How do you move from “pockets of innovation” to a “culture of innovation”?
How do we start to innovate inside of the box?
How do we move from “engagement” to “empowerment”?
What does innovation mean for education, and should every educator be an innovator?
These are questions that I have addressed in my book, “The Innovator’s Mindset”, and will continue to dig deeper into with the second “Innovator’s Mindset Massive Open Online Course” that will be starting again on September 28, 2017 September, 25, 2017.
The brilliant Katie Martin will be joining again to help host this experience, but alumni from the first course will also be taking part to lead in this experience as well. Not only is this a great way to dig deeper into the content of the book, it is an amazing opportunity to create your own learning, while networking with passionate educators around the world. We have also confirmed guests that will be joining us not only for a YouTube Live, but as well as a Twitter chat every Thursday night at 9pm EST (6pm PST), starting Thursday, September 28, 2017, led my Tara Martin and Katie Martin.
The Twitter chats (#IMMOOC) are on the following dates:
| September 28, 2017 | 9pm EST |
| October 5, 2017 | 9pm EST |
| October 12, 2017 | 9pm EST |
| October 19, 2017 | 9pm EST |
| October 26, 2017 | 9pm EST |
| November 2, 2017 | 9pm EST |
We are also extremely excited to bring on some awesome guests for this experience that will share their own experiences and work, to open up the learning past the book.
The guests and the times are as follows:
UPDATE:
Jo Boaler, Professor of Mathematics Education at Stanford University, and the faculty director of youcubed, and author of the amazing book, “Mathematical Mindsets“, will join us to kick off the course on September 25, 8pm EST (5pm PST).
| Session | Topics | Time | Guests |
| 1 | Introduction and
Part 1: Innovation in Education |
October 4, 7 PM EST | Alice Keeler |
| 2 | Interview with Katie and Tara | October 10, 8pm EST | Tara Martin and Katie Martin |
| 3 | Part 2: Laying the Groundwork | October 18, 8pm EST | Patrick Larkin |
| 4 | Part 3: Unleashing Talent | October 24, 8pm EST | Dwight Carter |
| 5 | Part 4: Concluding Thoughts | November 1, 8pm EST | Kayla Delzer |
If you are interested in joining, please do the following:
- Buy a copy of “The Innovator’s Mindset“. We will have a “selfie challenge” coming soon so get your book as soon as you can so you can win a prize for our draw.
- Sign up for the course (also listed below).
- Get your blog ready to go! (I suggest either edublogs.org or wordpress.com)
- Share that you are joining to the #IMMOOC hashtag on Twitter and share this link for others to sign up.
- Join the Facebook group.
If you miss the original YouTube Live session, you will be able to watch the recorded version or listen to the podcast.
There are some districts and teams joining this #IMMOOC, so I would suggest that if you want to build a sub-group through Twitter, you would use something like #IMMOOCTVDSB (TVDSB – Thames Valley District School Board) if you want to make your own connections. If you are interested in getting bulk orders for your team (orders over 10), please connect with me directly.
We look forward to having so many great people join this process and delving deeper into the importance of innovation in education.
