Design Thinking: First Day of School
Design Thinking: First Day of School Middle School Faculty engaged in a Design Thinking Flashlab to reimagine the first day […]
Design Thinking, Onboarding & Orientation
Innovation
“You have to have a big vision and take very small steps to get there. You have to be humble as you execute but visionary and gigantic in terms of your aspiration. In the Internet industry, it’s not about grand innovation, it’s about a lot of little innovations: every day, every week, every month, making something a little bit better.”
– Jason Calacanis
“Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow.”
– William Pollard
21st Century MV Mindsets, eportfolio, Reflective Practice, XLR8 Summer Grants
4 Characteristics of a Quality ePortfolio
4 Characteristics of a Quality ePortfolio 1) Easy to Use – We launched our first version of a student eportfolio
Technology
Interactive Tech: Learning Drones
Interactive Tech: Learning Drones The Student Engagement Plan of Mount Vernon’s iPlan17 calls for educators to “provide appropriate access to
Badging, MVIFI, XLR8 Summer Grants
A Brief History of Badging at MVPS
The jury is still out amongst many about badging. It’s no secret I’m a fan, though much remains to be
Assessments, Badging, eportfolio, Progress Monitoring, student led conferences
Expanding the Learning Measures
How might we expand the ways we monitor student progress and the measures of learning beyond quantitative, numerical systems that
Avoiding the Pitfalls of Design Thinking
At the annual Fuse15 Conference (#Fuse15) hosted by the Mount Vernon Institute for Innovation at Mount Vernon Presbyterian School, I
Systems Thinking
What is a System?
In preparation for an upcoming leadership retreat, I was tasked to “bring three artifacts–images, headlines, etc. that represent a “system.”
Badging, Differentiated Instruction, Innovation
Hacking Badges
HACKING BADGES Some of my team members will tell you that I’ve been talking a lot about badges lately. It’s
eportfolio, Reflective Practice
It’s a Work in Progress
Caution: Some ideas, products, and posts in this blog may not yet be perfect or even finished. I use this