Welcome and Overview
April: Goal Setting and Priorities for Innovative Teaching and Learning
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Week 1 Reading: Smarter Ways to Set Goals
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Week 1 Activity: Setting Goals for the Academy
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Week 1 Activity: Write a Letter/Email to Your Future Self (4:06)
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Week 2: Update and Links
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Week 2: Action Plan Template
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Week 2: Question for the Week (What's holding us back?)
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Recording: Ask Me Anything with A.J. Juliani and George Couros (April 10th) (46:55)
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Week 2 Video: The One Phrase to Stop the Fizzle (3:03)
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Week 2 Video: Get the Most Out of the Academy (4:37)
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Week 3 Video: Interview with Bo Adams
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Week 3 Article: How to Make Writing a Habit
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Week 3; Question for the Week (What does innovation mean to you?)
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Week 3 Activity: Create a Meme and Share it!
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Week 4 Question and Video: What are our learning biases? How do they impact our work?
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Week 4: Master Weekly Schedule for ITA17
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Week 4 Resource: From Zero to Thousands of Readers
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Week 4 Activity: Join ITA Triberr and Join ITA Medium
April Course: Build a Better Blog
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Setting up Your Blog Domain and Hosting (4:22)
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Getting Wordpress Setup on Your Blog (5:15)
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Setting Up FREE Wordpress.com Blog
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Choosing the Right Wordpress (Blog) Theme and Look (8:42)
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Setting up Your Pages and Posts (and the difference) (11:54)
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Setting up the Menu and Settings (and what your Home Page options are) (9:12)
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Adding New Plugins and Setting up Widgets (12:27)
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Publishing Posts, Sharing Posts, and Setting up Jetpack (9:03)
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Stats, Analytics, and the Best Plugin (SumoMe) (12:20)
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Building a Blog Audience and Community Over Time (6:05)
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Promote with Purpose: Build Relationships and Connect (10:34)
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The Power of a Blogging Tribe (Join our Triberr) (4:40)
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The Importance of Blog Titles (and five tools to help you pick the best one) (7:56)
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How long (or short) should my articles be? (7:21)
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Creating Cornerstone Content and a Blog Series (7:04)
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Why Email Marketing Matters (and how to start in 5 mins) (3:46)
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Bonus Video: Commit to Consistency for Blogging Success (5:23)
May: Technology’s Role in Innovation: The Frameworks and Tools for Success
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Week 5 Question: How do connections fuel innovation?
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Week 5 Video: Live Q&A Roundtable Event on May 1st 10:00pm EST
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Week 5 Activity: Twitter Challenge
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Week 5 Article: What's next for educators after Twitter?
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Week 6 Question: Has technology made us learn new things in new ways, or are we just learning the same old things in new ways?
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Week 6 Video: Technology Is Helping Millennials Change the World (or is it?)
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Week 6 Activity: Twitter Challenge Continued!
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Week 6 Resource: Rollercoaster Project
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Week 7 Question: What strategies have you used (or plan on using) to implement technology with purpose?
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May 1st Roundtable Q&A Recording
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Week 7 Video: Interview with Jennifer Gonzalez from CultofPedagogy.com
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Week 7 Article: 7 Ways to Use Technology with Purpose
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Week 8 Activity: Find a Partner to do a Guest Blog
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Week 8 Question: Which STAGE are you on in the Tech Journey?
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Week 8 Resource: SAMR Model and Technology Frameworks
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Week 9 Question: Which "framework" works best for technology use in schools?
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Week 9 Debate: Are cell phones good/bad/both in the classroom?
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Week 9 Video: An Introduction to Technology Integration
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Week 9 Activity: Post Your Guest Blog to Facebook Group and to Twitter Using #ITA17
May Course: Social Media with Purpose
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What Social Media is in 2017 (4:38)
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All Social Media Has Different Purpose and Function (6:04)
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What's your purpose? (3:36)
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Twitter 101 (8:56)
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Facebook 101 (4:08)
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Instagram 101 (4:45)
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Hashtags (and why they are so important) (5:33)
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Building Professional Connections (5:03)
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Sharing Your Work (4:16)
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Automation and Systems (4:03)
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Buffer (your time saving app for social media) (4:10)
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Leveraging Power of Your Network (3:54)
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Law of Reciprocity (2:10)
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Building Your Social Tribe (4:49)
June: Building the Habits for Innovation: Work Smarter Not Harder
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Week 10 Question: What are your best and worst professional habits?
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Week 10: Live Q&A June 6th at 6pm EST!
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Week 10 Video: The Surprising Power of Small Habits | James Clear
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Week 10 Resource: The Morning Checklist
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Week 11 Question: What are some systems we can create to make innovative work take less time and have more of an impact?
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Week 11 Video Training: Angela Watson shares "How to Do Fewer Things Better" (59:34)
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Week 11 Resource: Handout to Go Along with Angela Watson Video
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Week 11 Article: Habits vs Goals : A Look at the Benefits of a Systematic Approach to Life
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Week 12 Question: What is one new habit you are going to add to your daily routine? Why did you choose this habit?
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Week 12 Article: Deep Work (how to achieve focus in an age of distraction)
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Week 12 Activity: Twitter Chat and Good Social Media Habits
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Week 12 Video: The Power of Habit: Charles Duhigg at TEDxTeachersCollege
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Week 13 Question: Are we a distracted society? How can we continue to work towards a goal if our goals keep changing?
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Week 13 Article: How to Turn Uninspiring Goals into Epic Quests
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Week 13: Full Archive of our #ITA17 Twitter Chat
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Week 13: Sneak Peak PDF of Empower
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Week 13 Video: The Impact We Have As Teachers
June Course: Building Better Habits to Reach Your Goals
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Why Habits? (because Goals are Nothing without a System) (6:22)
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Habit Stacking: 10 Quick Habits for the Classroom (10:02)
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Personal vs Professional Habits (and the blurring of lines) (3:41)
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Habit 1: Get a Morning Routine (3:12)
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Habit 2: Write Every Day (3:18)
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Habit 3: Reflect Every Day (4:13)
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Habit 4: Create Something Small (3:00)
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Habit 5: Learn with Intention (weekly focus) (2:37)
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Habit 6: Say Thank You (2:19)
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Habit 7: Focus on Your Strengths (3:53)
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Habit 8: Connect with One New Person Each Week (3:34)
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Habit 9: Share Other People’s Work! (1:58)
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Habit 10: Affirm your goals every day (4:29)
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Bonus Habit: Take Chances Out of Comfort Zone (4:49)
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Connecting Your Process with Your Goals (5:14)
July: Design Thinking in the Classroom: A Process and Framework for Creativity
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Week 14 Question: What is your background and use of Design Thinking? Share your experience (or knowledge) with the academy!
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Week 14 Video: An Interview on Creativity with Harvard's Edward Clapp
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Week 14 Resource: IDEO's Design Thinking for Educators Toolkit
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Week 14 Article: FAQs About Design Thinking from John Spencer
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Week 15 Question: Where can you apply the LAUNCH Framework moving forward in your creative work?
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Week 15 Article: 3 Great Examples of Design Thinking in Action
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Week 15 Video: TED Talk - How to Make Toast
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Week 15 Resource/Activity: Apollo 13 Rescue (created by NJ Educators)
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Week 16 Question: What have you made and not “launched” to an authentic audience? What is holding you back?
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Week 16 Article: 29 Practical Ways to Empower Your Students (thanks to all who shared their ideas)
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Live AMA with John Spencer - Thursday 7/20 at 9pm EST
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Week 16 Resource: 45 Design Thinking Resources to Lead This Movement via Saga Briggs
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Week 17 Question: What is the role of “marketing” in learning and education (and leadership)?
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Week 17 Video: Why We Are All in Sales (Dan Pink Interview)
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Week 17 Activity: Pitch Your Idea Shark Tank Style
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Week 17 Article: How to Get Your Ideas to Spread (Seth Godin)
July Course: Design Thinking
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Lesson 1: What the heck is Design Thinking? (4:02)
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Lesson 2: Why it matters in schools (not just business) (6:00)
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Lesson 3: The LAUNCH Cycle (a K-12 Framework for Design Thinking) (47:16)
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Lesson 4: Design Sprint (Mini-Genius Project) (7:50)
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Lesson 5: Look, Listen, and Learn (3:56)
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Lesson 6: Ask Tons of Questions (3:19)
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Lesson 7: Understanding the Problem and/or Process (2:04)
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Lesson 8: Navigating Ideas (P.A.R.T.S) (4:15)
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Lesson 9: Creating Prototypes (3:15)
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Lesson 10: Highlight and Fix (3:32)
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Lesson 11: Launch It Into the World (your audience) (2:58)
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Lesson 12: Getting Students Started with Design Thinking (K-2, 3-5)
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Lesson 13: Getting Students Started with Design Thinking (6-8, 9-12)
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Lesson 14: Getting Staff Started with Design Thinking - The Ultimate Faculty Meeting (6:08)
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Lesson 15: How Design Thinking Can Transform Your Practice (5:12)
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Lesson 16: FAQs (4:18)
August: Real Classrooms for a Real World
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Week 18 Question: What are the learning spaces you work in? Who do they serve?
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Week 18 Article: Reimagining Learning Spaces with Design Thinking (via Ross Cooper)
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Week 18 Video: Four teachers that took classroom design to the next level
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Week 18 Activity: Identify Your Learning Space to Be Transformed
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Week 19 Question: How can learning space design transform teaching, learning, and culture?
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Week 19 Video: Setting Up a Brain Friendly Beautiful Classroom (56:03)
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Week 19 Article: Flexible Seating and Student-Centered Classroom Redesign (via Kayla Delzer)
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Week 19 Resource: The Third Teacher - Designing the Learning Environment for Mathematics and Literacy
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Week 20 Question: Where can you impact or influence design, and make a difference? Share out your spaces!
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Week 20 Resources: Cult of Pedagogy Eye Candy
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Week 20 Article: Your Classroom Doesn’t Have to Be Like Pinterest
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Week 20 Video: Classroom Makeovers to Engage Learners (via 5 Min Film Festival)
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Week 21 Question: What is your mantra for this school year?
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Week 21 Activity: Twitter Chat on August 22nd, 9pm EST - #ITA17Chat2
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Week 21 Article: Seven Mantras for the New School Year
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Week 21 Video: Live Google Hangout with Kayla Delzer (TopDogTeaching) in Her Newly Designed Classroom - Thursday, August 24th, 4:30EST
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Week 22 Question: How do authentic learning spaces (online and face-to-face) inspire authentic learning?
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Week 22 Live Video: Kayla Delzer (TopDogTeaching.com) live Hangout with her classroom transformation (Thursday 4:30EST)
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Week 22 Resource: At Home in the Classroom
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Week 22 Article: Hey Disney, Here is What the Modern Classroom Looks Like
August Course: Learning Spaces Redefined
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Lesson 1: Not All Learning Spaces are Created Equal (2:54)
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Lesson 2: Using Design Thinking for Learning Space Redesign (2:58)
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Lesson 3: Where to Start?
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Lesson 4: Research and the Impact of Learning Spaces
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Lesson 5: Learning Space Design and Technology
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Lesson 6: Making Change Happen in Your Space
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Lesson 7: Getting the Community Involved
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Lesson 8: Case Study with Joy Kirr
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Lesson 9: Case Study with Jen White
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Lesson 10: Case Study with Aaron Maurer
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Lesson 11: Case Study with Jacqueline Durant-Harthorne
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Lesson 12: Redesigning Learning Spaces Webinar with Tom Murray and Ben Gilpin
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Lesson 13: Setting Up a Brain-Friendly, Beautiful Classroom with Erin Klein (56:03)
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Lesson 14: 5 Steps to Start Your Redesign (2:44)
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Lesson 15: Why Learning Spaces Matter (A Final Call to Action from Edutopia)
September: Authentic Learning and Assessment: How to Move Away from the Traditional Activities and T
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Week 23 Question: What are our measurements of learning? How do they match up with our learning experiences?
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Week 23 Resource: The Buck Institute - PBL Resources
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Week 23 Article: Is it a Project or an Activity? Project-Based Learning and its Cousins
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Week 23 Video: Why Project Based Learning via Trevor Muir
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Week 24 Question: How can we transform traditional experiences into PBL experiences?
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Week 24 Resource: Inside Innovation (the new podcast)
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Week 24 Article: The Case for Authentic Assessment (Grant Wiggins)
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Week 24 Video: "Authentic" Assessment at School of the Future
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Week 25 Question: What ways can we assess authentic learning?
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Week 25 Resource: Mount Vernon's DEEPdt Playbook
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Week 25 Article: What happens when veteran teacher shadows student (via Grant Wiggins)
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Week 25 Video: Lehigh Mountaintop Experience (a look at authentic learning)
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Week 26 Question: What is your biggest takeaway from ITA?
September Course: Project Based Learning in the Classroom
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Lesson 1: Introduction to PBL (3:54)
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Lesson 2: PBL Framework and Essential Elements (3:53)
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Lesson 3: How to Begin PBL (7:31)
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Lesson 4: Inquiry-Based Learning (3:04)
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Lesson 5: Passion-Based PBL (2:48)
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Lesson 6: Problem-Based PBL (1:53)
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Lesson 7: Challenge-Based PBL (2:23)
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Lesson 8: Assessing the Product and the Process (2:32)
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Lesson 9: PBL Tools and Resources (5:30)
