The document outlines an agenda for a session on nurturing student innovators through observation journaling and project-based learning. The agenda includes introductions, a presentation on nurturing innovators, setting up observation journaling techniques, practicing observation journaling through field work, and a discussion on implementing project-based and community-based learning in schools. Quotes are provided on cultivating curiosity, observation, and shifting school culture from a hierarchical structure to one that supports exploration.

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3. 1.
Introductions
15:00
Sparks:
* Handshakes
* See-Think-
Wonder
2.
Nurturing
Innovators
30:00
Slide Deck
- #fsbl
- #synergy
- #iDiploma
3.
Observation
Journaling
15:00
Technical Setup
4.
Observation
Journaling
45:00
Field Work
Practice
5.
Ideation:
CBL in Schools
50:00
Unpacking Expedition
Open Discussion
(P)reflection
SESSION TIMELINE
1 2 3 4 5

4. 1.
Introductions
15:00
Sparks:
* Handshakes
* See-Think-
Wonder
1
2.
Nurturing
Innovators
30:00
Slide Deck
- #fsbl
- #synergy
- #iDiploma
2

8. “It’s a miracle that
curiosity survives
formal education.”

9. Be Explorers

10. dribbling
passing
trapping
shooting

11. observing
questioning
associating
experimenting
networking

12. #FSBLFather-Son-Based Learning

13. OBSERVATION journalmethod

15. “‘Innovation begins with an Eye.’ Good
design thinkers observe. Great design
thinkers observe the ordinary. Make it a
rule that at least once a day you will stop
and think about an ordinary situation.”
“Record your observations and ideas visually, even
if just as a rough sketch in a notebook or a picture
on your camera phone. These images will become
a treasure trove of ideas to refer to and share.”
Open your eyes…make it visual

16. Quote(s) from Where Good Ideas Come From about Network, Hunches, Serendipity (see bookmarks)
SERENDIPITY
“the word derives from a Persian fairy tale titled ‘The Three
Princes of Serendip,’ the protagonists of which were ‘always
making discoveries, by accident and sagacity, of things they were
not in quest of.’ The contemporary novelist John Barth describes
it in nautical terms: ‘You don’t reach Serendip by plotting a
course for it. You have to set out in good faith for elsewhere and
lose your bearings serendipitously.’”

19. “The challenge is to set up
systems that allow students
to follow their interests.
People tend to dichotomize
approaches in education:
The teacher is either telling
students what to do, or
standing back and letting
them figure it out. I think
that’s a false choice:
The issue is not structure
versus no structure, but
rather creating a
different structure.”

20. transdisciplinary
project-based
community issues
problem solving
SYNERGY

22. CURIOSITY
CONTROL
Creativity
Collaboration
Communication
Critical Thinking
CARING

23. “In a culture of meetings and
milestones, it can be difficult to
support the exploratory and
iterative processes that are at the
heart of the creative process.”
“…challenges of shifting from a culture of
hierarchy and efficiency to one of risk taking and
exploration. Those who navigate this transition
successfully are likely to become more deeply
engaged, more highly motivated, and more wildly
productive than they have ever been before.”

26. impact
Focus on
community
issue
Connection to
authentic audience
High
Low
Low High
U.S. Obesity
Report to
Teacher
U.S. Obesity
Social Media
Participation
Famous
Mathematician
Room Posters
Famous
Mathematician
Blog Blitz
Contemplating pbl vs. PBL

31. students wanting
purpose and
engagement
challenges and
problems to be
solved
school 3.0

32. “The basics are not
subjects, they are
purposes.”

33. Innovation Diploma Slides

34. A New Paradigm
“To cultivate the entrepreneurial mindset
cannot be achieved by simply adding another
course to teach entrepreneurship to the
existing paradigm.We now need a new
education paradigm—entrepreneur-oriented
education, instead of the employee-oriented
education. Such a paradigm is really about
the human dimensions. It is about
respecting children as human beings and
about supporting, not suppressing, their
passion, curiosity, and talent.”
–Dr. Yong Zhao

35. Innovation Diploma Slides

36. Innovation Diploma Slides

40. Innovation Diploma Slides

41. 3
3.
Observation
Journaling
15:00
Technical Setup

42. Technical Aspects of Observation Journaling
Wordpress Method for Observation Journaling

43. Technical Aspects of Observation Journaling

49. Google Communities for Observation Journaling

53. 4
4.
Observation
Journaling
45:00
Field Work
Practice

54. “‘Chance only favors the prepared mind.’ Certain themes and
variations - techniques of observation, principles of empathy,
and efforts to move beyond the individual - can all be thought
of as ways of preparing the mind of the design thinker to find
insight: from the seemingly commonplace as well as the
bizarre, from the rituals of everyday life but also the
exceptional interruptions to those rituals, and from the
average to the extreme. That insight cannot yet be codified,
quantified, or even defined - not yet, at any rate - makes it the
most difficult but also the most exciting part of the design
process.There is no algorithm that can tell us where it will come
from and when it will hit.”

56. 5.
Ideation:
CBL in Schools
50:00
Unpacking Expedition
Open Discussion
(P)reflection
5

60. THREE things you’re thinking about differently now…
• I used to think…, but now I think…
• I used to think…, but now I think…
• I used to think…, but now I think…
TWO questions you have…
ONE thing you’ll do when you get back…