Stages of Innovation Overview
Elements
Learning
Learning experiences are
active, personal, collaborative,
and relevant, designed to
empower learners to be
creators who believe their
work matters.
Teaching
Teaching is celebrated and
inspired by a growth mindset
and a school culture that
supports the teacher as a
learning experience designer.
Environment
The environment is reliable
and dynamic, and inspires
innovative learning and
teaching.
© 2017 Apple Inc. All rights reserved.
Introducing Integrating Innovating
Teamwork
In pairs or teams, students share responsibility and make decisions
together to complete projects.
Communication and Creation
Students choose to create products that show what they know
or think and share them with others.
Students use Students integrate Students redefine their
Personalization of Learning
technology to explore technology to deepen learning with innovative
Student learning supports their interests and provides equitable
new ways to approach their learning uses of technology.
access to learning materials.
learning. experiences.
Critical Thinking
Students engage in critical thinking through independent learning and
discovery, including problem-solving, interpretation, and analysis.
Real-World Engagement
Students learn from realistic examples, immersive experiences,
and activities that make an impact on their community.
Instructional Design
Teachers create and use content that offers inclusive design
Teachers use Teachers integrate Teachers redefine their
and a variety of formats.
technology to explore technology to deepen roles with innovative
new ways to approach learning and teaching uses of technology.
Professional Learning
teaching. practices.
Teachers learn ways to foster learning opportunities for their students
and themselves.
Learning Spaces
Teachers and students use a variety of classroom arrangements, The environment The environment The environment
spaces outside the classroom, and virtual environments to support is designed to integrates technology to is redesigned to respond
instructional practices and learning goals. encourage students support deeper student to and enable innovative
and teachers to explore learning and teaching learning and teaching
Infrastructure Design new approaches for practices. opportunities
learning and teaching. with technology.
IT staff, admin, and teachers design access to hardware, software,
and services to provide new opportunities for learning and teaching.