Chapter 5 References — Idea Funnel: Gathering Ideas¶

Curated resources for deeper exploration of the topics in this chapter.

Books¶

Christensen, Clayton M. (1997). The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail. Harvard Business School Press. Explains why established institutions systematically under-invest in disruptive ideas — a key insight for building an idea funnel that surfaces AI opportunities schools might otherwise miss.
Osterwalder, Alexander, et al. (2014). Value Proposition Design. Wiley. Provides structured canvases for evaluating whether an idea genuinely solves a real problem, directly applicable to scoring rubrics used in the funnel process.
Brown, Tim. (2009). Change by Design: How Design Thinking Creates New Alternatives for Business and Society. HarperBusiness. Introduces the empathy-observation-ideation approach to gathering ideas from frontline staff and students that powers an effective AI idea funnel.

RAND Corporation. (2022). "Educator Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence in Schools." rand.org. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA134-11.html Surveys what teachers and administrators believe AI could realistically improve, providing evidence for which ideas rise to the top of school-based funnels.
Brookings Institution. (2023). "AI in the Classroom: What Educators Need to Know." brookings.edu. https://www.brookings.edu/articles/ai-in-the-classroom-what-educators-need-to-know/ Identifies high-priority AI use cases from an educator perspective, useful for benchmarking the ideas a district might collect.
ISTE and ASCD. (2022). "AI and the Future of Learning: A Framework for Schools." iste.org. https://www.iste.org/areas-of-focus/AI-in-education Outlines a shared vocabulary and priority categories for AI in education that help expert review panels score ideas consistently.
Delphi Method Overview. (2021). "The Delphi Technique in Education Research." Practical Assessment, Research, and Evaluation, 26(3). https://scholarworks.umass.edu/pare/ Describes the structured expert-review method that mirrors the scoring panels recommended for vetting idea funnels.

IDEO.org. (2024). Design Thinking for Educators Toolkit. https://www.ideo.com/post/design-thinking-for-educators A freely downloadable toolkit for facilitating innovation workshops with teachers and students, supporting the grassroots idea-gathering phase.
Getting Smart. (2024). Innovation in Education. https://www.gettingsmart.com/category/innovation/ A curated repository of K-12 innovation case studies that can seed an idea funnel with proven examples from peer districts.
EdSurge. (2024). AI in Education Coverage. https://www.edsurge.com/research/special-reports/ai EdSurge's ongoing journalism on emerging AI ideas in schools provides a real-time stream of inspirational use cases for idea-gathering sessions.

ISTE. (2023). "Facilitating AI Literacy Conversations in Your School." YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/user/ISTEvideos Practical guidance on running staff AI literacy workshops, which are a prerequisite for generating a rich, high-quality idea funnel in any school community.