data source: oecd (feb 2012)
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Youth to Adult Unemployment Ratio. Data Source: OECD (Feb 2012). Skill Mismatch. Schools are… …abstract, theoretical …organized by discipline. Work is… …concrete, dynamic, interdisciplinary …organized by projects. Technology. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Data Source: OECD (Feb 2012)
Youth to Adult Unemployment Ratio
Schools are……abstract, theoretical
…organized by discipline
Work is……concrete, dynamic, interdisciplinary
…organized by projects
Skill Mismatch
Social Innovation- new ideas, concepts, processes, or
strategies that solve complex problems while contributing
towards the well-being of others
Technologyhttp://www.fastcoexist.com/1679251/ask-the-experts-what-is-social-innovation
Changing Landscape
Social Innovation in Education
Transforming education to matchtoday’s needs
Big Questions
http://siieducators.orghttp://www.facebook.com/SocialInnovationInstituteForEducators
Scenarios
• Allowing Students to Visit New Places and People on a Low Budget
• Affordable and Effective Tutoring• Managing Group Projects• Teach kids about the realities of poverty• Teach empathy• Fundraise for school projects• Create awareness among students about what
they buy• Have more time for applied projects in the
classroom
Scenarios• Allowing Students to Visit New Places and People on a Low Budget
– Skype in the Classroom• Affordable and Effective Tutoring
– Khan Academy• Managing Group Projects
– Trello• Teach kids about the realities of poverty
– Third World Farmer• Teach empathy
– Dialogue in the Dark• Fundraise for school projects
– Piggybackr• Create awareness among students about what they buy
– Ride2Learn• Have more time for applied projects in the classroom
– Flipped Classroom• Brainstorm with Peers
– Open IDEO
Some Ideas…• Analyze and assess the needs of your students and you community...You know best!• Design your own initiative to implement in your classroom or school
– Design Thinking Toolkit• http://dyadicdesign.com
• Project Based Learning- Create Applied Projects– Create consulting projects or case studies for students– Flipped Classroom
• Take time to look up organizations that have projects or material you could pilot in your classroom:
– ChangeEducate– Ride2Learn– Big History Project– Piggybackr
• Collaborate with peers to learn more about their fields and start interdisciplinary projects
• Clubs for students to work on their own projects – Young Changers Society
• Independent Study-Allow students to design their own project• Promote an entrepreneurial ecosystem
– K-12 Business Competitions– $500 Entrepreneurial Challenge