Inspirational Quotes from Local Innovators

Our class has been tasked with the honor of finding inspirational quotes from local innovators. The quotes will be evaluated by a mix of students, teachers, and administrators. The selected 4 to 6 quotes will be permanently fixed to the top 18" of the Innovation Lab as a vinyl banner. It is going to look great!

The 43 North Video below highlights some great Innovations in Buffalo and WNY. Watch it as a way to generate ideas about which Innovators might have some inspiring quotes out there.  Perhaps open a new web browser session or tab and search for quotes while the video is playing.

Next, leave a comment in the format of the example below. Hint: use a website like www.easybib.com to help you create a proper citation.

EXAMPLE:
Name: Allen Turton
Course: I.C.E.
Quote: "History has repeatedly shown that when a new method or material becomes available, new uses for it arise."
Author: Wilson Greatbatch
Citation: "Wilson Greatbatch Quotes." BrainyQuote. Xplore, n.d. Web. 25 Nov. 2015.

Grading Rubric*:
Points     ........ Looks like ...
10 ... followed example, perfect grammar, brilliant choice
8 ... close to example, minor errors or lack of professionalism, missing citation
5 ... comment exists, is legible, and makes sense
2 ... comment is published
0 ... score equals your effort
*counting as a 10 point quiz grade

Notes: 

• Mr. Turton moderates comments daily. If your comment is not published, ask why.
• You may comment more than once if you find additional high quality quotes.

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Defining our I.C.E. course

Let's develop some common understanding of what this course is about.

Tasks

• Choose one of the words that make up the title of this course.
• Innovation
• Creativity
• Entrepreneurialism
• Go to one or two of the websites below and search for a video that relates to that word(s).
• http://www.ted.com/
• http://www.bbc.com/news/
• YouTube
• any other website you find that look reliable and interesting
• Comment below with a 2 to 5 sentence (good grammar) summary of the video that explains your understanding of the word. Add a link (or at least the url) to the video.
• Look at other students' comments and watch a video for the two words you did not choose.

A little about you ... and your talents

One of the objectives of this course is to help you realize and develop your talents. Often, our talents come from a combination of our interests, experiences, and personality.  We will be working in teams frequently in this course.  Teams work best when they have people with diverse talents.  This blog post assignment will help us identify and share our talents so we might form balanced teams.

Take this online Personality Test: http://marcaccetta.com/personality-test.php (copy and paste into a new tab)

Answer the following questions in a reply to this Blog Post. First log in with a Google Account if you have one.

Q1. What are some areas in which you feel talented?
Q2. What are your scores in each Personality Category from the test above?
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Blue =
Green =
Red =
Q3. Watch the video about the tendencies of your color. Why do you agree or disagree?
Q4. What type of role on the I.C.E. Team might be a good fit for you?

Copy the 4 questions above and paste them into a comment.
Refresh the post and read other comments to learn a bit about your classmates.