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InnovationLab ?
When we refer to people without a shelter we don’t call them
We call them
h o m e less.
h o u s e less.
But a home is more than just a place to live.
It’s a sense of
belonging.
In that sense, how many
homeless students
are in our
classrooms?
We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and
homeless.The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the
greatest poverty.”-Mother Teresa
The Matthews House
insights on homelessness
click to play: kid pick for Lab song
The lab provides spaces for
learners
to choose what, where, when, how, why, and…
self-directed
student voicerules/aup
…with whom they learn.
Father fluent in German
Sonya on ipod use
Uni prof/fellows
Each course a different flavorSkyping w/NY
Working on real life
Going to Uganda Google test tv talk (Tapscott)
Learn w/UgandaKids swapping talents
Unconventional methods emerge
Stanford’s D-school designsValedictorian
Hebrew/chess swap
Freed to think mathematically
Permaculture begs the elements
Bio diesel answers
Student voices
Learner picks group/pln
Planning/logging
Traveling via Shout (TIG)
Travel w/project Global Inform
Finding mentors
Uni students via skype Espanol w/St. Louis
Or facebook find
Other ways via uni grad
By cell w/friends
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For more .. check the endless who…
Kevin on building communityBen on building his community (board)
1) secret - make peace w/fidgeting, niches 2) group - community as designer, manipulate-able
3) publishing – school as community's best neighbor 4) performance – play beyond the playground
5) participation - theory as practice - tinkering schools6) data - real time data improving the space
7) watching – teds, etc click to learn more from - Ethan McIntosh
S p a c e s…
student voice on fidget niches & belongingIDEO on constantly evolving spaces
click here to see more on spaces from Ewan McIntosh
•the new workplace •fluid spaces •disruptive spaces 24/7 spaces •Google: ecosystem •Mimo Ito: Youmedia Chicago; •The Digital Media Project -MacArthur Foundation •ISTE - New Spaces for Learning;
…for the learner to become…
they want to become.
whatever
Finding uninterrupted spaces.Bach on how to do the impossible
click to play
Innovation isn’t about inventions, it is about
Innovation has become a buzzword . Invention and innovation are not the same.
Often we don’t have to invent anything new to solve a problem.
-Saul Kaplan
unlikelyconnections.
The lab is a
for
unlikely connections.
hatchery
Connections with people
and info we never knew existed.
Or never tapped into before.
click to play
more from Corey
We hope these connections will continuously infiltrate the district/community…
…with more
for learning. choices
Some examples of infiltrating minds with the idea of choice… validating personal choice:
Some kids are creating incredible course designs per passion, and then are bagging them. It’s hard for them to believe something they created will be validated by those they believe need to validate them. We believe we need to question what we’re validating. As the year has progressed, more students are seeing their passions as a legit means of learning.
Teachers as well. Some teachers are starting to realize… I can offer this class. New course offerings keep appearing in our books. We all benefit from that. More choices is what we need.
Perhaps redefining school won’t take much after all.Perhaps shifting around of people.. so that everyone is where they want to be in their learning process... is all we need to work on. Imagine if we’re not spending so much time and effort on displaced students/teachers and the classroom management need that begs.
a purposeful and ignorant pause here..
We talk of the achievement gap… of no child left behind, but who decides what achievement really means and to whom, who decides what gap really means and
to whom, who decides the what we are being left behind of?
We’re wondering if these answers aren’t in unlikely places, places we haven’t yet tapped into. Have we embraced our own ignorance in seeking insight to
these questions? And how do we best do that?
We often spot seemingly homeless people on the street corner, although, perhaps, some, perhaps women and children, remain invisible.
We often spot seemingly homeless students in the classroom, although, perhaps, some, perhaps the 4.0+, remain invisible.
How do we make sure we’re doing what matters most? How do we make sure we are listening deeply to global voices, within our world, our community and
within ourselves.
How do we achieve grace in action? How can we respectfully question every assumption? Can we assume we all want good?
Can we spend more energy on trust and offense, rather than doubt and defense?
School… as neighbor,
as UN* of sorts, to and for the community.
*United Nations, UN (an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security)
click to take a listen to
is making students hungry to learn.
They are creating their own courses/projects.
Hebrew /chessSign Language etcRoboticsGame DesignSoccer etc etcRussianProgramming
MandarinGlobal Connections etc etcHuman TraffickingHomelessnessWriting a bookMusic Composition etc etc etc
PermacultureGermanLiterature of runningMusic ProductionDigital Equity
P a s s i o n
Check out morehunger here.
Lab participants have a daily commitment to research and growth.
click to play – student voice
They have a drive toward
self-efficacy.
read her paper
They are becoming
linchpins
with an unquenchable
thirst to
give back to their
community.Cognitive Surplus - Clay Shirky
Power of Pull, p. 208, on Agassi
Austin talking to his global connections group about smart ways to address homelessness
Seth Godin on Linchpin
click to play
Linchpins are able to embrace the lack of structure.more on Linchpin
So how do we make this work.. how can we let this be school?
The goal: learners own their learning.
- Take a listen to Alan November
So how do we make this work.. how can we let this be school?
What if we focus on a
of learning how to learn?
We are working on a stand alone site for owning your learning .
process
What if we let the learner choose content/topic/project per passion?
No matter what the topic… they are practicing that process.
Swahili music composition
What if the
becomes 2nd nature?
process
Do you realize what that would mean?
They just became indispensable.
What if it’s just about learners (you even) being able to…
on
do
cum
enti
ng
….
Jim explains mapping to parentsScientific Journals ontology model
demos: notice/dream/connect/do
click to see/use student log google form
Jim explains mapping as parent
click Gus on usefulness of logging
To..
Kevin on building communitylooking for unlikely connections
Find your place in the world.
To..
James Bach on unschooling his own son
To..
realize that
Cristian on making connectionsGus on keeping on
To..
click to play
Austin on uninterrupted space.
So how do we make this work.. how can we let this be school?
We’re calling this process detox.
We are working on a stand alone site for owning your learning .
With a more schooly look here.
Kids modeling it here.
And we just crafted a new site for parent/community connections where
detox is described here.
Noah on his need for detox.
We’re working with Jim Folkestad at Colorado State University.
We want to create and document a cohesive structure…
Jim on the mappingScientific Journals ontology model
…to use, validate, & scale/share our findings.
-George Siemens
Parent meeting with JimParent meeting q&a
click for a zoom out vision
-Parent of 5 year old working on noticing-6 year old notice, dream, connect, do
some ideas generating here – click to go to doc :
-Wendy Drexler on Personal Learning Environments -papers &video-Parent of 5 year old working on noticing-6 year old notice, dream, connect, do
click to play (example of personal learning environment – ple)
click for live view
one exampleworking doc for pre-k to 5th
On foundational contentOn programmingOn gaming etc
Working icyte project on college admissions.
click here to hear Ben on selecting his group
more on how we might facilitate (aka facilitatig) that
more on your school design itstudent voice
Gus talking to our Superintendent on Music Production and Literature of Running and College Admission
more on expert tutors
more on incubators
Perhaps redefining ed won’t take much after all.Perhaps shifting around of people.. so that everyone is where they want to be in their learning process... is all we need to work on..
Reassigning seat time… ways to improve whois together in a room
and why..
more on being green about people
put on your x-d glasses
What if we start with a city? Our city? Your city?What if district schools work together to optimize choices to a learner.What if the city has one school, what if that school is the city’s best neighbor?
etcMeeting with the mayor.
click to see newly crafted site for parent/community connections
philosophyvisiondetox
Lab proposal for next year…dream with us..
We are seeking to enroll approximately 110 learners in the Lab fall 2011: ten pre-kten k-3ten 4-8sixty 9-12 ten teachers/staff/admin (as learners for one project/course of their choice) and ten 12+ CSU students
These will most likely all be part time enrollees. Some only for one course/project. Some maybe for a couple. We also plan to remain a Lab vs a school, so that FTE (full-time equivalent) is not taken from what our incredible teachers and schools are already doing. Without them, none of what we envision makes any sense or can transpire.
