This document provides an overview of Session 4 of a social innovation course. It discusses expanding one's locus of control and strategies for sustaining social innovations. Participants are asked to submit draft project descriptions and discuss their projects using guiding questions. The document outlines the agenda for an upcoming Social Innovation Student Symposium and next steps which include finalizing projects and reflections.

1. Welcome to Session Four
Growing Momentum

2. Highlights from Session 3

3. What are some effective strategies in identifying and
overcoming challenges to social innovation?

4. Expanding our Locus of Control
what can we influence?
“Locus of Control as a principle was originated by Julian Rotter in 1954. It considers the tendency of people to believe
that control resides internally within them, or externally, with others or the situation.”
http://changingminds.org/explanations/preferences/locus_control.htm
External
(can’t control)
External
(can’t control)
Internal
(can control)
Internal
(can control)

5. What do social entrepreneurs need to do in order to
sustain their social innovation, and what kinds of
questions should they ask themselves?

6. What if anything was possible?
1. "Vision without action is just a dream, action
without vision just passes the time, and vision
with action can change the world."
2. "There is no passion to be found playing small -
in settling for a life that is less than the one you
are capable of living."
3. “Lead from the back — and let others believe
they are in front.”
4. “Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is
an act of justice.”
5. “Remember to celebrate milestones as you
"It always seems
impossible until it's done."
Inspiring Quotes for Entrepreneurs from
Nelson Mandela

7. Dip into Resilience
“While we do definitely
want to see positive
change occur on our
most pressing problems,
a long-term goal is to
work to enhance the
overall state of any
system so that it has
capacity to continually
learn, adapt and
transform present and
future challenges.”
SiG - http://sigknowledgehub.com/2012/10/19/dip-into-resilience/

8. What are some examples of support networks?
How do you establish a support network?

9. Thank YOU to our TDSB Co-Facilitators
Aailah
Goraya
Simon Isdell-
Carpenter
Michael
Mendoza
Grace
Hartmann
Veni
Rajkumar
Alex Stamp
Susie
Herbert
Janis
Jones
Amina
Rajan
& Steering
Committee
Members
Shirley Chan, Peter Chang,
Anna Epitropou, Tim Sullivan
Diane Bailey, Peter Paputsis
“Never doubt
that a small
group of
thoughtful,
committed
citizens can
change the
world; indeed, it
is the only thing
that ever has.”
Margaret Mead

10. Submit your Project Title & Description as a draft and review with your partner:
http://tdsb.tiged.org/innovation/projects/
Even if your
project is not
complete, you
can post your
draft!
If multiple
teachers &
admin from this
course are
collaborating on
the project, you
can include a
list of all
members of the
team.

12. Draft Agenda
9:30 Registration Table (Guests to receive Passport to Learning)
Round 1 Booth Set-up and showcase
10:00 Opening Remarks & Brief Highlights Video featuring program overview
10:30 Round 1 Booth Showcase (continued), Big Ideas Presentations Begin
10:50 Challenge Zone activity (during booth rotation)
11:00 Round 2 Booth Showcase, Big Ideas Presentations
11:45 Keynote Panel Discussion on Learning with Technology
12:00pm Lunch – videos on main screen featuring social innovation projects
12:30pm Round 3 Booth Showcase, Big Ideas Presentations, Challenge Zone
1:15pm Round 4 Booth Showcase, Big Ideas Presentations, Challenge Zone
2:00pm Closing Plenary Session (featuring students and teachers), photo highlights
2:30pm Wrap Up and Departures

13. What are
examples of
support
networks?
How do you
establish a
support
network?
Social Innovation Student Symposium

14. With a partner, discuss your project based on the
following Guiding Questions
1.What is the key issue or need that your social innovation project seeks to address?
•Ie. Homelessness, Healthy Eating and Nutrition, Gender Equality
2.What impact did your social innovation project have on the community?
•i.e. Awareness campaign, Funds Raised or Earned through sales of new ‘product’, prototype
developed
3.How were students involved in making decisions about the social innovation project direction?
•i.e. Selected topic, selected community partner, selected activity for project
4.How did your social innovation project utilize new technologies?
•i.e. reference top 10 tools for pedagogical documentation such as social media, digital photos,
video, polling
5.How did your social innovation project link to curriculum expectations?
•i.e. Grade 5 Forces, Grade 10 Civics (if cross-curricular, mention specific links)
6.What is the call to action? (i.e. Buy a copy of our community cookbook, attend our launch)
7.What was the best part of your learning experience?
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15. Complete
ballots will be
eligible for a
draw prize!
Passport to Learning

16. Reflect on your learning journey as a participant in this course & post a blog by May 1st :
http://tdsb.tiged.org/innovation/blogs/

18. 1.What is the key issue or need that your social innovation project seeks to address?
2.What impact does your social innovation project seek to have on the community?
3.How are students involved in making decisions about the social innovation project direction?
4.How does your social innovation project utilize new technologies?
5.How does your social innovation project link to curriculum?
6.What is the call to action?
Pair and Share
Guiding Questions:
post your project title & description online
http://tdsb.tiged.org/innovation/projects/add/

19. ● Thinking about your class project, what challenges did your group identify and what
solutions did the group implement? Did it change the direction of the project?
● How can you make your project visible within your school community?
● How might you evolve your social innovation project to have long-term impact?
● What are your next steps? How do you hope to expand and build on momentum?
Cluster Discussions
sharing your project
learning journey

20. Focus on final project implementation, documentation and showcase at the Social Innovation
Student Symposium on Thursday May 21st.
● Prepare and submit final project page before the Social Innovation
Student Symposium
● Write a short personal reflection on the challenges, solutions and
successes during the journey towards the final project and how this
experience will shape the learning of Social Innovation in your
classroom in the future. Post this in the TIGed class as a blog.
It is essential that the final project page include evidence of the thinking process of your students. (e.g.,
student photos, videos student reflections in various forms)
Next Steps

21. See you in May at the Social
Innovation Student Symposium!

22. Thank You to our Supporters
Ministry of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure: High School Entrepreneurship Outreach
Cisco Foundation