• 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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• 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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• 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.

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