Mount Vernon To Host Summit On Integrating Design Thinking Into Classroom
Presented by the Mount Vernon Institute for Innovation, this 1-day Design Thinking Summit on March 23, 2012, will be an engaging and collaborative gathering that explores the integration of design thinking into a 21st century learning environment. Each participant will hear from leading design thinking experts about the value of design thinking. Each participant will learn the process...
Design Thinking, “Essential Finance” & “Getting Published” Are Among Interim Term Course Offerings
For students opting not to travel for this year’s Interim Term, Upper School teachers have planned a host of innovative offerings. In “The Agency for Positive Change: A Design Thinking Workshop,” Mr Edwards and Mr Sommers will usher students through the process of making ideas happen, teaching how to invent and innovate and employing the same...
Design Thinking @ Mount Vernon’s Upper School: The What (Part 1 of 3)
Written by Tyler S. Thigpen When you think of design thinking, think of innovative outcomes…like the iPod, or that perfect peeler that both cuts well and has an amazing grip, or the Aravind Eye Care system that allows for thousands of underresourced families in India to address cataract issues. Pioneers of design thinking called it...
First Day Video 2011
Hello, 2011-2012. Catch the goings on of the Upper School’s first day of classes. Music by Jonsi, “Go Do”
Curriculum Center Stage: The Sciences
Science class at the Upper School is never boring. Simulations, biotechnology, and forensics are just a few of the tools studied and employed in order to make science relevant and teach students essential 21st century skills. Krista Parker, Science Department Chair and Dean of the Upper School, took time to write about what sets apart the...
