i INVENT Education @ MIC
Mason Innovation Center
 For students, teachers and education institutions focused on GROWTH vs GRADES.
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Mr. Mason’s letter
An initiative designed for students and teachers interested in building values, priorities and careers.
Teachers and Institutions
Interested to start your own Mason Letter Program?
Invite Mr.Mason to talk about the design, program and success criteria so you may launch a similar effort.
Online or onsite sessions may be conducted.
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Class of 2019
Students and Dean share their feedback on the MIC program.
Who is Mr. Mason
A 20 year veteran facilitator, teacher and mentor who has influenced thousands of children with his mantra: growth via relationships and learning.
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Minutes – Status Meeting
Attendees – Gerard/Mr.Mason
Date – 4th June 2020
Accomplishnents :
No updates
Plan/Next Steps :
Partners meeting scheduled today 4th June at 10:30 am CST – Mr.Mason will join anytime during the running session as he has some other assignments as well.
Letter campaign plan – Mr.Mason will share one he goes to the school this is WIP,Mr.Mason has one draft slide that has been shared request to review and provide feedback.
Update on interns/curators from OG – Mr.Mason is working on this will respond once he has an update.
AOI
No updates/interactions on the OG innovation center platform.
Courtesy Reminder !!
Dear Mason,
The Partners meeting has been scheduled on 4th June 2020 from 10:30 am to 11:30 am CST. The conference details have been sent to your respective email id and to your WhatsApp number.
We look forward to hearing from you at the conference.
Here is the Agenda –
1. i-INVENT Innovation center progress at the center (ideas posted / projects started /Brainstorm session conducted/interns applied & qualified)
2. Requests
3. AOI/Feedback
4. Plan until next meeting
Thank you !
Minutes – Status Meeting
Attendees – Gerard/Mr.Mason
Date – 21st May 2020
Accomplishments :
Mr.Mason student from Japan who is a teacher now has updated Mason Innovation page.
Plan/Next Steps :
Mr.Mason’s experience with the E-learning session with Rotary Bengeri school was great, currently, OG is on Zoom.He will be sharing the invite to his Japnese counterpart who is a teacher.
Mr.Mason has not heard back from Awa’s mother on the curator’s responsibility.
Mr.Mason will be sharing the plan for the letter campaign by EOD.
Mr.Mason will be joining the Brainstorm discussion on May 30th.
AOI/Risks
No updates on the OG page+no student curator assigned
I first met Mr. Mason as my 8th grade social studies teacher – never would I have thought that we would connect again years later to exchange letters between our students across the world! I’m currently teaching English in Japan (Sado Island to be exact), and with the help of Mr. Mason and his Innovation Center we’ve been able to set up a sort of pen pal exchange between our students. This is the first time that my students have been able to apply their English abilities in a real-world situation – it’s been a great experience for them to write about their lives and learn about their new friends in America (and I hope they feel the same way!). Some have already found common interests with their pen pal, despite being on opposite sides of the world.
Cultural exchange is so important in our rapidly digitizing/globalizing world – hoping that through exchanges like these, students and adults alike will start to see people who once seemed so different as companions who are going through the same journey of life together.
Minutes – Status Meeting
Attendees – Gerard/Mr.Mason
Date – 23rd April 2020
Accomplishments
No update
Plan/Next Steps
Mr.Mason will join the Partner meeting today for a short time a bit later as he has a clash with another meeting today.
Letter Campaign – Plan is to get this done online through the Mason Innovation center + Would need the kids to record a 30 secs interview and uploaded it on this page – This will be discussed as an agenda in our partner’s meeting today.
Hot spot for the students to access the internet – This will be discussed as an agenda in our partner’s meeting today.
Mr.Mason will reach out to Awa’s mother to begin as the curator and students to start sharing their ideas/train of thoughts on the OG page since its the best time now.
Mr.Mason will start to share the letter exchanged among his and the students counterparts by this week on the Mason Innovation center page.
AOI
No updates on the OG/Mason page in this month
Minutes – Status Meeting
Attendees – Gerard/Mr.Mason
Date – 9th April 2020
Accomplishments-
No update
Plam/Next Steps
Mr.Mason has RSVP to the brainstorm invite sent this week for the session on 11th April+he would be joining, he would be sharing this invite to his OG community(teachers/parents & kids).& his contacts as well, will also share it to his student who is a teacher in Tokoyo Japan and have him share to his contacts & students as well.
Mr.Mason will be updating this platform with the letters that were exchanged with his students and the counterpart students in Japan by this week
AOI
No new updated on the Mason AIMS platform/portal