Exploring Innovation in hawai'i During a Pandemic
A Virtual PDE3 Opportunity
Are you a Hawai'i DOE educator or student?
Are you ready to test out innovative aproaches to learning and leading?
Are you passionate about contributing to change in our community?
The Learning Laboratory will...
Lean into a highly collaborative space of diverse learners and leaders
Push your self to strengthen competencies centered around Ideation & Creation
Be given the opportunity to reimagine big or small the systems of education closet to your heart
Gain exposure to a wide variety of learning resources and tools applicable to everyday challenges
Grow your network of learners and leaders pivotal to gaining insights and creating partnerships
Experience personalized coaching around your project idea
Approximately 20 participants will be accepted into the Learning Laboratory Cohort.
Your Learning Experience will include...
A diverse mixture of students and teachers enrolled and working within DOE public schools
Learners that desire and believe the opportunity to reimagine learning is NOW
Self-paced modules that highlight a variety of mediums and learning modalities
Intentional and active virtual learning experiences (see schedule below)
Self-designed project to highlight your equitable design approach for reimagining the diverse and rigorous experiences of students
Flexible one on one coaching meetings to guide your design work throughout the course
Share your project with an authentic audience to celebrate your solution and receive community feedback
Approximately 20 participants will be accepted into the Learning Laboratory Cohort.
WHAT WAS REIMAGINED?
Last semester, the Learning Lab participants developed projects to address the Aloha + Goals.
Team teachers at Wheeler Middle School, Olga and Lauren, designed an after-school program called "Build a Bridge". The program gets students from Wheeler Middle school to collaborate on projects with students from Wahiawa Middle School.Students will pinpoint key challenges affecting their surroundings and work together to solve them, resulting in cultural exchange and 21st-century skills. This course was develped adressing the Aloha + Challenge Goal od Green Workforce and Education.
Junior at Konawaena high school, Emma, noticed that single-use plastic problem at her school. She developed a method for reusing this plastic waste- adressing the Aloha+ Challenge Goal of Waste Reduction.