New Pedagogy & Curriculum

Research & Evidence:
How Learning Works

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http://mitpress.mit.edu/sites/default/files/titles/free_download/9780262013369%20_Hanging_Out.pdf

On Grit and Character Development

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Research & Evidence:
How Creativity & Innovation Work

RSA Animate - The Power of Networks

Group Genius (Washington University in St. Louis)

The higher purpose of doodling

RSA Animate - The Divided Brain

The Discovery, Implementation Gap

New Economy

Research & Evidence:
Why Creativity and Innovation?

"Energy & the Industrial Revolution"
Dr. Arun Majumdar VP Energy, Google

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National Academies Report on U.S. Competitiveness/
Capacity for Innovation "Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Approaching Category 5"

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On NEW Ideas

Overview of our time at 4 N. Saginaw, downtown Pontiac (7 years). The initiatives co-created at this site are LIVE & DIGITAL, connected to public places & spaces.

Our works in progress, documented here, require great RISK! (Still controversial…) — Our works in progress, documented here, have required great RISK! (Still controversial…)

We are participating as a “Demonstrator Project” in the Newham Policy Lab, and London Strategy & Policy Network

We served as a Case Study for a PhD dissertation by Lindsay Oluyede, PhD, AICP, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. This covered our work on “Regional Transportation” as applied to our 2016-17 “Design Thinking” & Community Codesign engagement with SMART (Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation).

We hosted a video-conference program for the 3rd International Placemaking Week, October 2nd. 2019 that took place in Chattanooga, TN. A result of a three year learning exchange where we’ve explored possibilities around the development of a sister-c… — We hosted a video-conference program for the 3rd International Placemaking Week, October 2nd. 2019 that took place in Chattanooga, TN. A result of a three year learning exchange where we’ve explored possibilities around the development of a sister-city like relationship and/or learning exchange.

Serving as one of five originating National Street Service Pilot Cities. Credited in the NSS Field Guide for having developed a new model for working with small and distressed urban cities. — Serving as one of five originating National Street Service Pilot Cities, funded by Ford Motor company. Credited in the NSS Field Guide for having developed a new model for working with small and distressed urban cities.

AERA Toronto 2019 Conference Presentation: “Trauma and Resilience in Pontiac.” We contributed our “Digital Design Thinking” platform as a programming element to the effort to understand and heal trauma in our community. — AERA Toronto 2019 Conference Presentation: “Trauma and Resilience in Pontiac.” We contributed our “Digital Design Thinking” platform as a programming element to the effort to understand and heal trauma in our community, where pre-pandemic over 80% of children in Pontiac Schools children were suffering.

Our OU / Pontiac Initiative Early Childhood Education (OUPIECE) presented on the "Resilience Screenings Initiative" at the AERA Conference - "Leveraging Education Research in a Post-Truth Era:" bit.ly/2uUQe8i -

Session: bit.ly/ResilienceAERAToronto3 Leave a sticky note here: http://bit.ly/resiliencedesign

The Messy Business of Social Context: Thoughts on the Phoenix Center. A summary of our efforts during the controversial Phoenix Center demolition project.

"Design Walk" a community-based learning, STEAM placemaking program.

As part of the global, open source Park(ing) Day placemaking event, Pontiac celebrated at the intersection of Saginaw and Pike streets and in the "Hub & Grub" development concept for 2 N. Saginaw to serve as a community planning center and eatery.

Ottawa Towers Open House, September 19, 2015

Original Pontiac Plan with vision for the "Project" which became the Ottawa Towers/Phoenix Center/Transportation Center (this concept was originally adopted via a community led campaign that rejected a proposed shopping mall development for the land… — Original Pontiac Plan with vision for the "Project" which became the Ottawa Towers/Phoenix Center/Transportation Center (this concept was originally adopted via a community led campaign that rejected a proposed shopping mall development for the land left vacant due to disastrous Urban Renewal policies of the 1950's)

New Pedagogy & Curriculum

Research & Evidence:How Learning Works

Research & Evidence:How Creativity & Innovation Work

New Economy

Research & Evidence: Why Creativity and Innovation?

Research & Evidence:
How Learning Works

Research & Evidence:
How Creativity & Innovation Work

Research & Evidence:
Why Creativity and Innovation?