The Learning Conference 2018 : Full Schedule

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8:00am CDT

Using Design Thinking to Enhance Student Ownership (Grades 4 - 12) MB-S18254 *Includes Student Panel*

Participants will experience the elements of design thinking by walking through the design process to discover new ways to enhance student ownership. Participants will develop empathy, define issues or problems, ideate solutions, design and develop a prototype, and have the opportunity to test the prototype by receiving feedback. At the end of the session, participants will have the ability to use design thinking with their students and they will walk away with a process that fosters student ownership.
MB-S18254

Speakers

Suzan Brandt

Director of Technology, Mountain Brook City Board of Education

edcamp Birmingham, edcamp Mountain Brook , and CoSN's Unconference, CoSNCamp. Suzan is the organizer for TEDxYouth@MBJH, co-organizer of the MBJH TED-Ed Club and was on the organizational team for TEDxRedMountain, Birmingham's first TEDx event. She is a TEDxBirmingham Senior Educator fellow where she is actively participates in the learning community. Suzan was the 2014 recipient of the Margaret Spencer Ragland Award for outstanding performance by the Mountain Brook Foundation. In 2001 she... Read More →

Holly Martin

Staff Development, Mountain Brook Schools

Wednesday June 6, 2018 8:00am - 10:00am CDT
Room 302

Learning/Instructional Design, Interactive Groups/Hands On

1:00pm CDT

Born to be WILD: An Educator's Creative Breakthrough (Grades K - 12) MB-S18275

Are you ready to maximize engagement in your students and push yourself as a creative educator to the max? Little, creative changes can make a BIG impact on student learning. Our session is inspired by The Wild Card: 7 Steps to an Educator's Creative Breakthrough by Hope and Wade King, teachers at Ron Clark Academy. MB-S18275

Speakers

Heather Brown

Teacher, Mountain Brook Schools

Hannah Umphrey