Creating Student Innovators & Developing Innovation Teams Jennifer L. Stotts, Ed.D.

Introductions  Name  Short Professional History  1 Interesting Fact  Take away from this session?

T-STEM Academy Design Blueprint 2 – T-STEM Culture 7 – Academy Advancement & Sustainability 3 - Student Outreach, Recruitment & Retention 1 - Mission Driven Leadership 5 - Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment 6 - Strategic Alliances 4 - Teacher Selection, Development & Retention Blueprint Continuum 2.3.A Prepared for Postsecondary Coursework in STEM fields 4.1.A 4.2.B 4.3.A Integrative STEM PD: Societal Needs Promote Creativity & Innovation 5.2.A 5.4.A Innovate Invent Innovations / Inventions

Knows & Needs to Knows Creativity Innovation KNOW How do I … What is… What does… NTK

Education Quote Game Agree / Disagree Why / Why Not

The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education. Agree / Disagree Why / Why Not

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all. Agree / Disagree Why / Why Not

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education. Agree / Disagree Why / Why Not

Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring about conformity or it becomes the practice of freedom, the means by which men and women deal critically and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their world. Agree / Disagree Why / Why Not

The principle goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done – men who are creative, inventive, and discoverers. Agree / Disagree Why / Why Not

We have sold ourselves into a fast food model of education, and it's impoverishing our spirit and our energies as much as fast food is depleting our physical bodies. Agree / Disagree Why / Why Not

Reflection 1. Inventions in Your Lifetime

INVENTIONS 1 minList inventions in your life-time 3 minShare out

INVENTIONS Carl De Smet, Self-Assembling FurnitureSelf-Assembling Furniture

Creativity, Innovation, Divergent & Convergent Thinking AccountabilityAccountability CreativityCreativity InnovationInnovation

Creativity Test 1.Alternative Uses 2.Incomplete Figure 3.Riddles 4.Remote Associates 5.The Candle Problem A man has married 20 women in a small town. All of the women are still alive and none of them are divorced. The man has broken no laws. Who is the man? 1. Falling, Actor, Dust 2. Time, Hair, Stretch 3. Manners, Round, Tennis 4. Ache, Hunter, Cabbage 1. Falling, Actor, Dust 2. Time, Hair, Stretch 3. Manners, Round, Tennis 4. Ache, Hunter, Cabbage

The Candle Problem Affix the lit candle to the wall so that it will not drip wax onto the table below.

“We are educating people out of their creativity.” Sir Ken Robinson Do You Think You are Creative?  2 nd Graders  5 th Graders  Seniors in HS 5,000 Adults in US, UK, DE, Japan 70% Feel that Education Stifles Creativity 82% Feel urgency & concern that they are not living up to Creativity Potential 95% 50% 5%

Reflection 2. Innovations &Creativity in Your Classroom/School

The Child-Driven Education

Innovation Process 1.IDEO’s 7 rules for Brainstorming 2.Lafley & Charan’s 10 rules for Effective Brainstorming 3.Toyota’s 3 Innovation Principles 4.Toyota’s 10 Step Innovation Process 5.Kimmelman’s (author) 7 Step Innovation Process

IDEO Innovation

Innovation Team 10 Faces of Innovation

Educational Innovations

Curriculum & Instruction Innovations & Creativity in your Classroom / School Delta Curriculum Delta Instruction

Capstones & Internships Capstones & Internships Jack Andraka 15 yr old freshman Jack Andraka 15 yr old freshman

Leadership Teams IDEO Innovation Methodology

Educational Challenges Education Challenges Innovative Solutions Brainstorm

IDEO Innovation Reflection “Ah-ha”“Ugh”“I’m Wondering”

So-What Curriculum Instruction Leadership Teams The Difference Maker

A child miseducated is a child lost. John F. Kennedy

Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself – Chinese Proverb Expect – Motivate - Support