Using Engineering as a Boot Camp for Inquiry-based Learning

Session 2

John Kamal — Science Leadership Academy

How can the engineering design process and design thinking be used as models for inquiry-based learning? At SLA, every student takes Introduction to Engineering in 9th grade. Join SLA Center City's engineering teacher in the SLA Shop to discuss how engineering challenges can be used to learn and exercise practices critical to inquiry-based learning. Best practices in defining problems, brainstorming, collaboration, project management, and iteration are explored in detail. The conversation will include a survey of SLA engineering projects and a discussion with SLA engineering students.

Conversational Practice

Will include students and projects in the discussion.

Conversation Links

Presenter Profiles

John Kamal

Science Leadership Academy

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Schedule

Friday, Jan 27

Visual Narrative for Teachers 9:30am–12:30pm
- Filmmaking for Teachers*
  
  Room 1069
  
  Work with students and faculty of SLA’s Rough Cut Productions to learn the technical and artistic techniques of communicating through video.
  
  This three-hour interactive workshop has a limit of 30 participants.
Welcome 10am–3pm
- Spend the day at Science Leadership Academy. EduCon attendees have free admission to the Franklin Institute and other local Philadelphia institutions on Friday.
Friday Night Panel 6–8pm
- Sustainability Panel
  
  Essential Questions:
  
  What does it mean to sustain innovation? How do people/organizations continue to grow? How do you avoid regression to the mean? How do you avoid mission drift? How do resources remain shared?
Reception 8–10pm

Saturday, Jan 28

Registration & Coffee 8:30–9:15am
Keynote 9:15–9:45am
- Keynote
Conversation Session 1 10–11:30am
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Cross-Pollination Lunch 11:30am–1pm
- Encienda Educon
  
  Join us for a session of “lightning presentations” delivered by EduCon participants. Each presenter will have five minutes to share an idea, broken down into twenty slides, which automatically advance every fifteen seconds.
  
  Submit A Proposal: http://bit.ly/encienda29
Conversation Session 2 1–2:30pm
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Conversation Session 3 3–4:30pm
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Making Connections 5–7pm
- “Philly Classic” Dinner
Networking Social 7:30–11pm

Sunday, Jan 29

Coffee & Conversations 8:30–9am
Panel Discussion 9–10:30am
- Sustainability in Education
  
  Join a panel of world-class educators discuss how the idea of sustainability in the context of education and educational movements.
Conversation Session 4 10:30am–12pm
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Cross-Pollination Lunch 12–12:30pm
Conversation Session 5 12:30–2pm
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Conversation Session 6 2:30–4pm
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