Day 1 Keynote will feature Kai Haley, Leader of the Design Relations team at Google.
Later this month, I am fortunate to have the opportunity to once again team up with the incredible instructors at EdTechTeacher to lead an Innovation Summit. Based upon feedback from participants at our events over the last several years, teachers sought an opportunity to take a deeper dive into the concepts. In response, we created a new format that features morning Keynotes and Ignite sessions, followed by an immersive 2-day experience focusing in-depth on a key theme or topic.
During our California event we will be featuring the following strands: Deeper Learning (Myself), Fostering Social Emotional Learning Through Design Thinking (Greg Kulowiec), Coaching Teachers to Student Success (Avra Robinson) and Project-Based Learning (Shawn McCusker).
Day 2’s Keynote features Kami Thordarson, author or Design Thinking for School Leaders.
If you or a colleague are interested in attending the event, more details and registration information is here: California Event
Details about my Deeper Learning Strand:
As our world continues to shift in many ways, so do the knowledge and skills needed to navigate our evolving knowledge economy and interconnected global community. Deeper Learning represents a set of key competencies that today’s students must develop to thrive in our modern world. Built upon a strong foundation of academic knowledge, Deeper Learning classrooms and schools foster learning environments that promote the application of student knowledge in authentic and challenging ways. These environments call upon students to develop questions, iterate on ideas, and apply what they have learned in real-world contexts. Key student competencies that transcend several Deeper Learning frameworks include critical thinking, collaboration, communication, developing academic mindsets, and, what many consider most essential, learning how to learn.
In this workshop, participants will dive into the core competencies of Deeper Learning and engage in case studies of schools and districts across the nation that have effectively fostered Deeper Learning environments. Participants will also actively collaborate in hands-on design challenges aimed at developing experiences and instructional environments that promote Deeper Learning. We will draw upon research and proven instructional approaches that foster Deeper Learning, such a Project Based Learning, Personalized Learning and Design Thinking. Participants will leave this workshop equipped not only with knowledge and key resources related to Deeper Learning but also actionable plans to implement these strategies in their own educational context.
