1. Why
Change? Antonio
Vendramin
Twitter:
@Vendram1n
Blog:
abvendramin.com
School Blog:
vaniernews.com

2. Why
Change?

5. Dying to come to school or
Dying in school???

6. Slide by Bill Ferriter
The Tempered Radical
blog.williamferriter.com
@plugusin

12. “He who has a why to live for
can bear almost any how.”
-Friedrich Nietzche

15. WIKISEAT
PROJECT
INNOVATION
WEEK
KIVA

16. CREATING IN THE
LEARNING COMMONS
GENIUS HOUR

17. “Is it recess already?”
“Can we keep working? – I found some really
cool information on Leonardo Da Vinci.”
INQUIRY
DAY

19. Changing The Student
Narrative…

21. TAKE THE RISK…BE THE CHA

22. SOURCES
Slide_HowEngagedAREStudents by Bill Ferriter is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Lefebvre, Sharon. (@sharonlefebvre). “The cuddlefest was much cuter in person, but I think you
get the idea. March, 2014. Instagram.
CutiesNFuzzies. (2014, March, 23). Scared of Car Wash | Little Girl Overcomes Fear [Video file].
Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKJiJDFtxos
Question mark, Ipswich, 21 January 2012 by ed_needs_a_bicycle is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Zvi, Gallit. Students creating their Genius Hour project. Photo. What is Genius Hour? 06/06/2012.
Date viewed: 04/07/2014 [http://www.gallitzvi.com/2/post/2012/06/what-is-genius-hour.html].
Grinberg, Emanuella. (2014, April 7). Ditching letter grades for a ‘window’ into the classroom.
CNN.com. Retrieved fromhttp://www.cnn.com/2014/04/07/living/report-card-changes-
standards-based-grading-schools/
Samuels, Sherry, (2012, June 25). Opossums. Retrieved from
http://blogs.lifeandscience.org/keepers/?s=galileo

23. Questions To Consider:
What change would you like to see
at your school? For yourself?
What steps can you take tomorrow
to initiate that change?