• CL59: Facing Challenges/Recognizing Wins

    WE Energies STEM Center at MSOE 1444 North Water Street, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    The demands of curriculum and pull of old routines work together to sap energy for our loftier ambitions for students. In the cold of winter, how do we press on? Season 8/Collab Lab 59 The focus for December was Support

  • CL60: The Monster in the Cave

    WE Energies STEM Center at MSOE 1444 North Water Street, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    What do you do when the thing standing in the way of what you want for students or as a teacher is the system itself? Season 8/Collab Lab 60 February's Collab Lab focused on maintaining the energy and passion to

  • CL61: What Have We Learned From Students?

    WE Energies STEM Center at MSOE 1444 North Water Street, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    If we come away from work with students having learned nothing new ourselves, we can't hope to do better for them the next time around. Season 8/Collab Lab 61 We started the season with a challenge to Heed the Call

  • CL62: Celebration & Vision

    Vogel Hall @ UWM 3253 N Downer Ave Room 170, Milaukee, United States

    You took on new challenges this year. What possibilities can you now see? Season 8/Collab Lab 62 We're moving to UWM for our final Collab Lab of the season to host the discussion as part of UWM's Experiential Learning Day. 

  • Collab Lab 63: Empowering All Voices

    Lubar Entrepreneurship Center @ UWM 2100 E Kenwood Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    What becomes possible when we are brave enough to hear and support all voices in a classroom? Last November, Collab Lab participants noted trust and open communication as key factors that allow both teachers and students to deal with uncertainty. 

  • Collab Lab 64: Place Based Engagement

    WE Energies STEM Center at MSOE 1444 North Water Street, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    What can happen when the focus of student work begins with a place in their community? When a student gains deep knowledge of a place there's a shift. It's not just that they may come to feel they belong in

  • Collab Lab 65: Beyond Skills – Building Capabilities

    WE Energies STEM Center at MSOE 1444 North Water Street, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Building the skills of individual students is fine. What more can happen if we focus on building the capabilities of a school? The simple thing to do in school is provide instruction.  Enroll, instruct, repeat. The best we can hope

  • Collab Lab 66: Engaging Families

    WE Energies STEM Center at MSOE 1444 North Water Street, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    What's possible when we fold caregivers into the mix? You could think of it as customer discovery. Caregivers know more about the lives of students than we ever can.  What can we learn from them about where students are coming

  • Collab Lab 67: Connecting to Community

    WE Energies STEM Center at MSOE 1444 North Water Street, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    What's possible when we start connecting the dots? In November we explored ideas around place-based engagement. This session will serve as a follow on as we explore the work K-12 students might do to support the City of Milwaukee as

  • Collab Lab 68: Making Progress in a Turbulent System

    WE Energies STEM Center at MSOE 1444 North Water Street, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Collab Lab 68 will be virtual Apologies, we need to meet via Zoom. Please join us here   Colleagues leave, leadership changes, goals change, students come and go, you and everyone else is stressed out. How do we steer through