Pure Genius

Building a Culture of Innovation and Taking 20% Time to the Next Level

Don Wettrick

• Publisher: Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc.
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN: 978-0-9882176-2-1
• eBook ISBN: 9780988217638
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Experimental Methods in Education

For far too long, schools have been bastions of boredom, killers of creativity, and way too comfortable with compliance and conformity. In Pure Genius, Don Wettrick explains how collaboration—with experts, students, and other educators—can help you create interesting, and even life-changing, opportunities for learning. Wettrick’s book inspires and equips educators with a systematic blueprint for teaching innovation in any school.

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Table of contents

• Acknowledgments
• Publisher’s Foreword
• Introduction
• Why Innovate?
• Creating a Culture of Innovation & Leadership
• There Is No Plan
• Six Building Blocks of Innovative Learning
• Social Media & Teachers
• Social Media & Students
• Getting Started with Social Media
• Opportunities Are Everywhere
• Student Voices
• Moving Forward
• Coming Together: Speaking the Same Language
• Additional Resources
• More from Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc
• About the Author