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Students Who S.A.I.L!
The Keys to Fostering a Culture of Innovation

“I have not failed. I've
just found 10,000 ways
that won't work.”
– Thomas Edison
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Several
Attempts
In
Learning

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What can schools do?
Champion student ideas
Involve students in the
process of innovation
Help them solve problems
they care about
Get them to spend time
investigating problems

Does the learning environment/curriculum support innovation?

Shark Tank
Genius Hour
Coding
PBL
Contests
Citizen Science
3D Printing
Clubs
STEM/STEAM
Maker Education
EDP
Global Collaboration Projects
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Via www.biography.com
Via HuffingtonPost.com

“… all children could and should be inventors of their
own theories, critics of other people’s ideas, analyzers of
evidence, and makers of their own personal marks on this
most complex world.” – Deborah Meier (2002)
CC BY-SA 2.0, Adapted image by Kindercapes, Flic.kr/p/9FbtQz
Mission Minded Learning

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Mission Minded Learning

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Standards Aligned
Entry Event
Driving Question
Student Choice
Student Voice
Future Ready Skills
Inquiry Based
Feedback & Revision
Publicly Presented

Solution

By Edison, Thomas A., 1847-1931. U.S. Patent Office, via Wikimedia Commons

“I’m not sayin’ I’m
gonna change
the world, but I
guarantee that I
will spark the
brain that will.”
- Tupac Shakur
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