The knowledge you need to innovate in your practice.
The Innovative Educator Series is a collection of workshops designed to introduce teachers to concepts that the world's most successful companies leverage to scaffold innovation and transformation. The workshops will teach participants how introduce innovation into their curriculum, and how to familiarize students with practices that prepare them for the future workforce.
What can you expect?
Each workshop in the Innovative Educator Series is made up of three components:
1. Concept discovery
Gain a high level understanding of the concept and its applications.
2. Practical tools
Understand how to apply the concept in a practical way and get familiar with relevant tools.
3. Application to education
Discover how the concept can be applied in the context of education, in the context of your classroom.
What will you learn?
The Innovative Educator Series gives teachers a taste of UpstartED's most sought-after professional development programs. The concepts that participants will get to discover include:
Project Based Learning
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How to get started with PBL
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How to design & run an inquiry-based and student-led project
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Lean Startup
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Introduction to Lean Startup & practical applications
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Applying the Business Model Canvas
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How to validate a business idea?
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Design Thinking
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Introduction to Design Thinking & practical applications: in your school & inside your classroom
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How to create a design challenge
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Leveraging empathy to identify meaningful ideas/solutions
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How to carry out user research
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Prototyping and validating your solution
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Testing & Iterating
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IB Design Cycle
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Computational Thinking
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Introduction to Computational Thinking
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Applying Computational Thinking across the curriculum
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Digital citizenship and online branding
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What does it means to be a digital citizen?
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What is a ‘brand’, and how to build one online
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From the paper CV to LinkedIn
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Agile Project Management
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Introduction to Agile: what is it and its merits in education
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How to oversee an Agile project in your classroom
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Next Gen Technologies
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Introduction to machine learning & AI
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How to integrate chatbots in your student projects
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Introduction to cryptocurrency and its role in our economy
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Robotics: drones & automation
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Mixed Reality: augmented reality & virtual reality
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Internet of Things and connected devices
Why join us?
The Innovative Educator Series is designed with teachers in mind, by instructors who understand the unique challenges teachers face on a daily basis. This is why the workshops provide participants with:
1. Experiential learning
Gain hands-on experience with new concepts and their applications to your curriculum.
2. Valuable connections
Network and build meaningful relationships with other teachers who are innovating in their practice.
3. Collaborative solutioning
Find solutions to challenges you experience in your practice by collaborating with other experienced teachers.