Who are we as a community of thinkers, innovators?
What do I need to know about myself and my community, in order to develop a project?
How can I document and share my thinking through effective routines and organization?
Thank you all for engaging conversations about professional models yesterday. All advisors are encouraged to share their models with Kimberly, so that they can be added to this blog as reference.
So far this week, we have had the opportunity to brainstorm different topics and survey different art forms. It is valuable, at this point, to have more than one topic to take deeper into ideation. Please keep in mind that many considerations go into a successful proposal, and project advisors will only approve viable proposals.
Today we will set up an organizational system used to capture thinking as well as communicate thinking to project advisors. We will also generate questions and consult different advisors to test our topics.
DO NOW: As a group, walk through the process of creating and curating a Google Drive folder for the semester.
- Google Drive >> New > Folder
- Name this folder : Firstname Lastname | Project Block | Fall 2015
- Example : Jacob Bartz | Project Block | Fall 2015
- Share this folder with your current project advisor.
- Inside the folder, please place any documents already created and name them clearly with your name and a title for what the document is/says/does
- Example : Jacob Bartz | Ideation Lists | Fall 2015
- Example : Jacob Bartz | Ideation Mind Map | Fall 2015
DO NEXT:
- Use Question Sorts to begin generating questions about a topic.
- Click on the link above.
- Rename the document: Firstname Lastname | Question Starts : Topic | Fall 2015
- Move the document into your new folder for Project Block.
- Use the document to generate questions - keeping in mind that we are still seeking possibilities, ways of framing the topic that will lead to a project. Driving questions will emerge after some initial research and conferences with advisors.
- Repeat this process for each topic you are considering (more than one)
10:30 a.m. At this time, students are encouraged to review Advisor Profiles on the Ideation Page. They should prepare specific questions for certain advisors. On a whiteboard (or another place) each person should sign out - Stating their names & where they are going and who they intend to talk to.
10:35 a.m. Students can leave classrooms with a purpose....and notebooks, Chromebooks, post-its, etc to have brief conversations with advisors who have an interest or expertise related to the topic. (Note: Rod and some Mosaic teachers may not be available. Find them after school.) This could also be a time for collaborators to bounce ideas off of one another.
11:05 a.m. Students return to original groups and share out their progress.
Tomorrow, we will set up structures for initial research and begin working toward driving questions. Students considering year long projects need to read this.
