• Nikolai Begg: A tool to fix one of the most dangerous moments in surgery | Talk Video | TED.com

  One of my new favorite TED talks! Incredible 10 min window into passion-based problem finding & solving through empathy & prototyping. Demos the interdisciplinarity and deep learning that can occur with project-point-of-origin work.

  tags: Ted PBL design thinking Prototyping problem solving #mustread innovation MVUpper

• Lessons from Term 2 | Steve Mouldey

  tags: #mustread curriculum school model instruction

• 5 Characteristics of an Innovative Organization | Connected Principals

  tags: Innovation school model #mustread

• d.school: the whiteboard | Melissa Pelochino: Designing #2minPD

  What if #MVUpper created a collaborative set of such #2minPD resources? What if they connected to MoVe talks from #MVUpper faculty team?

  tags: professional development professional learning #MustRead

• d.school: the whiteboard | Beyond a classroom: The many faces of a d.school studio

  tags: classroom studio space learning environment #MustRead

• Is School Enough? Documentary Film Delves In | MindShift

  “If it’s real and it’s meaningful and the kids understand it and they understand what putting their effort into something is going to deliver, they will go hard and do their best,” Rozas said.

  Full of great embedded links to related readings, too.

  tags: self-directed #MustRead Student Voice PBL

  • There’s

• swissmiss | Sharing my 5 Personal Rules

  tags: #mustread SwissMiss

• swissmiss | Criticism

  tags: criticism critique feedback #mustread

• Makerspace | Getting Started on an Independent Project

  5 step process for independent projects visioning at Lighthouse Charter School HT @juliemargretta

  tags: project PBL innovation maker #mustread

• Seth’s Blog: Is better possible?

  tags: Better possible iteration #mustread

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.