I am pleased to say that I work in a district with some success in incubating innovation. We locally help to fund innovation with a fantastic “Apple Seed” grant program for creative projects. We also celebrate ingenuity with an “Innovator of the Year” award- presented alongside the T.O.Y. award each year. On a district wide level, our administrators in charge of curriculum & instruction are working hard to implement constructivist-leaning instruction and content-specific best practices.
Lucy Gray on 27 Mar 14Innovation and Invention Debate pros and cons of inventions and innovations, and research the men and women who developed the inventions. Click on "Grab It" on the lower right of the Activity Pack. Select the icon of a social media site where you have an account. Follow the specific site instructions to add it to your site. Add to Your Web Page If you have a personal or class web page, you can add this Activity Pack to your site. Click on "Grab It" on the lower right of the Activity Pack. The embed code box should display with a copy button. Copy the embed code and place it in the HTML code in your web page.