Educators from the University of Texas at Tyler Innovation Academy will share with attendees how they are facilitating the concept of innovative thinking and learning through PBL and a flipped classroom model through 21st Century based technology. The presenters will share how educators and students developed together a culture that connects both to the context needed for learning and understanding the connections between all disciplines. They will offer food for thought that will encourage a focus on the “soft skills” of education in order to help develop young thinkers that can reason, problem-solve and develop sound arguments that will lead to protecting the distinction intended for the term “innovation.”