We’re looking for middle and high school teachers and leaders seeking new ways to engage their students!
At the second annual OpenCitizen Gathering, you’ll gain skills in teaching and facilitating inquiry-based learning, and you’ll leave with a plan for bringing this type of learning to your school or classroom. Plus, all attendees will be eligible to apply for pilot funding to support implementation.
Join us for a welcome reception and dinner! Meet and chat with fellow educators and the ASU team.
Meet the OpenCitizen team and learn about our vision and goals for the weekend.
Lindy-Elkins Tanton will explain the OpenCitizen process, pedagogy, and impact.
Hear from real teachers and school leaders who have used OpenCitizen and student-led inquiry learning in their classrooms.
Experience a mini OpenCitizen process from the learner’s perspective.
Learn how to facilitate an OpenCitizen process.
Build skills in student-led inquiry learning techniques.
Learn about the OpenCitizen piloting process and how to apply for funding to support an OpenCitizen program in your classroom.
Build skills in student-led inquiry learning techniques.
Learn how to facilitate an OpenCitizen process.
Leave with a plan for bringing an OpenCitizen process and student-led inquiry techniques to your classroom.
Maria Anguiano
Executive Vice President, ASU Learning Enterprise
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Tara Chklovski
Founder & CEO, Technovation
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Lindy Elkins-Tanton
Principal Investigator, NASA Psyche mission; ASU Vice President and Co-chair, ASU Interplanetary Initiative; Co-founder, Beagle Learning
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Alexis Hope
Designer & Researcher, MIT Media Lab Lifelong Kindergarten Research Group
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Michael Littig
Co-Founder, Zuckerberg Institute
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Nakeyshia Kendall
Founder & CEO, MindCatcher
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Randy Mahlerwein
Assistant Superintendent, Mesa Public Schools
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Laura McBain
K12 Lab Director of Community and Implementation, Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University
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Meg Riordan
Chief Learning Officer, The Possible Project
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All participants must first apply to attend the OpenCitizen gathering. The applications will be reviewed, selected then invited to register for the OpenCitizen gathering taking place Nov 12-14, 2021 at Arcosanti.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis through September 30, 2021.
Applicants will be selected and notified by October 8, 2021.
Yes, applicants must be 18 years or older.
The Gathering has a three-tiered pricing model:
Your registration fee covers your ticket, your accommodations for two nights, and six meals throughout the weekend. We also have a limited number of needs-based scholarships available. Please indicate on your application if you will require a scholarship to attend.
We welcome all. No prior project ideas or teams are required to participate.
Yes, your meals and accommodations are included in the registration package.
Yes, you may take photos and videos for personal purposes, though any photography or videography intended for commercial use must have prior approval. We ask that you be respectful of residents and employees; Arcosanti is private property and the home and workplace of almost 80 residents. OpenCitizen team will have professional photographers/videographers on site to capture the weekend gathering. All participants will be asked to sign a photo/video release waiver.
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