Crowd-Based Innovation for Educators
July 2, 2018: Thanks for a Great 2018 Summit!
Wow...What An Amazing Two Days of Learning and Sharing!
Thank you to all of our Summit attendees for a great two days of learning and sharing about crowd-based innovation, human-centered design, rapid prototyping, and strategies for bringing it all together to create better learning environments for kids...and better working environments for staff. Please click the link to a very brief Google Form and provide feedback on your Summit ’18 experience. (Photo credit - Jonathan Cooper)
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New 2018-19 InnovateK12 Cohort Launches on ThuJuly26
The list of meeting dates and other previously scheduled webinars and phone calls are viewable on the Google Calendar linked on the www.innovatek12.org website. Please plan to join us for these opportunities to connect and share your experiences with members of the cohort and to extend your learning. Our goal is to provide a high level of collaboration and support via remote and/or virtual tools. Let us know if there is something we could be doing that we haven’t offered yet! Aren't our friends from Fort Thomas (KY) were looking sharp in their FT Swag?
On-Site Coaching and Consultation from InnovateK12
If you are interested in bringing a member of the InnovateK12 team to your school or district to grow your staff’s capacity in any of the areas featured at the Summit, let us try to help! As noted at the event, many of our team members are willing to travel and are very skilled in engaging frontline staff as they grow their understanding of these concepts or in growing the confidence of your leaders to lead in this new space. Please fill out the form to the left so that we can get your school or district scheduled.
Looking for a Slide from a K12 Innovation Summit Session?
Don’t forget, all Summit slide decks are posted on the www.innovatek12.org web site under the “Summit” tab. In the days and weeks to come, we’ll continue to add videos, photos, and other materials from the event. We’ll also post fresh content as the cohort work begins next week. Sign up on our website so that you get regular notifications on content updates! You can find the sign-up form on the “News and Events” tab.
Meet-Up with the InnovateK12 Team at National Events
If members from your district are attending national conferences or events like EdLeader21, INACOL, AASA, or ASCD, look for the InnovateK12 Meet-Up event location and make sure that you and your team connects with us. The InnovateK12 team is committed to providing great opportunities to network and share ideas face-to-face whenever possible, and these meet-ups promise to add extra value to your conferencing experience.
Don’t Miss This: ”Student Innovation Teams” Cohort!
There has been a very high level of interest in running the Student Innovation Team model at member districts’ high schools. The InnovateK12 team is planning a Spring 2019 event that will bring student leaders from these schools together for a Student Innovation Summit. If you are planning to run a Student Innovation Team program at your high school, we’ll provide a series of opportunities to connect students so that they can share their experiences and insights with each other.