May 4, 2015

All 8 Cultural Forces:  27 Ways to Help Your Students Be Innovative ties in with all eight of the cultural forces.  While you read through the list, see if you can connect all 27 ideas to one of the 8 Cultural Forces! 

Routines: Check out this article by Katrina Schwartz (found from : http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/12/08/how-dissecting-a-pencil-can-ignite-curiosity-and-wonderment/ ) about how dissecting a pencil can ignite curiosity.  The idea is from a program called Agency by Design and uses thinking routines designed by the Harvard researches on thinking routines.

The Innovator's Mindset: While thinking about helping our students to be innovative… a list of 8 Characteristics of the Innovator’s Mindset.