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Design Thinking / Innovation / Instructional Rounds / Leadership Posted on: January 21, 2015January 25, 2015

How do space configurations impact student learning?

Book Review / Design Thinking / Innovation Posted on: January 12, 2015January 25, 2015

Lean Startup, Design Thinking, & Innovation

I’m reading a series of books together this month and enjoying the common threads of design thinking, as well as a process/cycle for innovation. It’s rewarding to see a high degree of similarity between what entrepreneurs and adults in the marketplace are reading/doing alongside what is being discussed and practiced regularly by students and teachers in our school.

Design Thinking Posted on: September 18, 2014March 21, 2015

Atlanta K-12 Design Thinking Challenge: Year Two

Atlanta K-12 Design Thinking Challenge Mount Vernon’s Reflection from 2014-2015

Design Thinking Posted on: June 27, 2014May 20, 2015

FUSE 2014: Design Thinking and Badges

See related post: Hacking Badges Have you heard of design thinking yet? People centered problem solving? I spent the last two days participating in the FUSE 2014 Conference hosted by the Mount Vernon Institute for Innovation (@MVIFI) at Mount Vernon Presbyterian School. I earned a badge for being a Facilitator in the 101 track (participants engaged in an introductory design thinking challenge related to the topic of “student centered learning“). There were 140 educators and non-educators from around the nation (some international, too). Our Middle School sent a small team of our own teachers to the 201 track where they arrived […]

Design Thinking / Innovation / Professional Learning / Teamwork Posted on: March 26, 2014January 25, 2015

Atlanta K12 Design Thinking Challenge: Year 1

Check out photos and ideas from our recent two day design thinking challenge in collaboration with 11 Atlanta area public and private schools, Stanford’s d.School and the Howard Dobbs Foundation. Mary Cantwell’s Blog on #AK12DC

Design Thinking / Organization & Time Management Posted on: December 9, 2013June 15, 2016

What Can We Learn from Master Schedule Prototypes?

Google Doc with Schedule Prototypes Questions to Consider What are the advantages/disadvantages of each schedule? Review each one. What was your best idea? What was your biggest priority? What was your group’s biggest obstacle? What is your biggest question? What is your most drastic proposed change? What is the easiest/obvious change to make? What are the non-negotiables? What did you learn about your own assumptions and biases about teaching? Education? Mount Vernon’s mission?