Vintage Innovation redefines innovation not as “new and flashy” but as “better and different.” It isn’t a rejection of new approaches or cutting-edge technology so much as an embrace of the old and the new. It’s the overlap of the “tried and true” and the “never tried.” It’s a mash-up of lo-fi tech and new tech. It’s the idea of finding relevance by looking back and looking forward. It’s a focus on timeless skills in new contexts. It’s the idea that innovation happens when teachers take a both/and approach as they empower their students in the present to prepare them for an uncertain future.

I believe that teachers are at the heart of innovation and I simply want to share a few ideas to help along the way.

In this course, we take a deep dive into vintage innovation. Each of the 15 lessons consists of a big idea about how we can prepare students for the future by empowering them in the present.

Most lessons begin with a 10-20 minute video, followed by a reading with a reflection, and finally an assignment designed to make the big idea practical and concrete.