Since 2019, NOVA Lab has utilized Fluxspace, an innovative educational space, for project presentations and learning. The class evolved from a focus on design-thinking to more social initiatives, leading to concerns about diminishing entrepreneurial vigor. Insights from critique panels at Fluxspace prompted reflections on curriculum adjustments to restore a design-centered focus. Revisions aim to emphasize tangible outcomes, community partnerships, and enhanced student engagement.
Category Archives: Innovation
NOVA Lab Notables: No. 1
A quick hit of NOVA Lab Goodness, ’cause we’re always trying to “Do Good Things.” Notables are media heavy, text lite, and just right for honoring the work we do and the people who help us.
Future Deja Vu
NOVA Lab students engaged in a 24-day project focused on futures thinking, inspired by PBS’s “A Brief History of Time.” They explored proactive community-building, envisioning achievable protopias instead of typical dystopian narratives. While reflecting on their participation, students expressed responsibility towards the future, recognizing the urgency for change amidst systemic failures. Their engagement aligns with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, highlighting the need for visionary action.
“Well,How Did I Get Here?*” Or … Thank You.
I am not an entrepreneur. I do not own a business. Serial startups are not my thing. I am however, entrepreneurially minded. After almost 25 years of living, breathing, and evolving my understandings of creativity–from self-expressive to problem solving to problem finding and the applied creativity of design–I’ve come to enjoy the risks of startingContinue reading ““Well,How Did I Get Here?*” Or … Thank You.”
A Seat at the Table(s): Designing the Space of NOVA Lab
How did a traditional classroom go from traditional seating used in untraditional but unattractive ways to a flexible, adaptable, agile set up that gives students a seat at the table when it comes to setup and usage?
Do Good Things Spotlight: “Cleanliness is Next to Goodliness”
Two NOVA Lab Entrepreneurs design and prototype a device for the common good.
Do Good Things Spotlight: Project Zero — From Garbage to Good Things
From Garbage to Good Things: NOVA Lab Students do it again!
NOVA Lab in the News
This interview was hosted by Hazel Mason of the Modern Learners and their Change School initiative. Hazel does a great job of drawing out some of the really salient and critical outcomes of NOVA Lab
From Great to Good
I’d rather live knowing I tried to do all I could to make the world a better place rather than simply bettering my own place in the world.
Lightning in a Bottle…Twice: The Joy of Learning
This is the kind of experience that shifts the mind utterly, that reveals something we’ve hidden from students behind tests, and rules, and most of all, grades.
This is the Joy of Learning embodied.
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