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  • About
    • About Me
    • Values
    • Why this is Important
    • What I think
    • A Revolution in Education
    • Publications
    • Podcasts
  • Inspiration
    • Teachers in their Classroom >
      • Lee Cabe
      • Rebecca Henderson
    • Programs >
      • BVCAPS
      • J-Term at Lyndon Institute >
        • J-term 2020 Videos
        • J-term 2020 Pics
        • J-Term 2019 Interviews
      • Rivers & Revolutions
      • The Independent Project
    • Schools >
      • Big Picture Learning
      • High Tech High
      • IowaBig
      • One Stone >
        • Welcome to One Stone
        • What Students Gained from their One Stone Experience
      • Tri-County Early College
      • The Tacoma Schools
    • Outside of School >
      • Project Sprout
    • TED Talks >
      • Ken Robinson
      • Sam Levin
      • Dave Eggers
    • Books
  • Resources
    • Web Sites
    • Organizations
    • Chris Unger's Offering >
      • My Trip to Shenzhen >
        • About Shenzhen
        • Innovation Design Studio
        • SIS Keynote
        • AEA Talk
  • The Purpose of Education
  • Going from Point A to Point B
    • From Point A to Point B Video Snippets
  • PZ-Australia Learning that Matters

Innovation design studio

My Trip to Shenzhen    About Shenzhen    Innovation Design Studio   SIS Keynote    AEA Talk   
I was blessed to work with a number of enthusiastic and innovation-spirited individuals full of zest and spirit to think together about the possibilities of pushing the envelope a bit and designing new opportunities for their students to be fully engaged in new ideas for teaching, learning, and schooling.  To all of you I had the pleasure of working with ... thank you!
Innovation is not easy.  Although, with help ... actually is.  The process we went through, including my guidance, helps to lead to meaningful innovation by and within schools.  Below is a very short summary of what we did, along with multiple pictures to give you a feel for the energy and spirit of the "design lab."

Tuesday Morning

​What do students today need to learn to thrive in the world in the next 20 years?
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We started the adventure, after introductions, in cross school teams thinking about what students today should learn to thrive in the world in the next 20 years.  And then presented our ideas to one another.
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Grounded in our shared understanding of what is needed ... what next?

"Feed the Imagination"
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It's helpful to hear how other schools and school programs are helping students learn the competencies they will need to thrive in the world in the next 20 years.
I provided a number of examples of those schools and school programs "pressing the envelope," and pursuing teaching, learning, and schooling that far better supports student for the future than we see schools doing today.
Examples (and schools I love) ...
IowaBig
BVCAPS
One Stone
January Term
You can read about and access them all here, from my website.


​Wednesday morning
Start designing!
Then presenting ... for feedback through a Hackathon
​Then discussion ...
​Crystalizing their ideas to be put into action

​Wednesday afternoon ... for fun
The paper-folding activity ... how can experiential learning happen in a classroom!
Followed by many other discussions .... for example, how do we learn in everyday life!
Finally ... a group photo ....
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And a unique view of the room ....
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