The Innovation Playlist consists of albums and tracks, and each track can be done quickly — fifteen minutes to a day or two — with minimal downside and lots of upside. The playlist process can be led by a school’s principal, by faculty at the school, grade or department level, or even by a family at home.This would be ideal because these simple steps would be very efficient to make this movement happen at Sutton.
-"The “Mobilize Your Community” album is the ideal place to start, letting you generate enthusiasm for innovation. Then, focus on a few tracks in coming months. Start with one (e.g., Curiosity Time), find a few eager volunteers to try it (many will!), and have them share their experience with the entire faculty. Over time, encourage the early adopters to go deeper, and others to give it a try. Innovation is contagious. I believe with the students here at Sutton people would be eager to be apart of this. Starting off by trying this out in a small group as a test run would be very beneficial.
One thing I would like to try out during discussion day is-
Do Schools Kill Creativity?
https://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity
DISCUSS IT
In person or online, dive into these essential questions:
Why do you think 50 million people have watched this talk?In what ways is this relevant to our students? What is happening to their creativity?
But deep down, is any of this even possible? Innovating is truly expensive.
The lack of budget we have is something many tend to forget.
Here is something I found on https://www.educationnext.org/breaking-down-school-budgets-2/ (graphic at bottom of page)
This is different than here in Sutton where money for Spanish classes and foreign language as a whole tends to be forgotten about. If budgets increased though where would the money be put towards? Fixing holes in walls, improving the construction of the building itself, buying newer text book versions, or actually helping improve the way we learn?
How do we choose which is more important?
Is putting money towards new text books even worth it? Many argue you can find more information, and better since it is always updating and is more accurate, online. Here in Sutton our Spanish department does not even use text books!
Another blog post relating to the importance of text books will be coming soon.
Keep an eye out for that :)
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