At DL2017 you will:
In this highly interactive deep dive, participants will engage in empathy interviews and construct fishbone diagrams - two tools of improvement science - to develop an understanding of the factors impeding/supporting student mathematical success, all while avoiding the pitfalls of “solutionitis”. In addition, we will do some math together and experience strategies you can use to create a learning environment that supports a growth mindset and builds an inclusive mathematical community. Participants will leave with resources, inspiration and concrete next steps. This workshop is designed for math changemakers at all levels - teachers, school/district leaders and K-12 students.
This dive will examine how to deeply engage students in school by looking at learning through student interests, practice and relationships outside of school. At this deep dive, participants will work with students who are Harbor Freight Fellows from MetWest in Oakland and Met Sacramento. By the end of the dive, participants will be developing ways to engage students around their interests, practice and relationships especially, with students who are involved in the trades and crafts. Also, we will use Big Picture Learning's ImBlaze internship management system to show how student work can be accounted for when they are outside of school. Participants will be taken through a series of hands-on activities that illustrate the deep power of this work. They will develop their own programs around learning through student interests, practices and relationships.
San Diego has a rich and colorful history, which is collectively held by the diverse communities of the city. In this full day project “slice,” participants will assume the role of community planners, working together in teams to explore the local and cultural context of San Diego, develop a digital interpretation of their findings, and craft a proposed vision for the future of the city. Through this immersive Project Based Learning experience, participants will take the stance of a learner to understand the transformative nature of learning by doing, and reflect on the implications of PBL teaching and unit design. Be prepared to interact with locals, and wear comfortable shoes for exploring sunny San Diego.
This deep dive explores ideas about educational equity as it relates to Deeper Learning (DL).
Are the DL competencies meant for all students or just a fortunate few? In order to deliver on a promise to make DL a possibility for all, educators and advocates must themselves develop
competencies in enacting educational equity. Given the vast diversity in our student populations and the complex political realities in our systems, what must we understand and be able to do in our everyday practice to ensure educational equity? Can we articulate the competencies we need to develop? Believing that a shared vision will strengthen our work as educators and as social justice advocates, we want to build a common understanding by articulating the competencies that ground this work. Drawing from seminal books, authors, personal experiences, and shared reflections, participants in this workshop will collaborate to articulate competencies for the educators and advocates who promote DL.
As Deeper Learning Equity Fellows, the deep dive facilitators seek to bridge the worlds of Deeper Learning and Equity through our projects. Sharing examples from our work and personal journeys, we hope to support the momentum and optimism that drives the DL movement.
Changes at the school level are often hard to “hack,” and how do you know if what you think needs to be changed will be impactful for students? In this Deep Dive with the School Retool team, we’ll explore how a deep empathy experience lead to insights and aspirations. We’ll then try on a hack mindset and use designable levers for change—like role, ritual, and space, to take first steps toward change at your school. We’ll hear from experienced School Retool hackers as we brainstorm based on big ideas from Deeper Learning schools, and work together to design hacks that you can try at your school right away. Before you come, join the Shadow a Student Challenge and experience life as a student in your school. In the Deep Dive, we’ll debrief the shadow experience and design next steps for action.
Participants will explore politics, history, geography, and botany as they learn about the powerful and dangerous world of chocolate. We will delve into compelling text, interview an expert, do hands on creation, and taste new and exciting chocolates all while unpacking protocols that support deep rich learning. Experience learning with both joy and rigor in this delicious deep dive!
Did you know that according to a recent Gallup Poll, by the time students graduate in the US fewer than 30% are engaged, feel successful, or enjoy what they are learning in school? As they continue to their career, only 13% of the world’s workers are engaged in their work. In contrast, the world today requires creative, passionate, and skilled individuals. To harness the power in each of us, we need to create systems that allow for more personal learning experiences and tap into the strengths and potential of each individual. In this workshop, we'll bring the Ancient Greek maxim “know thyself” to life. We will explore our own strengths, interests, and values and tinker our way to better schools that empower all learners to discover their place in the world. Note: this session will require approximately 1 hour of pre-work, including taking two measures: the Gallup StrengthsFinder and the Strong Interest Inventory.
Can we simultaneously teach mathematics in ways that engage all learners, that support students who need additional instructional supports, and that build student and teacher capacity to have meaningful conversations about math while working together to understand multiple solution strategies? Yes, we can! Instructional Routines are practical tools for teachers that use a predictable set of “thinking actions” to allow students and teachers to foreground the challenging work of deeper learning in mathematics. In this Deep Dive, participants will experience and unpack an inquiry-oriented instructional routine, then plan to enact it for themselves in a public rehearsal as a group. The goal will be for participants to be able to demonstrate what they have learned through modeling this routine for others.
Participants will apply rapid-prototyping principles to design a portfolio defense system for a school. Starting with a low-fidelity prototype, participants will conduct research and micro-experiments as they iterate their design. Through the lens of techniques from the tech sector, session participants will also gain a deeper understanding of portfolio defense as a powerful performance assessment strategy that drives student learning. At the end, each participant will be able to run their own rapid-prototyping sessions and get portfolio defense up and running at their sites.
Join us for an unforgettable deep dive in which we explore a spin on the Steampunk movement. Together we will bring the inside, out- as it relates to simple machines, but also our inner stories and emotions. We will explore topics beyond surface STEAM connections; we will go deeper with topics such as machines, circuitry, interviewing, journaling, art, fashion, design, social and historical context. And if you don’t join us for this deep dive, look for us trolling the exhibition in our creative creations!
Let’s be honest: even in schools that value project-based learning, projects are not happening all the time, perhaps not even most of the time. And in more traditional schools, projects may not even be a choice. How can we ensure that Deeper Learning is being promoted all day long in schools of all types? How would instruction be different if that were the case? EL Education has a new book on Deeper Instruction, which addresses these questions. We will share the book’s framework and grapple together, both as students—engaging in lessons that model Deeper Instruction—and as educators, considering its application to our work.
