{"id":2438,"date":"2014-11-03T12:00:04","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T12:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/STEMcentralinmotion\/?p=2438"},"modified":"2014-11-03T12:00:04","modified_gmt":"2014-11-03T12:00:04","slug":"disruptive-innovation-festival-must-see-events-this-week-for-educators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/STEMcentralinmotion\/2014\/11\/03\/disruptive-innovation-festival-must-see-events-this-week-for-educators\/","title":{"rendered":"Disruptive Innovation Festival – must-see events this week for Educators"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s week 3 of the Disruptive Innovation Festival: an online festival exploring emerging ideas and technologies that have the potential to reshape our economy. The Festival is curated by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.<\/p>\n

So far you will have had the opportunity to drop in on events covering ideas such as self-driving cars, powering cities with coffee bean waste, cradle-to-cradle design, restructuring the financial system, biomimicry design and the sharing economy.<\/p>\n

This week – the penultimate week – has a strong focus on education. This includes a Headline Act by Sir Ken Robinson on Thursday where you will have the opportunity to put questions to him and hear of his thoughts for a transformed educational system. Sign up for free here: http:\/\/thinkdif.co\/headliners\/sir-ken-robinson<\/a><\/p>\n

Transforming D&T Education
\n04 Nov 16:00 GMT – 04 Nov 17:00 GMT
\nhttp:\/\/thinkdif.co\/emf-stages\/transforming-d-t-education<\/a>
\nSteve Parkinson of Teach Design will host this session where he will take a look at the changing face of D&T education, and what he and his students have learned from studying the circular economy and Cradle-to-Cradle design.<\/p>\n

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\nProduct Teardown
\n05 Nov 17:00 GMT – 05 Nov 18:00 GMT
\nhttp:\/\/thinkdif.co\/emf-stages\/product-teardown<\/a>
\nKyle Wiens will walk us through product teardown, showing us the process the iFixit team go through when rating products for their repairability. Kyle will take your questions on how designers could re-educate themselves to design for disassembly and repairability.<\/p>\n

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\nTransforming Learning: Beyond the $1,000 Pencil
\n06 Nov 13:00 GMT – 06 Nov 14:00 GMT
\nhttp:\/\/thinkdif.co\/emf-stages\/transforming-learning-beyond-the-1-000-pencil<\/a>
\nJoin the renowned Alan November to hear how we can equip our students to take responsibility to manage a large proportion of their learning, and to help others to learn.<\/p>\n

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\nThe Circular Economy Workshop
\n06 Nov 17:00 GMT – 06 Nov 18:00 GMT
\nhttp:\/\/thinkdif.co\/emf-stages\/the-circular-economy-workshop<\/a>
\nWatch this video to learn how the circular economy can be introduced to a large group of students by taking a group work approach. Download the presentation and lesson plan so you can replicate the session in your setting<\/p>\n

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\nEducation: What are the new stories?
\n06 Nov 17:30 GMT – 06 Nov 18:30 GMT
\nhttp:\/\/thinkdif.co\/emf-stages\/education-what-are-the-new-stories<\/a>
\nIs the traditional narrative of school, qualifications and a \u2018good job\u2019 still relevant? Oliver Quinlan doesn’t think so, but he wants to hear from YOU in this session as he asks for the new stories around education
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Watch this quick video summary of what else is in store for educators this week at the DIF: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_NXYY9mkGN8&utm_source=DIF&utm_campaign=9bd7318ffa-DIF_Mon_3_Nov11_3_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_45b4eeb0e0-9bd7318ffa-87295145<\/a><\/p>\n

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