MOUNT VERNON PLAYS TO CONNECT Mount Vernon Presbyterian School & Mount Vernon Institute for Innovation SXSWedu Playground Talks & Hands On March 4, 2014 3:30 p.m. Austin, TX http://bit.ly/MVplays2connect http://sxswedu.com/talks/handson http://schedule.sxswedu.com/events/event_EDUP990870

Bo Adams Chief Learning & Innovation Officer @boadams1 MVPS/MVIFI

Mary Cantwell Director, Center for Design Thinking @scitechyEDU MVPS/MVIFI

Trey Boden Creative Director @treyboden MVPS/MVIFI

PLAY TIME

Introductions: Who We Are & Why We Play Bo, Mary, Trey [~ 2 min]

Game 1: “Coopetition” ­­ Rock, Paper, Scissors + Globbing On [~ 6 min]

Partner A: Shooter; Partner B: Cheerer Series of Battles & Globbing Cheerers to Grand Champ Debrief: What’s the Point?

Game 2: “Top It, Don’t Pop It” ­­ Balloon Towers [~ 6 min]

Make the tallest, free­standing balloon tower you can in 5 min Debrief: What did you learn?

Game 3: “Ready, Set, Design” ­­ Bag o’ Stuff + Challenge to Create [~ 15 min]

Challenge: Using only your bag o’ stuff, create a prototype of something that meets a need of one of your table members or tells a fun/interesting story

Gallery Walk & Debrief: What’s your story?