by edtosavetheworld | Nov 12, 2013 | Stage 5: Students as World Changers
Wondering what real world topic your students should tackle next? Try letting students decide. The engagement, passion, and ownership that comes out letting students choose their own topic for exploration is pretty powerful. So how do you do it? First – Think...
by edtosavetheworld | Sep 6, 2013 | Innovation Series
Today we feature Start Up Weekend, a non-profit designed to spur innovation through an intense 54 hours of working in teams to pitch, select and build start ups. From their website: Beginning with open mic pitches on Friday, attendees bring their best ideas and...
by edtosavetheworld | Aug 30, 2013 | Innovation Series
Happy Friday! Today instead of hearing from an individual innovator, we’re looking at a school focused on creating innovators: Stanford’s Institute of Design (or d.school). The d.school has been referred to as a school for world changers and has produced several...
by edtosavetheworld | Aug 21, 2013 | Stage 2: Joyful and Efficient
What do London cab drivers and Michael Jordan have in common? Today we’re excited to post an idea from Liza Enrich, a chemistry teacher in Washington, DC that answers that question. Liza joined us on Sunday for the collaborative and shared her thinking about...
by edtosavetheworld | Aug 16, 2013 | Innovation Series
Happy Friday! Today’s How I Innovate guest blogger is Shane Greenup co-creator of rbutr, an exciting community-driven app that seeks to bring the spirit of debate and balanced perspective to our online reading. Shane’s comments follow. rbutr is a...