahn developed the Synthesis concept while running Ad Astra, a small lab school he built for Elon Musk on the SpaceX campus.</p> <p>Before Synthesis, Chrisman was engineer #1 at ClassDojo, a K-12 network that reaches ~30 million teachers, students, and families every month.</p> <p><strong>Key Takeaways:</strong></p> <p>00:18 Why Children are the BEST</p> <p>03:21 Elevator Pitch for Synthesis School</p> <p>15:29 The Impact of Covid in Online Learning</p> <p>20:13 Learning Through a Game Design</p> <p>33:25 Synthesis and Jiu Jitsu</p> <p><strong>Quotes:</strong></p> <p>“Kids crave complexity.”</p> <p>“Complex problems don't have right or wrong answers.”</p> <p>“Continue innovating. Give kids these unbounded complex problems, let them practice solving that and you learn the kind of meta skill of solving problems.”</p> <p>“The motto at Synthesis is Embrace the Chaos.”</p> <p>“I don't think the world is going to change less for our kids, when they grow up. I think it's going to change faster. The future will belong to people who are most rapidly able to adapt to change.”</p> <p><strong>Social Links:</strong></p> <p>Website - <a href="https://chrismanfrank.com/"><u>https://chrismanfrank.com/</u></a></p> <p>Twitter - <a href="https://chrismanfrank.com/"><u>https://twitter.com/chrismanfrank</u></a></p> <p>LinkedIn - <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-frank-41b0743a/"><u>https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-frank-41b0743a/</u></a></p> <p>Synthesis School:</p> <p>Website - <a href="https://www.synthesis.is/"><u>https://www.synthesis.is/</u></a></p>