2025 GOCSD Innovation Summit: Full Schedule

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9:00am CDT

Keynote with James Nottingham: Learning Begins at the Edge of Challenge

Thursday July 31, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am CDT

Main Ballroom

Learning Begins at the Edge of Challenge: Join James Nottingham, renowned author, consultant, and founder of the Learning Pit®, as he explores how embracing uncertainty and intellectual discomfort can accelerate student growth. In this keynote, James will share his four-stage framework for deep learning, illustrating how educators can create classroom cultures where curiosity, critical thinking, and perseverance thrive. Participants will leave with actionable insights to help students turn confusion into clarity and challenge into triumph.

Speakers

James Nottingham

Learning Pit

James Nottingham is the creator of the Learning Pit, one of the most widely used models for teaching to emerge in the last 20 years. He is also the author of 12 books, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and is listed in The Future 500, a "definitive list of the UK’s most forward... Read More →

Thursday July 31, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am CDT
Main Ballroom

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