Focus for Presentation:

The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) publishes each year several 8-14 page reports, EdtechNext. This presentation will highlight the March 2019 report on “Scaling and Sustaining Innovation.”  In the presentation Norton Gusky, a co-chair of the CoSN Emerging Technologies Committee, will highlight from the report:

• the underlying structure based on the CoSN K-12 Driving Innovation report;
• underlying issues from Chris Dede and Tom Vander Ark as well as a framework for Innovation from Chris Dede;
• examples of schools using innovative practices as part of consortia or collaborative partnerships – Bristol Warren (Rhode Island), New Castle (Pennsylvania), Belmont-Cragin (Illinois);
• examples of organizations promoting innovation – LEAP Innovations, Schools that Can, Digital Promise;
• advice for District Leaders.

The presentation will also highlight some next steps including:

• CoSN’s forthcoming EdtechNext report on “Data-Driven Practices;”
• Remake Learning Days;
• HundrED project: a Global Showcase of Educational Innovation.

Resources:

• Presentation
• Articles
  • EdScoop: Top Five Hurdles
  • CoSN: CoSN Names Five top Hurdles
  • T.H.E Journal: Top Five Hurdles in K-12 Education
  • Edsurge: LEAP Innovations’ Way to Build Better Schools
  • Digital Promise: How Cohorts Drive Maker Learning Opportunities
  • Kidsburgh: What Other Schools Can Learn from the New Castle School District
• Videos
• Research
  • Chris Dede. Designing an Educational Innovation to Achieve Scale (Evollution)
  • Greg Satell.  The 4 Types of Innovation and the Problems They Solve (Harvard Business Review)
• Other
  • Podcast: We Inherited a Factory but we need a Design Studio (Tom Vander Ark)
  • Learners First: Remake Learning publication provides a variety of examples for educational innovation
  • CoSN Driving K-12 Innovation: Reports on Hurdles and Accelerators