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Creative Reflections: “What is NEXTschool?”
As EXPLOREschools wrap up their final labs of the year and look forward to the Summer Institute, it is an opportune time to reflect and express the NEXTschool movement in…
Bringing Student Insights to the Forefront
One of the main reasons that Design Thinking is the chosen facilitation process in designing NEXTschool is its integral focus on human needs. In this case, the humans are students!…
The ‘What’ and ‘How’ of Learning
Our school-based design teams continue to work energetically through the eight-lab design process within the unique context of their respective ; During this 2018-19 Explore Year, participants are creating prototypes…
Reflecting on Relationships
"No significant learning occurs without a significant relationship" - Dr. James Comer, Professor of Child Psychiatry, Yale University As the EXPLOREteams start to design their NEXTschool, they will be looking…
Exploring Space
D-Tech High School, California Participating teams of teachers and administrators in each EXPLOREschool have started their pursuit of designing their high school for the future! The LEARN facilitation team is…
Let the exploration begin!
The NEXTschool team is excited to announce that 8 Quebec schools including 2 adult education centres have chosen to take on the EXPLORE year. With the support and enthusiasm from…
Ready, Fire, Aim!
The NEXTschool Summer Institute took place at McGill University’s Faculty of Education from July 30 to August 1, ; Close to 100 participants - including teams of administrators and teachers…
Messy…and exhilarating!
Over a three-week period, the InnoPod groups worked enthusiastically over two sessions with some in-between reflection time to iterate and iterate their STARC-based ; The Invigorate session on April 27…
Are you ready for NEXTschool?
Photo by Mimi Tsirkin On April 25, school boards, teachers and interested educators were invited to attend an Introduction and Orientation to NEXTschool, presented by project founders Michael Canuel and Noel…
A Culture of Feedback
“Vulnerability is at the heart of the feedback process. This is true whether we give, receive, or solicit feedback.” – Brené Brown In parallel with the Innopod Design group ,…