#MustRead Shares (weekly)

Posted on February 15, 2015 by boadams1

Engineering Elevated in MPX STEM | GHS Innovation Lab

tags: stem engineering innovation #MustRead PBL school model
Ricardo Semler: Radical wisdom for a company, a school, a life | Talk Video | TED.com

tags: video ted ted com wisdom school model schools of the future #MustRead
STEM and Humanities Combine at Mid-Pacific eXploratory | GHS Innovation Lab

tags: #MustRead school model schools of the future PBL iProject idiploma Synergy
Middle School SEEQS Sustainable Project-based Learning | GHS Innovation Lab

tags: PBL iProject idiploma Synergy #MustRead school model
How Do Students Find Their Passions? | The Creek Bed

“You matter now, feel free to find out why, and I’m here to help.”

An absolutely incredible post about educators helping students to find their passions – not because of college or other external motivators, but because the person’s life and interest and impact matters now!

Brava, Kat!

tags: passions #MustRead
Tom Wujec: Got a wicked problem? First, tell me how you make toast | Talk Video | TED.com

tags: systems thinking designthinking design thinking design_thinking ted video #MustRead

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Posted on February 8, 2015 by boadams1

Ungoogleable Questions Update | Steve Mouldey

@ewanmcintosh @tombarrett @GrantLichtman @kjinquiry @boadams1 @GlimmerGuy all get honourable mentions in latest post https://t.co/y94hBFNTud

tags: questions questioning inquiry Falconer #MustRead curiosity
Connecting with Technology | The Life of Pinya

tags: Technology relationships #MustRead learning environment idiploma AATE innovationdiploma
You go where you look | Day 5 #28daysofwriting | Disrupt & Transform

Going where you look and see–http://t.co/F2nbbTF0xn http://t.co/gwYW6eFMi8 by @virtuallykaren #28daysofwriting cc: @MaryAnnReilly @boadams1

“that the way I look at things influences my direction in the way I design learning.”

tags: 28daysofwriting observation design curriculum #MustRead
What Do We Really Mean When We Say ‘Personalized Learning’? | MindShift

tags: personalized learning laufenberg traverse iProject iDiploma Synergy #MustRead
- For Laufenberg, personalization only comes when students have authentic choice over how to tackle a problem. A personalized environment gives students the freedom to follow a meaningful line of inquiry, while building the skills to connect, synthesize and analyze information into original productions.
- Dozens of teachers agreed that a truly personalized learning experience requires student choice, is individualized, meaningful and resource rich. This kind of learning allows students to work at their own pace and level, meets the individual needs of students, and perhaps most importantly, is not a one-size fits all model. Technology was strikingly absent from these conversations. Instead, the common view of personalization focused on giving agency for learning to the student and valuing each individual in a classroom.
What If? | Steve Mouldey

A powerful way to generate exploration, ideation, and creation – the “What If…?”

tags: WhatIf #mustread

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#MustRead Shares (weekly)

Posted on February 1, 2015 by boadams1

5 ways to innovate using better questions | thedesigngym.com

How to facilitate with questions that have (many) more than just one good answer. Strong ways to think about promoting the flare!

tags: innovation design thinking design_thinking #MustRead flare
What happens when you ask a fish to climb a tree? A look at differentiation and the High Tech High model | GHS Innovation Lab

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

tags: pbl assessment #MustRead

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Posted on January 25, 2015 by boadams1

Think you’re doing PBL? You might not be. | GHS Innovation Lab

A great comparison of project-oriented activity vs. project-based learning.

tags: pbl #MustRead
Matthieu Ricard: How to let altruism be your guide | Talk Video | TED.com

If we people in schools are in the business of the brain, as well as of the heart, shouldn’t we pay attention to work like this? And I don’t mean it in any sort of mushy way. These are not “soft skills;” they are essential mindsets.

tags: altruism happiness Brain-based empathy TED #MustRead
d.school: the whiteboard | #DSXOAK: A prototype school comes to life

tags: School Change schools of the future #mustread designthinking control DeeperLearning
- “The current school model is still building kids to navigate the 19th and 20th century.” That model is meant to “manage humanity instead of inspire it.”
- “We don’t have teachers in this school, we have catalysts,” said David. “We are here to help you realize … your purpose.”
- The other element challenged is control. Where traditional classrooms my have teachers focusing on how best to gain and maintain control, David is testing the power of trust and stepping back.