Here are the presentations and documents from the CLE conference in 2012. If you missed the most recent conference and you want to make sure that you do not miss the next one please registerwith the Creative Learning Exchange
Keynotes
Peter Senge
Now What? How Do We Implement the Common Core Standards and the STEM Process Using Systems Thinking and System Dynamics in our Educational System? Handout
George Richardson
Creating Critical Thinking in our Students through System Dynamics Handout
Dennis
Meadows
Sustainability Games
Saturday, June 30
Workshops to Learn and Explore
A Beginner’s Guide to the Use of ST Tools in the Classroom
Mike Hanson and Brett Thompson, Tahoma Public Schools
Using the System Dynamics Process to Teach STEM and Common Core Math & Science
Diana Fisher, Portland Public Schools
Using System Dynamics Principles to Create a Learning Organization in a Classroom
Alan Ticotsky, Innovation Academy, and Rob Quaden, Carlisle Public Schools
Lions, Tigers, and Bears: Creating Simple Financial and Population Models
Anne LaVigne, Creative Learning Exchange and Waters Foundation, Systems Thinking in Schools
How School and District Leaders Apply Systems Thinking to 21st Century Educational System
Tracy Benson and Kathy Scheppe, Tucson Public Schools.
Critical Thinking Skills: A Discussion of Barry Richmond’s Critical Thinking Skills and Systems Thinking in K-12 Education
Jeff Potash, CIESD, and Tim Joy, DeLaSalle North, Portland OR
Evening Poster Session and Informal Chat
CLE 2012 Conference: Fireside Chat
From the 2012 CLE Conference: Systems Thinking and Dynamic Modeling Conference.
This excerpt is pulled from an informal from a chat with system dynamics pioneers, including George Richardson, Peter Senge, and Dennis Meadows. This opportunity to discuss and interact with such pioneers is one of the unique opportunities provided by the CLE at their biennial conference.
Sunday, July 1
Session 1
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Hands-on with STELLA Version 10—isee systems
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Creating Curricula Using Systems Thinking and System Dynamics - Innovation Academy
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Embracing Systems Thinking in the Primary Years—Liane Bouffard, Anna Geras, Maria Simpson, and Nicole Wooten, Winston-Salem School District, NC
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Financial Literacy: Dollars and Sense II—Jeff Potash, Center for Interdisciplinary Excellence in System Dynamics
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Five Important Feedback Loops from Limits to Growth—Dennis Meadows, author, Limits to Growth and The Systems Thinking Playbook
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Building a 21st Century Learning Environment in Your Community—Tim Lucas (co-author, Schools That Learn), and Julie Wilson, Institute for the Future of Learning
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Using System Dynamics to Attract More Students (and Teachers!) to Math and the Scientific Method—Paul Newton, The Boeing Company and citizen advocate for ST&DM in K-12 education
Session 2