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Using the Design Cycle as Tool for Curriculum Design

June 2023

by Dave Hamilton, Creative Director. At the end of May, we traveled to St. Mary’s School in Orange County, CA, where we ran a workshop about how to use the design process as a curriculum…

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Storytelling for Stronger Communities and Deeper Learning

March 2023

by Dave Hamilton, Creative Director and Gary Chapin, Consultant and Writer for Educating for Good. Our brains are wired for stories. Telling and listening to stories is how human beings collaborate and create meaning. So, how might…

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Tune Your Project’s Design Dials

February 2023

by David Hamilton, Creative Director. When designing challenge-based projects for students, key in on three distinct constraints: environment, materials, and rules. Imagine the following scenario. You’ve designed a great challenge for your class and just…

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Dance + Coding = Undisciplined

January 2023

By Dave Hamilton, Creative Director. Tanina Urbanski is a dancer. Her first memory of dancing was a toddler ballet class. “It was Halloween Week. We had our leotard, skirt, and ballet shoes (so fun). We…

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How to Create Actionable Hope in Our Students

December 2022

by Leah Van der Sluis, Director of Teaching + Learning, EXPLO Junior. Actionable hope needs to be the north star that guides our work in education right now, and the tools of immersion and overview…

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Listen, Darn, Ask: Three lessons from OPPI

November 2022

by David Hamilton, Creative Director. What is OPPI? I just returned from Criel, France, where I was once again lucky to take part in OPPI, the most impactful education “conference” I’ve ever attended. “Conference” is…

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Join EXPLO’s Marble Run Challenge!

September 2022

by David Hamilton, Director of Programs. We invite you and your students to take on EXPLO’s Marble Run Challenge. Here’s a low-cost, ready-to-go, paper engineering challenge. All you need is some paper (cardstock is even…

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Designs in 90 Seconds: The Design Cycle

September 2022

by David Hamilton, Director of Programs. In our latest “Designs in 90 Seconds” video, we look at the design cycle and demonstrate the importance of cycling by testing early and often. As the name implies,…

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Elevate Newsletter: The Far and the Near: June 24th 2022

July 2022

by Ross Peters, Managing Partner. The Far and the Near: Keep long-term strategy and shorter-term tactics operating in relation to each other This week my daughter and I are in Glacier National Park. Even with…

Case Study Essay

It’s Time to Teach Undisciplined: The Power of Interdisciplinary Thinking

July 2022

by Casey Baird, History Teacher, Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences. I’m a teacher and a generalist thinker. My interests aren’t bounded by any subject. So over the last couple of years, as a history…

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Using the Design Cycle as Tool for Curriculum Design

Storytelling for Stronger Communities and Deeper Learning

Tune Your Project’s Design Dials

Dance + Coding = Undisciplined

How to Create Actionable Hope in Our Students

Listen, Darn, Ask: Three lessons from OPPI

Join EXPLO’s Marble Run Challenge!

Designs in 90 Seconds: The Design Cycle

It’s Time to Teach Undisciplined: The Power of Interdisciplinary Thinking

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