News and Events
I-Think’s ideas travel far beyond the classroom. Explore our latest news, features, and podcast appearances to see how our work and community are shaping conversations on education and real-world problem solving. This space is an extension of our voice, sharing where we’ve been invited to contribute and connect.
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Appearances
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Civic Media
January 2025
A thought-provoking discussion on how healthy tension fuels deeper learning and innovation in education.
Class In Session - Healthy Tension, with Heidi Siwak - BustED Pencils ➔
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Deep Learning Dialogues
December 2024
This conversation explores how I-Think’s AI Challenge helps educators and students navigate AI through critical and creative thinking.
I-Think AI Challenge: Building Critical Thinkers of Tomorrow with Heidi Siwak ➔
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City News
May 2024
CityNews spotlights I-Think’s annual event celebrating educators and students shaping the future of learning through critical thinking.
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I-Think About Leadership Blog
2024
Insights and stories on how educators are cultivating leadership and innovative thinking in their schools.
Publications
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Learning that Transfers
by Julie Stern, Krista Ferraro, Kayla Duncan, Trevor Aleo, 2021
The Pro-Pro Chart is profiled as a framework for teachers to use for learning that students can take from the classroom to the real-world.
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When More is Not Better
by Roger Martin, 2020
The chapter on Education opens with a profile of I-Think teacher Beth Grosso, who uses Chris Argyris’s Ladder of Inference to help elementary students build curiosity, empathy, and critical thinking.
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CLARITY: What Matters MOST in Learning, Teaching, and Leading
by Lyn Sharratt, 2018
I-Think educators Erin Altosaar and Erin Quinn are featured, with a focus on their work using the Pro-Pro and Causal Model.
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Pushing the Limits: How Schools Can Prepare Our Children Today for the Challenges of Tomorrow
by Nancy Steinburger and Kelly Gallagher-Mackay, 2018
The grade 12 Business Leadership Course is profiled as part of a case study John Polanyi Collegiate Institute.
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Creating Great Choices
by Roger Martin and Jennifer Riel, 2017
I-Think examples of Integrative Thinking in K - 12 education are woven throughout the book, including the famous North York Harvest Food Bank case study.
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The Revenge of Analogue
by David Sax, 2016
The use of chart paper and post-it notes at I-Think are included in ways society can stay creative, moving away from screens.