Innovation Space
WHAT IS INNOVATION SPACE?
Portrait of a Graduate Focus
Collaboration
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I work together with my team to finish our work and clean our space.
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I help my team persevere.
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I use tools and materials safely.
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When problems arise, I find help and solutions.
Communication
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I respectfully listen to the ideas of others and share my ideas.
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I speak clearly for a reason and in a way that helps others understand me.
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I use a blueprint to organize my thoughts and share my ideas.
Creative and Critical Thinking
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I use my imagination to think about new ideas.
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I can revise and refine my ideas.
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I can say why I think an idea is a good one.
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I create through the designing and building process.
What is the Innovation Space Teacher’s role?
Curriculum Integration
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The Innovation Space teacher is a resource to classroom teachers who want to integrate more Portrait of a Graduate skills into their grade level curriculum.
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This can be through lesson planning support, project creation and implementation, PBL support and implementation, etc.
Innovation Space Program
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Provides hands-on, creative ways to encourage students to design, experiment, build and invent as they engage in engineering and tinkering. It is a space for creativity, critical thinking, exploration, and collaboration.
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Students will foster Portrait of a Graduate skills.
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Each class has a scheduled lesson once a month or once a quarter.