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April 2021
Collab Lab 40: Learn Deep Fellows
What if you had the support of peers, community partners, and coaches to help you design and implement a real world challenge for your students? What if that experience could expose students to the work of area firms, the resources of area universities, the tools and mindset they will need to move forward in life? What if you could do this not once, but over the next few years, to build the skills, confidence, and relationships to do even more?…
Find out more »Learn Deep Fellows: Information Session
Our Fellows program kicks off this summer! Here's your chance to ask questions and learn more about the program. The Learn Deep Fellows Program is a community based approach to equip and prepare Milwaukee area teachers to provide K-12 students with real world Learning Experiences that develop the talents students need to go out into the world. The first cohort of Fellows will kick off in May, with work over the summer to envision and design projects which will run…
Find out more »May 2021
Collab Lab 41: Welcome Learn Deep Fellows!
We'll wrap up our 5th season of Collab Labs by welcoming our first cohort of Learn Deep Fellows. As a warm up to the work they'll embark upon, we'll talk through where they see interesting opportunities to engage students and ways that might be done.
Find out more »October 2021
Collab Lab 42: Learn Deep Fellows – Water Projects
What if students could collaborate across schools to explore issues around sustainable, equitable access to water with a Milwaukee focus? This summer our first cohort of Learn Deep Fellows came together with the support of community partners to design a series of authentic learning experiences for their students that focus on water related issues. Join our Fellows as we kick off our sixth season of Collab Labs to talk through the projects they have planned, share your ideas, and explore…
Find out more »November 2021
Collab Lab 43: Prototyping and Testing Ideas
What if students saw prototypes not as just a model of their solution, but as a way to understand the problem they are trying to solve? Too often we see students fixate on a single solution without taking the time to embrace the problem they are taking on. How might they use prototypes or other tools early and often in the design cycle to test their understanding of the problem and the ways in might be addressed? Could that promote…
Find out more »December 2021
Collab Lab 44: Working with community partners
How can we work with community partners not just to give our students a richer set of experiences, but to help further partners' goals? Sustainable engagement with community partners requires not just that students benefit from that engagement, but that working with teachers and students aligns with and allows partners to meet their own goals. Join us for a conversation focused on what both schools and partners need, and the much richer set of opportunities that emerge when goals are…
Find out more »February 2022
Collab Lab 45: The student experience on real world projects
What do we want students to get out of real world projects? Engaging students in real world projects creates opportunities to connect with students' passions, build connections to the broader community, and for students to see that they can have an impact on their community. What do you want students to get out of these experiences? What needs to be in place to make that happen? This is your chance to share your experiences and ideas with educators and community…
Find out more »March 2022
Collab Lab 46: Connecting Projects Across Grade Levels
What if students collaborated across grade levels to take on a real world challenge? In the real world, major projects require the collaboration of multiple teams across a rage of disciplines and depend on the ability of individuals with varied levels of skills and experience to work effectively together. It allows broader participation in the effort, it is how talent is nurtured, and how leadership skills are developed. How might we give students the same sorts of experiences? What might…
Find out more »April 2022
Collab Lab 47: The Fellows Experience – What We’ve Learned
The first year of our Fellows Program is wrapping up. What have we learned along the way? Focus As we near the end of the first year of our Fellows Program, it's time to reflect on what we've learned so far, what worked, what didn't, and how we might adjust as we move forward. Come to hear what the experience has been like for Fellows and program partners, and share your perspective and ideas as we get ready to kick…
Find out more »May 2022
Collab Lab 48: Fellows Celebration!
What opportunities are created for students when teachers from different schools and different districts come together with more than 40 community partners to design, implement and support community-engaged, real world projects that run within the school day? The first year of the Learn Deep Fellows Program is wrapping up. Our last Collab Lab of the season is a chance to celebrate the work of Fellows, their students, and the community partners that helped make this happen. Join us to see…
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