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Shaping your Lesson, One Instant Challenge at a Time

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Colorado Convention Center, Bluebird Ballroom 2GH

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Presenters

Lisa Diner

Technology Consultant

Western Quebec School Board
@ldiner
@ldiner

I am an Educational Technology Consultant for the Western Quebec School Board. I was a classroom teacher for many years, teaching up to Grade 6. I mostly taught French but have also taught math, science, history and computer science. Over the past 12 years, I have been involved with a non-profit organization called Destination Imagination (DI). Its goals are to empower and inspire students to imagine and innovate through the creative process. Through challenge-based experiences, students learn 21st-century skills, namely, collaboration, respect, cooperation, perseverance, and integrity.

Stuart Gray

Education Technology Consultant

Western Quebec School Board
@StuartGrayEDU

Education Technology Consultant with the Western Quebec School Board. I work with teachers, students, and administrators to develop digital competence and integrate technology in the classroom in a pedagogically sound and impactful way. Also, a passionate intermediate-senior teacher focused on motivating students to strive for excellence. I am an ISTE Certified Educator, a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert, Master Trainer, Certified Educator, Office Expert, and Minecraft Certified Teacher. I am also a Google Certified Trainer, Certified Chrome OS IT Administrator, Wakelet Ambassador, SMART Ambassador, and Apple Teacher.

Jeff Harvey

Education Consultant

Western Quebec School Board

Jeff Harvey is Mathematics Consultant and New Teacher Program Coordinator with the Western Quebec School Board with a significant educational leadership role across the Canadian Province of Quebec. Jeff focuses his energy on supporting new and experienced teachers with mentor-coaching and resources in Mathematics and Science Education. He believes teachers must have a wide repertoire of instructional strategies that incorporate all levels technology to bring that energy and passion into their classrooms. He is particularly interested in instructional design, including; design thinking, Universal Design for Learning and creating rich task experiences.

Session description

Instant Challenges are quick creative and critical-thinking exercises that build teamwork and reinforce problem-solving skills. They can be task-based, performance-based, or a combination of both. Get students to innovate on their feet and launch their creative juices to further develop 21st century skills.

Purpose & objective

Last year, Stuart Gray, Jeff Harvey and I ran a project with high-school math and science teachers, to launch them into design thinking/creative process, challenging them to incorporate and/or explore some of their lessons and re-ignite them with a hands-on approach. We met with the teachers on four separate occasions and used Instant Challenges initially as icebreakers but then soon realized that IC could be the hook and possibly the lesson itself.

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Outline

10 minutes - Hello & welcome
o Introduce ourselves
o Include what is Destination Imagination and what are Instant Challenges

5 minutes - Overview of the project we did at Western Quebec School Board and the link to Instant Challenges (IC).
o Include our initial project goals to introduce teachers to PBL and the creative process.
o Discovery of pedagogical power of IC, not only as an icebreaker, but also as a hands-on approach to teaching various pedagogical concepts.
o Explain what is an IC and that they come in three different forms.

25 minutes - IC #1 & Reflection question
o Through a common digital tool (ie Padlet) teachers will reflect and collaborate on the pedagogical links this Instant Challenge can offer. Open-ended guiding questions will be provided, such as What Went Well? Even Better If, what strengths did you bring to solving this IC, etc. A collection of reflection questions will be provided as follow-up resources.
o Teachers will also be asked to make and share the links they may see to their own subject and grade level.

20 minutes - IC #2
o Through a common digital tool (ie Padlet) teachers will reflect and collaborate on the pedagogical links this Instant Challenge can offer. Open-ended guiding questions will be provided, such as What Went Well? Even Better If, what strengths did you bring to solving this IC, etc. A collection of reflection questions will be provided as follow-up resources.
o Teachers will also be asked to make and share the links they may see to their own subject and grade level.

Resources
o How to use the materials effectively – ie pipe cleaners – twisted for more support, strong bases
o Where to get IC – QR code to DI site as well as a collection of other sites
o Instant Challenge reflection questions

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Supporting research

https://www.destinationimagination.org/
https://www.destinationimagination.org/our-impact/

The skills students use and develop through Instant Challenges link directly to the Skills for Success from the Canadian Federal government. https://www.canada.ca/en/services/jobs/training/initiatives/skills-success.html

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Session specifications

Topic:

Creativity & curation tools

Grade level:

PK-12

Skill level:

Beginner

Audience:

Curriculum/district specialists, Principals/head teachers, Teachers

Attendee devices:

Devices not needed

Participant accounts, software and other materials:

none as this session will be hands-on and all materials will be provided.

Subject area:

STEM/STEAM

ISTE Standards:

For Students:
Innovative Designer

Students know and use a deliberate design process for generating ideas, testing theories, creating innovative artifacts or solving authentic problems.
Students develop, test and refine prototypes as part of a cyclical design process.

Computational Thinker

Students break problems into component parts, extract key information, and develop descriptive models to understand complex systems or facilitate problem-solving.

Shaping your Lesson, One Instant Challenge at a Time

, Colorado Convention Center, Bluebird Ballroom 2GH

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