From the archive
Design Thinking
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The People You’ll Meet….
Before I arrived at the SXSW EDU conference, I spent time looking through the conference app, marking sessions that correlated with goals I have for my department. Little did I…
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Bashing into Walls to Change the World
In the book Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World, Adam Grant writes, “When we become curious about the dissatisfying defaults in our world, we begin to recognize that most of…
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From Prototype to Advocacy
I’ve been mulling this question/idea around in my head for about a week now. Hoping my braintrust crew can help me out… As we provide design thinking opportunities out to…
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Crafting a New Story of Learning
This was a fascinating read the other night… From: Making the World a Better Place Starts with a Really Good Story Kathleen: One of the things I saw in the organizations…
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Ideas are Cheap, but Prototypes Cost: Learning Business Skills in a Makerspace
“Ideas are cheap. Execution is everything.” — Chris Sacca (on Shark Tank) Makerspaces are fun. I love seeing students discover new ideas, and new ways to represent those ideas, within a…
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Personalization Isn’t a Fancy Computer Program
Laura presented the idea of “personalization of learning,” meaning more in how does the teacher understand the student, build on their interests, and create learning opportunities for the student. I can…