EMPOWERING STUDENTS WITH JOHN SPENCER www.spencerauthor.com EMPOWERING STUDENTS WITH VOICE AND CHOICE Student choice is about more than just a menu option. It’s about student ownership. This includes ownership of the processes, the assessment, the strategies, and the meta- cognition. But how do we make this happen? How do we ﬁt this into our standards and our curriculum map? EMPOWERING STUDENTS WITH DESIGN THINKING Despite the myth of “digital natives,” most students have very little experience using technology as anything more than a consumer device. It doesn’t have to be this way. By using a design thinking framework, teachers can foster creative thinking in every content area and help students develop a maker mindset. October 4, 2018 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM October 5, 2018 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM John Spencer is an assistant professor of instructional technology outside of Portland, Oregon. Before that, he spent twelve years as a middle school teacher using design thinking and creative processes for student coding projects, documentaries, and blogging. He is a frequent keynote, conference speaker, and writer whose work has been featured in Kappan Magazine, The Answer Sheet, Slate, and Edutopia. He is the author of Wendell the World's Worst Wizard and co-founder of Write About. WWW.MCIU.ORG/REGISTER COST: $150/session for suscribers $225/session for non-subscribers ATTEND BOTH: $250 for subscribers $375 for non-subscribers QUESTIONS? Please contact Lois Winton (610) 755-9315 | [email protected]

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Page 1: EMPOWERING STUDENTS WITH JOHN SPENCER · John Spencer is an assistant professor of instructional technology outside of Portland, Oregon. Before that, he spent twelve years as a middle

EMPOWERING STUDENTS WITH JOHN SPENCERwww.spencerauthor.com

EMPOWERING STUDENTS WITH VOICE AND CHOICE

Student choice is about more than just a menu option. It’s about student ownership. This includes ownership of the processes, the assessment, the strategies, and the meta-cognition. But how do we make this happen? How do we fit this into our standards and our curriculum map?

EMPOWERING STUDENTS WITH DESIGN THINKING

Despite the myth of “digital natives,” most students have very little experience using technology as anything more than a consumer device. It doesn’t have to be this way. By using a design thinking framework, teachers can foster creative thinking in every content area and help students develop a maker mindset.

October 4, 20188:30 AM to 3:30 PM

October 5, 20188:30 AM to 3:30 PM

John Spencer is an assistant professor of instructional technology outside of Portland, Oregon. Before that, he spent twelve years as a middle school teacher using design thinking and creative processes for student coding projects, documentaries, and blogging. He is a frequent keynote,

conference speaker, and writer whose work has been featured in Kappan Magazine, The Answer Sheet, Slate, and Edutopia. He is the author of Wendell the World's Worst Wizard and co-founder of Write About.

WWW.MCIU.ORG/REGISTER

COST:$150/session for suscribers$225/session for non-subscribers

ATTEND BOTH:$250 for subscribers$375 for non-subscribers

QUESTIONS?Please contact Lois Winton(610) 755-9315 | [email protected]

http://www.mciu.org/register

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.spencerauthor.com