There are a few characteristics that distinguish a start-up. Enthusiasm Passion Energy Resourcefulness …and Agility. Agility means being able to respond to changing conditions and relies on being able to look ahead at what’s on the horizon, while simultaneously keeping your eye on the present conditions. SCIL is located in a large K-12 comprehensive schoolContinueContinue reading “Thinking like a start-up: Oops, what happens when you forget to. Learning from #Nokia”
Category Archives: Innovation and Creativity
A culture of innovation in school? Just think like a start up.
What’s a start-up? Its a business searching for a repeatable and scalable business model. I recently visited ‘Betahaus’ in Berlin. It’s a co-working space where like-minded entrepreneurs can work in community. There are areas for quiet, concentrated work as well as communicative spaces and meeting rooms, all with access to printers, scanners, and of course,ContinueContinue reading “A culture of innovation in school? Just think like a start up.”
Nokia, Ikea & Pickled Herrings: Learning from Scandinavia #CEFPI #SCIL (Part 2)
I presented a talk at the CEFPI NSW seminar that reflected on what we can learn from Scandinavia. It is an amalgam of my trips there over the last couple of years, to see what ideas, philosophies, learning spaces and systems that are in use and are successfully engaging students in their learning. (There isContinueContinue reading “Nokia, Ikea & Pickled Herrings: Learning from Scandinavia #CEFPI #SCIL (Part 2)”
Nokia, Ikea & Pickled Herrings: Learning from Scandinavia #CEFPI #SCIL (Part 1)
I presented a talk at the CEFPI NSW seminar that reflected on what we can learn from Scandinavia. It is an amalgam of my trips there over the last couple of years, to see what ideas, philosophies, learning spaces and systems that are in use and are successfully engaging students in their learning. (There is alsoContinueContinue reading “Nokia, Ikea & Pickled Herrings: Learning from Scandinavia #CEFPI #SCIL (Part 1)”
Rolex Learning Centre at Lausanne University #scil
We had heard about the unique design of the Rolex Learning Centre at Lausanne University. “to build a university where traditional boundaries between faculties are replaced by a spirit of collaboration; a campus designed in such a way that mathematicians and engineers may meet spontaneously with neuroscientists and microtechnicians to envision new technologies that improveContinueContinue reading “Rolex Learning Centre at Lausanne University #scil”
Vittra: The school without walls, Stockholm-style #SCIL
What kind of world are our preschoolers going to be prepared for when they finish school in 2025?” “Traditional learning extracts meaning from context and we need to put it back again.” In January this year it seemed everyone was Tweeting and Retweeting about “The School Without Walls” in Stockholm. It was a result ofContinueContinue reading “Vittra: The school without walls, Stockholm-style #SCIL”
Don’t just look at schools: inspiration from The Design Factory at Aalto University, Finland #SCILFinland
“Less space for individual territory and more space to share” “Investment in people, not walls” We had a few hours to spare and were invited to spend the morning at The Design Factory, a project centre located within Aalto University, and providing a place for interdisciplinary collaborative projects, from industry and well as student-based. AaltoContinueContinue reading “Don’t just look at schools: inspiration from The Design Factory at Aalto University, Finland #SCILFinland”
Day Zero – SCIL Conference tour to Finland. Follow our adventure #SCILFinland
According to the Weather Channel, our arrival in Helsinki tomorrow will reach the heights of -1C, with snow showers. Thats a little different to the beautiful Sydney day that I leave behind today. Why am I going to Finland? I am taking a group of 16 educators and architects to attend the OECD Centre forContinueContinue reading “Day Zero – SCIL Conference tour to Finland. Follow our adventure #SCILFinland”
The imperative: Paradigm shift for school (The world is changing…it always will) Part 2
Who would have thought a camera in a mobile phone would bring down a household name? Longstanding business models, like Kodak, can’t assume that the way things have always been, is the way things will remain. In the same way, the longstanding ‘business model’ that is school education needs to look at the times andContinueContinue reading “The imperative: Paradigm shift for school (The world is changing…it always will) Part 2”
The imperative: Paradigm shift for school (how to convince family, friends, colleagues & strangers) Part 1
Like me, you may be an early adopter on the change continuum. We are excited by the new, we are intuitive and see that throughout history change, as the point was once made, is the only constant. This was particularly brought to mind in the last week with the bankruptcy announcement of Kodak. The mostContinueContinue reading “The imperative: Paradigm shift for school (how to convince family, friends, colleagues & strangers) Part 1”
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