2017 MISA Innovation Breakout Topics and Rooms


1	MISA Innovation Agenda for Breakouts
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3	TIME	Cambridge	Chelsea 1	Chelsea 2	Regency A	Regency B	Oval Office
4	12:30 to 1:15	TOPIC: Administrator/Teacher Buy-In Questions: What are the strategies to promote a growth mindset and buy-in towards innovation in our administrators? What can administration do to scale up innovative thinking practices in our schools? Systematic change in our school between elementary and secondary...What is our answer to: "But we've always done it this way"?	TOPIC: Encouraging Student Innovators Questions: What are the barriers that prevent us from "running up the slide" and how do we remove these? How do we get the students to be innovators? How do we instill grit and perserverance in our students so they are not afraid to fail or try innovative things? How do we get learners to engage in learning in a different way?	TOPIC: Coding Question: How do we integrate coding into the curriculum?	TOPIC: Secondary Physical Space Question: How do we modify physical/fixed plant space to promote innovative practices (i.e. makerspace) in secondary? How does ergonomics and environment impact student learning?	TOPIC: Elementary Physical Classroom Space Question: How can an elementary classroom's physical space be modified (easily and on a budget) to encourage an innovative learning environment? How does ergonomics and environment impact student learning?	TOPIC: Innovative Assessment Questions around student-centred learning and student centred-assessment
5	1:20 to 2:05	TOPIC: Sustainability Questions: How do we sustain innovation when we are focused on ministry/data-driven goals? How do you maintain passion when being forced to assimilate? How do we make it happen: scheduling; spacing; encouraging others to join? (learning commons) How to sustain funding for innovative learning	TOPIC: Measuring Impact Questions: How do we measure impact? What is your measure of success for doing innovation? How do we use student voice to share the impact of learning? How do we know which innovation is going to make the best impact?	TOPIC: Integrating Innovation and Curriculum Questions: How do we balance innovation and curriculum in the classroom? How do I make a traditional course come alive with innovation? How can we promote collaboration cross-curricular in secondary settings? How do we cover curriculum with this innovative model?	TOPIC: Authentic Learning/Audience Question: How do we create an authentic audience for students to share?	TOPIC: Privacy/Safety in Innovation Question: How do we encourage "safe" innovation without blocking it?	TOPIC: Parent Engagement Question: How do we engage parents/guardians?