Bringing Innovation to School

            Suzie Boss
        Dr. Brett Jacobsen
        Jonathan Martin
Welcome Activity
How 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?

  Use a sticky note and share your thoughts
“We need to out-innovate, out-
educate, and out-build the rest
of the world…That’s how we’ll
win the future.”
       ~President Obama
       2011 State of the Union
42%
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 Century
MOUNT VERNON
   MIND
DESIGN
     THINKING
     What the user wants or
     needs to experience




CE
DISCOVER
EMPATHIZE
EXPERIMENT
PRODUCE
Insert Bus Stop Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OPLaivd2RMM
30+ DESIGN CHALLENGES
21st Century Classroom
Gingerbread Man Trap
Eat Healthier
Lockers
College Decision Apps
Organic Garden
Spanish Project
Graveyard Project
Playground
Raincoat
Functional Replacement Organ
21st Century Family Car
Bus Stop
Playground
Insert i471 video
http://vimeo.com/54380791
"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
Contact
Suzie Boss
•   suzieboss@gmail.com
•   Twitter: @suzieboss
•   http://www.edutopia.org/suzie-boss

Dr. Brett Jacobsen
     bjacobsen@mountvernonschool.org
     Twitter: @jbrettjacobsen
     drbrettjacobsen.com
     //fuse13: mountvernoninnovation.org

Jonathan E. Martin
    jonathanemartin@gmail.com
    Twitter: @JonathanEMartin
    www.21k12blog.net

Nais presentation

Editor's Notes

  • #4 Urgency to innovate
  • #5 Per Gallup-HOPE Survey, this is % of students ingr 5-12 who aspire to invent something that improves the world
  • #8 What we can learn from Edison about building a culture of innovation
  • #9 Fast forward to Maker Spaces, Design/Build spaces (St. Gregory, Project H, 20% time examples)
  • #10 Example: What’s coming out of Albemarle County PS through seed fund for innovation
  • #11 How do you create a risk-taking culture?
  • #12 Finding authentic problems to solve—close to home