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Inside the New Idea Factory
Suzie Boss
Inside the New Idea Factory
“We need to out-innovate, out-educate, and out-build the rest
of the world…
That’s how we’ll win the future.”~President Obama
2011 State of the Union
Suzie Boss ISTE 2012
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#1: Creativity and Innovation
Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology.
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Inside the New Idea Factory
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Inside the New Idea Factory
Let’s reframe
as a problem
statement:
How might we
bring innovation
to school?
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Let’s use the process that innovators use:
Frame the issue
Generate ideas
Test and improve (iterative design cycles)
Share
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Process: Frame the issue
Where do we find innovation?
What do we know about innovators?
What good ideas can we borrow from them?
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Appreciating Our Innovation Roots
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Fast Forward: Motor City to Maker City
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Tinkerers: Mt. Elliott Makerspace
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Problem Solvers: Studio H
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Don’t Overlook Social Innovators
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Flattening of Innovation
Africa:Jua Kali
India:Jugaad
Inside the New Idea FactoryProcess: Generate Ideas
When happens when your district has a seed fund for innovation?
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Let’s hear from Pam Moran,Albemarle County Public Schools, Virginia
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Inside the New Idea Factory
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Inside the New Idea Factory
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Inside the New Idea Factory
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Inside the New Idea Factory
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Inside the New Idea Factory
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Inside the New Idea Factory
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Inside the New Idea Factory
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How else do innovators generate ideas?
Be opportunistic
Think in metaphors
Take time to mess around
Learn to fail
Look for crossroads
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Why metaphors? “Call me Trimtab.”
http://challenge.bfi.org
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Why metaphors? StripeSpotter
http://code.google.com/p/stripespotter
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More metaphors: “eHarmony for Pets”
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www.pixieproject.org
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Why celebrate failure?
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Challenge: Learn to Fail Smarter
http://failfaire.org/
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Process: Test and improveHenry Ford Learning Institute’s
Foundations of Innovation
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What emerges from design thinking process?
Carry-all for homeless from HFA: Alameda School for Art and Design, San Antonio
Inside the New Idea Factory Final step: Share
Dots in Blue Water, Berne, Indiana
Dots in Blue Water, Berne, Indiana
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Final step: Share
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Let’s crowdsource:
Add to the Google Doc:How Do We Foster Innovation?
http://tinyurl.com/6oy6agv
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Let’s connect:
Twitter: @suzieboss
Email: suzieboss@gmail.com