Imagining a New Future for Students Through Entrepreneurial Experiences
Entrepreneurial Thinking is the highest form of problem-solving. It requires you to think about challenges and solutions to problems you see but to design in a way that puts others first. In this session, you will learn about ways to design classroom projects and enrichment experiences that develop student resilience, passion, and creative drive to solve problems in the world.
Session Objectives:
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Understand Entrepreneurial ThinkingÂ
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Learn how to incorporate it into your classroom through student project samples, and stories from the classroom
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Create a prototype project for your own classroom
Presenter: Michael Cohen, a.k.a.,The Tech Rabbi, is a designer, educator, and creativity instigator. His mission is to help educators around the world reveal their own creative abilities so they can empower students to solve interesting problems and become positive contributors to our global society. He is the author of the book Educated By Design, which outlines his principles for revealing and nurturing our innate creative courage and capacity. He is a national keynote speaker, advisor, and trainer. When he isn’t traveling the world sharing his message, he serves as the director of innovation for Yeshiva University of Los Angeles Boys School (YULA) where he manages and teaches at the Schlesinger STEAM and Entrepreneurship Center.
Time: 45 Minutes