Presenter: John Spencer
Location: Salem, Oregon, U.S.A.
@spencerideas
Description:
How can we get students engaged as critical thinkers, creators and makers? Learn about design thinking and how the LAUNCH cycle can be a framework to focus students through the process. 1) Look, listen, learn; 2) Ask tons of questions; 3) Understand the process/problem; 4) Navigate ideas; 5) Create; 6) Highlight and fix and then finally LAUNCH!
Additional Information:
http://www.spencerauthor.com
There are many ways to take part in the discussion:
- Join us at the conference live page for a live panel discussion with educators who have implemented design thinking (Date to be announced)
- Join our Voxer channel and chime in.
- Tweet with the hashtag #k12onlineconf. Your tweets will show up in our slow chat here as well as on Twitter.
It’s not hard to recognize the typical “classroom.” They haven’t changed much. And while we can and should honor all the learning that has taken place in that space, students today have an opportunity to learn within an ever-expanding learning space that supports entirely new connections and possibilities for their learning. Join David Jakes as we explore the critical issues surrounding the relationship of space to learning, and how you can begin to take the steps that are necessary to create inspiring and transformative physical and virtual spaces that afford students choice and ownership of their learning.
On October 31, we’ll have the pre-conference keynote address from 
