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Launch: Using Design Thinking to Boost Creativity and Bring Out the Maker in Every Student
Launch: Using Design Thinking to Boost Creativity and Bring Out the Maker in Every Student | John Spencer
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Something happens in students when they define themselves as makers and inventors and creators. They discover powerful skills-problem-solving, critical thinking, and imagination-that will help them shape the world's future ... our future. If that's true, why isn't creativity a priority in more schools today? Educators John Spencer and A.J. Juliani know firsthand the challenges teachers face every day: School can be busy. Materials can be scarce. The creative process can seem confusing. Curriculum requirements can feel limiting. Those challenges too often bully creativity, pushing it to the side as an "enrichment activity" that gets put off or squeezed into the tiniest time block. We can do better. We must do better if we're going to prepare students for their future. LAUNCH: Using Design Thinking to Boost Creativity and Bring Out the Maker in Every Student provides a process that can be incorporated into every class at every grade level ... even if you don't consider yourself a "creative teacher." And if you dare to innovate and view creativity as an essential skill, you will empower your students to change the world-starting right now. Look, Listen, and Learn Ask Lots of Questions Understand the Problem or Process Navigate Ideas Create Highlight What's Working and Failing Are you ready to LAUNCH?
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suffisaunce
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This book has really interesting ideas that may apply to the college classroom. It was a bit marketing-focused for my own purposes, but very interesting.

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Lmstraubie
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Pickpick

I really like what these authors shared. A great way to teach, even if it's a bit of risk taking, because isn't that what we want our students to do.

APLitlife That one is on my TBR, but what age group do you think it is geared toward? 7y
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Pickpick

Spencer and Juliani‘s Empower is an inspiring professional read focused on the philosophies behind student empowerment. The authors‘ focus on moving beyond compliance and engagement is thought-provoking. A worthy follow-up to their FABULOUS book Launch.

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Lmstraubie

We prefer to use the word improve rather than fix, because fix implies something is broken. However, improved tells the students that what they created is good and they have the chance to make it even better. #librariansoflitsy #teachersoflitsy

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Lmstraubie
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Lots of professional reading going on right now. Really liking this one.

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Tjackson
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So, I read this book yesterday, plus their follow-up book, Explore. Now, I am participating in a webinar. I guess this is my work weekend, but it is good stuff!

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Tjackson
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Pickpick

I highly recommend to every teacher reads his book. Although all the ideas are not new, they are valid and put in the framework that is very teacher friendly. If you are a fan of Daniel Pink or Sir Ken Robinson, you will be able to make direct connections between this book and their work. Providing opportunities for students to explore their personal passions and providing a framework for it will result in extremely high student engagement.

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Tjackson
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More progress!!!! Feeling a sense of accomplishment!

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Tjackson
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Making progress on this raining day!!!!

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Tjackson
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I taught for 10 years and the highlighted passage is a good description of what my classroom look like on many days. We had an amazing time doing research and solving real world problems, so we were very messy!

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Tjackson
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So true! This is a great book for educators!

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Tjackson
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Questions to ask your students or children.

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Tjackson
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So true!!!!

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Tjackson
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Unfortunately this is true!

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BookishMarginalia
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Playing around with the photo editor in the beta update. Love the font variety and colors! (Took me a long time to figure out pinching the screen makes the letters bigger or smaller, and allows the box to be rotated!) -- The best feature, though: the stickers!

moranadatter I miss the frames. 8y
BookishMarginalia @kmdartist I miss them too. The only things I like better in the new photo editor are the stickers and the ability to change the font and font color. 8y
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