Welcome to Session FourGrowing Momentum

Elevator Pitch Round! in 30 seconds or less…

What is the title of your Social Innovation project and how can people get involved?

How do you establish a support network?What are some examples of support networks?

CEESA Conference 2016MARCH 17-19, 2016

Istanbul, Turkey

1.What is the key issue or need that your social innovation project seeks to address?2.What impact does your social innovation project seek to have on the community?3.How are students involved in making decisions about the social innovation project direction?4.How does your social innovation project utilize new technologies?5.How does your social innovation project link to curriculum? 6.What is the call to action?

Posting Your Project Pagehttp://socinn.tiged.org/ceesa2015/projects/:

● Thinking about your class project, what challenges did your group identify and what solutions did the group implement?

● What are your next steps? How do you hope to expand, build on momentum and make your project sustainable?

Cluster DiscussionSharing your project learning journey

Submit your Project Title & Description as a draft and review with your partner:

Even if your project is not complete, you can post your draft!

If multiple teachers & admin from this course are collaborating on the project, you can include a list of all members of the team.

Closing Circle: What will you remember most from this learning experience?

What are some effective strategies in identifying and overcoming challenges to social innovation?

Expanding our Locus of Controlwhat can we influence?

“Locus of Control as a principle was originated by Julian Rotter in 1954. It considers the tendency of people to believe

that control resides internally within them, or externally, with others or the situation.”

http://changingminds.org/explanations/preferences/locus_control.htm

External (can’t control)

External (can’t control)

Internal (can control)

Internal (can control)

Dip into Resilience“While we do definitely want to see positive change occur on our most pressing problems, a long-term goal is to work to enhance the overall state of any system so that it has capacity to continually learn, adapt and transform present and future challenges.”

SiG - http://sigknowledgehub.com/2012/10/19/dip-into-resilience/

What if anything was possible?1. "Vision without action is just a dream, action

without vision just passes the time, and vision

with action can change the world."

2. "There is no passion to be found playing small -

in settling for a life that is less than the one you

are capable of living."

3. “Lead from the back — and let others believe

they are in front.”

4. “Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is

an act of justice.”

5. “Remember to celebrate milestones as you

prepare for the road ahead”

"It always seems impossible until it's done."

Inspiring Quotes for Entrepreneurs from Nelson Mandela

Future Friendly Schools Survey!

Focus on final project implementation, documentation and showcase at the

● Prepare and submit final project page before the CEESA Conference● Write a short personal reflection on the challenges, solutions and

successes during the journey towards the final project and how this experience will shape the learning of Social Innovation in your classroom in the future. Post this in the TIGed class as a blog.

It is essential that the final project page include evidence of the thinking process of your students. (e.g., student photos, videos student reflections in various forms)

Next Steps

Thank you for joining us on this journey!