"Thinking big about Education: Empowering Students"- Esther Wojcicki, the head of Palo Alto High School's journalism program and a distinguished visiting scholar at Stanford's MediaX, speaks about the need for educators to empower their students by allowing them to lead, show what they can do and take control of their own learning.

Mom and daughter: YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki sits down with her mother Esther to talk about how her difficult childhood motivated her to become a journalist and teacher. Subscribe to HuffPost today: http://goo.gl/xW6HG Get More HuffPost Read: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ Like: https://www.facebook.com/HuffingtonPost Follow: https://twitter.com/HuffingtonPost

This is what a revolutionary classroom looks like today – Filmed at Palo Alto High School Media Arts Center with Esther Wojcicki and Paul Kandell

Esther Wojcicki discusses the necessity to change the classroom culture into an environment where students have more control of their own learning. Wojcicki advocates for a classroom in which instruction is supported by technology and real world projects that students choose for themselves.