We are living through one of the largest disruptions to our American education system in its modern history. For young learners, so many of the rituals of school have been upended. And yet, so much is the same.
What if we imagined a new school system? And what if we put that new vision for learning on a shoe? What if a sneaker could be a storytelling canvas to radically transform the future of learning?
The education system we have now, by and large, is an industrial education model, made for the 19th century, superimposed on the 21st. It needs a makeover. In partnership with Ninety Nine Products, an innovative sneaker design company focused on “doing good things for good people,” the Reinvention Lab created the Future of Learning Challenge to amplify the voices of people across the country who are acting their way into a radically different education system from the one we currently have. The winning design from the Future of Learning Challenge will mark a concentrated push to spread awareness of the possibilities when we reinvent ourselves to reinvent learning within a community.
Reinventing a sneaker to reinvent learning is one of many catalysts to conversations that can radically transform the future of learning.
Alongside sneaker brand Ninety Nine Products and its creative agency, AndThem, the Future of Learning Challenge is a design competition and storytelling accelerator that helps future-of-learning leaders tell compelling stories about their work and visions for the future.
Anyone leading radical, future-of-learning work in their communities who could use world-class storytelling support through a fun, engaging accelerator program.
Winning shoe design 2022: Homeworks Trenton
Winning shoe design 2023: COMING SOON
The #FutureOfLearningChallenge has three components:
Participants go through design sprints with the AndThem and Ninety Nine Products team, learning about marketing, photography, branding, and more along the way.
Participating designs are scored by sneakerheads, educators, young folks, and more - and finalists are chosen, culminating in a winning design that is produced and distributed.
All participants benefit from the amplification of their design and their message about the future of learning - as well as their learning from the design sprints.
Kick off! Virtual team design and coaching sessions:
• October 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th
• November 2nd and 9th
Community voting + sneaker production.
Winning sneaker release!
Contact Mike Yates.
What do these sneaker designs have to do with the future of learning? Find out by watching these finalist pitch videos.
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