Bringing Innovation to School

Suzie BossDr. Brett Jacobsen Jonathan Martin

Welcome ActivityHow might we–

• bring innovation to student learning? • bring innovation to the schedule? • bring innovation to learning assessment? • bring innovation to learning space?• bring innovation to student creativity? • bring innovation to leadership?

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“We need to out-innovate, out-educate, and out-build the rest of the world…That’s how we’ll win the future.”

~President Obama2011 State of the Union

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The challenge:How might we bring innovation to school?

Action Steps

• Find your edge: How do you define innovation?

• Find your allies: Who might join you in this effort?

• Remove roadblocks• Share what works

INNOVATION INTO MOUNT VERNON

NORMS

INNOVATION INTO MOUNT VERNON• 21st Century Mount Vernon Mind• Design Thinking• Transdisciplinary Education• Performance Tasks• Making Thinking Visible• Gamification• Research and Design Teams

The 21st CenturyMOUNT VERNON

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DESIGN THINKING What the user wants or needs to experience

DISCOVEREMPATHIZEEXPERIMENTPRODUCE

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30+ DESIGN CHALLENGES21st Century ClassroomGingerbread Man TrapEat HealthierLockersCollege Decision AppsOrganic GardenSpanish ProjectGraveyard ProjectPlaygroundRaincoatFunctional Replacement Organ21st Century Family CarBus StopPlayground

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"Please stop waiting for a map. We reward those who draw maps, not those who follow them.“

Seth Godin,Poke the Box

Innovative Schools, Innovative Students

Lead-Connect-Do-Share

How well are we teaching the significance and power of networks?

How are we helping students develop and leverage their networks?

“It’s not how smart you are.

It’s how well connected you are. “

How are we prioritizing and leveraging the value of diversity for innovation?

How do we Elevate and Embed Performance Task Assessment K-12?

Taking Performance Task Assessment to Open Network Testing

Will Richardson

How do we improve and best use high quality rubrics to define excellence and give students the feedback they can use?

Discussing Leadership Strategies for Bringing Innovation to School

Q /A/Discussion

ContactSuzie Boss • suzieboss@gmail.com • Twitter: @suzieboss• http://www.edutopia.org/suzie-boss

Dr. Brett Jacobsenbjacobsen@mountvernonschool.orgTwitter: @jbrettjacobsendrbrettjacobsen.com//fuse13: mountvernoninnovation.org

Jonathan E. Martinjonathanemartin@gmail.comTwitter: @JonathanEMartinwww.21k12blog.net