Developing Problem-Finders - A Convo with Stacey Wood - The #InnovatorsMindset #Podcast S2 EP43

Because of a Teacher is now available! Get your copy here! https://www.amazon.com/dp/194833433X?ref=exp_gcouros_dp_vv_d This episode starts off with a conversation about being problem finders and problem solvers. Stacey Wood shares what she is doing in her high school entrepreneurship class and how that connects with the book, The Innovator’s Mindset. Wood goes into detail about what her students are doing in her class’ Idea Center and how they work to be social entrepreneurs and create new products that resolve existing problems. Couros also goes into detail about how to use his 5 Questions to Ask Students at the Start of the Year resource. This closing question is one that Couros is consistently asked, especially by high school teachers: Couros asks Wood, as a high school teacher, when you have students who come into your classroom and are conditioned to have that mentality of “just give me the test,” how do we un-condition our students from that mentality? Wood shares some great advice in response to this question that has helped her as she works to create opportunities for students to show their learning. Links: Ewan McIntosh TEDx Talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUnhyyw8_kY The Innovator’s Mindset (book on Amazon) - https://www.amazon.com/Innovators-Mindset-Empower-Learning-Creativity-ebook/dp/B016YTBZKO 5 Questions to Ask Your Students To Start the School Year - https://georgecouros.ca/blog/archives/7552 A.J. Juliani: Genuis Hour - https://www.ajjuliani.com/blog/ka8eye5pf5bhwp3-lc7ch-nd29c-ddt7y-5gf79-2bcyt-67hl2-xtpcb-5b8a5-3se4f-9h2mp-ml247-9wb4n-8b6jk-lkcha-aydfe-ra44k-awyx8-tkpxx-pklrj-kkw58-bhc7h-wcdcz-f6dbr-929sl Quotes: "I try to give teachers an opportunity to express what they are feeling...but I also try to get them to express something positive." "I try to remind them of the influence they have...teachers need to be reminded that, even in 2021, their role is huge." "What kind of impact do you want to have?" "The same risk-taking that we encourage for kids, we have to m Please share your thoughts with us on Twitter or Instagram at #InnovatorsMindset. More at georgecouros.ca George Couros on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gcouros George Couros on Instagram: https://instagram.com/gcouros George Couros on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/georgecourosauthor/ George Couros on LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/george-couros-a5146519 For the full audio podcast: https://linktr.ee/gcouros The Innovator's Mindset:https://www.amazon.com/Innovators-Mindset-Empower-Learning-Creativity/dp/0986155497/ref=zg_bs_69830_7?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=ARY8KZTA242NVFMHF9X0 Innovate Inside the Box: https://www.amazon.com/Innovate-Inside-Box-Empowering-Innovators/dp/1948334127/ref=zg_bs_69830_12?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=75E0ZS6R2J330FAM9Y0A Music from Bensound - http://bensound.com/odel as adults - and that does not mean trying it just once." - GC