The Office of Ingenuity
We are the "Learning State."
The Office of Ingenuity
We are the "Learning State."
The Office of Ingenuity is an Educational Design Studio that facilitates student-centered, faculty-powered educational inquiry and action.
A Maker Space, a Think Tank, a Fabrication Center, a School, a Workshop, a Studio, or a Lab. Whatever you call it, it means the same thing, a place where great people and wonderful ideas converge to create something meaningful. We call our approach "3D Learning" - Discover, Design, Deliver.
DISCOVER
"Discovery is seeing what everybody else has seen, and thinking what nobody else has thought."
Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, Nobel Prize in Medicine, 1937
DESIGN
"Design is thinking made visible"
Saul Bass, American Designer
DELIVER
"I'm greedy for that satisfaction of doing something hard and knowing that, even though I was afraid I couldn't do it, that somehow I can deliver."
Alan Alda
Integration is Innovation
No More Silos of Learning
Integration is Innovation
No More Silos of Learning
Our belief drives us to…
1. Unshackle Ingenuity with Integration. Schools created silos of learning (isolated departments/disciplines) but the brain doesn't work that way, nor does the world. = Curriculum Integration
2. Grapple with Global issues, Locally. Technology as a tool will support scalable solutions, but transformational learning is still the result of thought, action, and empathy. = Purposeful Education
3. Invest in "Innovators, NOT Innovations." Educators with the right support offer the greatest ROI for social impact and change. = Professional Development
4. Broker and Facilitate Revolutionary Collaboration between school communities, companies, and universities. It's time for industries and universities to re-imagine their role in public schools through shared values, aka building the innovation pipeline. = Strategic Collaboration
The Collaborative
The Office of Ingenuity is a global collaborative of educators who have the courage to take on the public enemy #1 of education - mediocrity.
The Collaborative
The Office of Ingenuity is a global collaborative of educators who have the courage to take on the public enemy #1 of education - mediocrity.
Greengineers
Planet People Power
Greengineering students take an unprecedented approach at integrating various disciplines. From the science of energy, to the power of policy, and the influence of materials; our students build a new foundation of learning to participate in the global and local challenges of the future.
Planet People Power
Culinary Playground
Play with Your Food
We believe cooking is a great way to learn about the world and ourselves. Cooking empowers us to investigate physics, chemistry, biology, history, culture, and the environment in an attempt to better understand the food we eat and ultimately our relationship to our world.
Sustainable Abundance
National Capstone Consortium
Senior Capstone Projects
The National CAPStone Consortium supports educators and students with a critical learning experience and an opportunity to engage inquiry in an unpredictable, complex, real-world environment.
Solar Skate Cart Test Rig