CCTE Innovation Showcase - Results Are In!
This year's CCTE Innovation Showcase, planned for the Town and Country Convention Center, was shifted to a virtual event. The sixteen project teams displayed their projects on a webpage that included a project overview, photos of students in action, products they created, and a student presentation of learning video or podcast. From June 2-4, judges assessed and scored the presentations of learning. On June 4th, a live virtual showcase was streamed to the public. During the live event, each of the project teams met via Zoom with the judges to discuss their project and answer questions. The judges submitted their final scores and champions were announced.
Middle School PBL Champions
- Los Héroes Entre Nosotros The Heroes Amongst Us (Roosevelt MS 7th SLIM)
- "Talking Trash" Creating A Better Recycling Plan (Pacific Beach MS 6th)
Middle School PBL Runner Up
- Be the Solution to Water Pollution (Marston MS 6th)
High School PBL Champions
- STEM Stories: The Power of the Influencer (Kearny HS DMD 11th)
- The Sea and Me (Kearny HS DMD 10th)
High School PBL Runners Up
- Mindfulness Matters (Kearny HS BST 9th)
- Shaping America through YOUR Advocacy (Hoover HS AoIT 11th)
CTE Open Champion
- Learning Activity Center (Clairemont HS Engineering & Architecture)
CTE Open Runner Up
- Electronic Hall Pass (Point Loma HS Engineering & Architecture)
To learn more about the event, access all of the projects, and see the live stream replay, visit the CCTE Innovation Showcase Website. Big thanks to all of the teachers, CCTE staff, and judges for all of your time and effort in providing SDUSD students the opportunity to showcase their learning.
PBL Institute
Changemaker Challenge - Winners!
In Spring 2020, The Jacobs Institute for Innovation in Education at the University of San Diego launched the first-ever Jacobs Institute Changemaker Challenge. This worldwide competition, students use the Pactful design thinking curriculum to create innovative solutions to local and global problems aligned to the United Nations Global Goals. The competition began with:
- 40+ educators
- 1500+ students
- 3 countries
- 13 US states
9th Graders from both Mt. Everest Academy and Kearny High: School of Biomedical Science and Technology continued to collaborate during distance learning and finished their projects. The students' desire to follow-through with their ideas and submit their pitches resulted in being recognized with the following awards:
1st Place - Go-Green Food Bags (SDG #12)
These may look like your average, reusable food bags, but they’re not. Our Go-Green Bags are hand-made, resuable, 100% eco-friendly, and made from recycled materials. (Created by a team of two girls and two boys from Mt. Everest Academy and supported by teachers Eric Nielson and Kris Rodenberg)
4th Place - Gender Equality (SDG #5)
Gender Equality is an app designed to protect and provide resources for women, emergency protocols, reporting features, and community building. (Created by Femme, a team of five 9th grade girls from Mount Everest Academy and supported by teachers Eric Nielson and Kris Rodenberg)
5th Place - Life in a Bucket (SDG #6)
Life in a Bucket is a bucket that helps filter water, intending this to be used in underdeveloped areas where clean water is not always easily accessible. (Created by a team of 9th graders from Kearny High School of Biomedical Science and Technology and supported by teacher Daina Weber.)
Finalists
- Bic Mac – Created by team “Big Mac” from Kearny High School of Biomedical Science and Technology and supported by teacher Daina Weber (SDG #6)
- Life Under Water – Created by team “Life Under Water” from Mt. Everest Academy and supported by teachers Eric Nielson and Kris Rodenberg (SDG #14)
- The Health Insurance Project – Created by team “Pineapple Juice” from Kearny High School of Biomedical Science and Technology and supported by teacher Daina Weber (SDG #3)
While a Changemaker Challenge hasn't been announced for 2020-21, you can register for Pactful to use their design thinking curriculum with your students. If you would like support with implementing design thinking or using the Pactful curriculum, email rhoffman@sandi.net
Shaping America through YOUR Advocacy
"What are the elements and actions needed to change public policy in your community? Hoover Academy of Information Technology 11th graders explored this question through "Shaping America through YOUR Advocacy". In this project, students evaluated census collection data, voter participation, and voting integrity to determine the effect of these on their access to political power, technology access, and financial support for the community. The project culminated with the students submitting their podcasts to the NPR Podcast Challenge.
On June 3rd, NPR announced that Census 2020 Podcast created by Hoover AoIT students was recognized as an honorable mention (top 10% of 2200 submissions). Learn more and listen to about the two winners and the 215 honorable mentions.
Other AoIT podcast submissions to listen to:
SDCOE College & Career Readiness Website
SDCOE's College and Career Readiness Team has a new website, which features resources for educators, employers, and students, including a database of regional internships and jobs.
Funding
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