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Welcome to Summer Spark 2016!  We hope you have an incredible two days of innovating, collaborating, and connectating!  The collaborative notes and presenter materials will be available at http://bit.ly/USMSparkNotes16. Let us know if we can help you in any way.  Enjoy!
Tuesday, June 14 • 2:30pm - 4:00pm
The Innovative Power of Asking, 'What if? Why not? and So what?' FILLING

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After hearing from the innovative minds at Summer Spark, we will want to have it all. But how? Let's engage in conversation, share experiences, and plan strategies with educators interested in creating an environment of pirates, innovative geniuses, savvy gamers, and textbook ditchers. Please attend this workshop to create immediate, actionable plans for memorable classroom experiences. For educators. For students.
  • What if a teacher’s primary responsibilities are to facilitate learning by supporting innovation, provide immediate feedback to student performance, ask open-ended questions, and listen as students talk themselves through creative insecurity?
  • What if learners understand how to assess their performance against course standards, recognize opportunities for growth, determine reasonable timelines for completion and sharing of artifacts they create, and craft authentic outcomes as evidence of their learning? 
  • Why not participate in a workshop session personalized to meet the professional development needs of educators interested in transforming the learning process for their students?  
  • So what? So students and teachers have the autonomy, space, and time to produce enduring learning. 
Let's explore our collaborative impact and innovative power by asking, “What if? Why not? So what?”

Speakers
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Brian Durst

English Teacher, Grafton High School
Brian Durst has been gathering wisdom from colleagues and creating memories with students for two decades in his learner-centered clubhouse. He and his students learn with a purpose every day by asking, "What if? Why not? and So What?" Brian is on a quest to promote a culture of learning... Read More →



Tuesday June 14, 2016 2:30pm - 4:00pm CDT
M316 VanderVelde M316 VanderVelde