58. Are You Training Up Innovators?

from The STEM Space · host Vivify STEM

Show Summary:You can come up with anything you want. There are no constraints. It sounds like the perfect formula… for disaster. It’s been proven time and time again that we, and especially our students, need constraints. But how do you give them constraints without stifling their creativity? Enter Invention Convention! Tune in as Natasha questions Claire on her school’s very first Invention Convention and other important facets of this amazing corner of STEM (like wondering if we need/will get a Starbucks on the moon?), the difference between invention and innovation, and how you can use these concepts to inspire your students.Links from the Show:Henry Ford Invention Convention WorldwidePrevious Podcast Episodes Mentioned:33. My Students Built A Wheelchair49. Big Things Happening in 2022!51. How Do You Get Every Student to Speak?How to Teach Growth Mindset and Failing Forward <from the Vivify blog>Creativity Tools <from the Vivify store> THE STEM SPACE SHOWNOTES:https://www.vivifystem.om/thestemspace/2022/58/are-you-training-up-innovatorsTHE STEM SPACE FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thestemspace/VIVIFY INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/vivifystemVIVIFY FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/vivifystemVIVIFY TWITTER: https://twitter.com/vivifystem

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You can come up with anything you want. There are no constraints. It sounds like the perfect formula… for disaster. It’s been proven time and time again that we, and especially our students, need constraints. But how do you give them constraints without stifling their creativity? Enter Invention Convention! Tune in as Natasha questions Claire on her school’s very first Invention Convention and other important facets of this amazing corner of STEM (like wondering if we need/will get a Starbucks on the moon?), the difference between invention and innovation, and how you can use these concepts to inspire your students.