To ensure effective communication between students and staff during proposal week, please read directions carefully and document all thinking. Today's organization will help.
Please take attendance using the Spring 2016 | P-Block Ideation Attendance spreadsheet.
DO NOW : Organization [10:00 - 10:10am]
Purpose: Establish a common organizational system that will ensure clear communication and house evidence of learning.
- Create a folder in Google Drive for this Semester called : Firstname Lastname | IDEAS Project Block | Spring 2016
- Inside the folder create a blank document called : Firstname Lastname | Habits of Learning 1 | Spring 2016
- Inside the folder create a blank document called : Firstname Lastname | Proposal | Spring 2016
DO NEXT : Habits of Learning Reflection [10:10 - 10:20am]
Purpose: Reflect on how the Habits of Learning apply to the ideation process and development of project proposals.
- Use your document called Firstname Lastname | Habits of Learning 1 | Spring 2016 to write an informal paragraph about how you used each Habit of Learning in the process of creating or revising example remix projects last week, in the process of ideation, and in the process of becoming a group member. Which Habit of Learning is your strength? Which is most challenging to you?
- Habit of Learning : 1) Approach tasks with an open mind
- Habit of Learning : 2) accept challenges
- Habit of Learning : 3) seek to understand when we do not understand
- Habit of Learning : 4) use evidence to document learning
- When you are done writing. Turn to the person next to them and share out your strengths and weaknesses.
IDEATION: Studio Time [10:20 - 10:30am // 10:30 - 11:00am]
Purpose: Generate project ideas that connect with the personal interests, preoccupations, passions, and feelings of students. Provide time and space for discussing project ideas with possible staff advisors.
- 10:20 - 10:30 >> As a group, recall past experiences and use the ideation page to create a Menu of Ideation Options. Students should share out what has helped in the past that might also help others come to a project idea? If you are going to remix, where can you discover your inspirations?
(Note: My personal preference is to make lists that help me remember things about myself. For example, just listing my favorite places or smells reminds me of so many ideas. I also love galleries. When I look at other people's art, I try to think about how I connect, so I might look at Stuart's curated Pinterest boards, or use Google's Cultural Institute to visit global galleries, or look at TEDxTeen for idea starters.) - Each person should identify what forms of ideation they think will help them most, and list them on the outside of their Manilla folders. Even if they don't get to them today, they will be there for tomorrow.
- 10:30 - 11:00 >> Studio Time and Staff Conferences. Students are encouraged to use this time to use an ideation method from the menu of options and/or start a conversation with a staff member or potential project group. In order for this to be productive, students should set a goal for this time. This goal should be written in a new digital document in the newly created Google Folder or by hand on Manilla folders. Examples:
- I am going to talk to Mike about videos use zombies to pose solutions to environmental problems. I will have a list of videos to watch and research when I get back.
- I am going to create a list of my favorite aspects of camping, because I realize that camping is a topic and I'm not sure how to make it into a concept or project idea. I just need to understand it better as a project idea. I might talk to Beckah about this, because I know she like to camp.
- I am going to talk to my friends to figure out if we still want to do the project we talked about last month. If we do, then we need to make sure that the project is really a project that addresses a problem or expresses something meaningful. How can we get it to meet the expectations we talked about last week?
- Staff should engage in 1:1 conferences with their group members while balancing the students who may visit and need assistance.
- All students should return to their groups at 11:00am.
TICKET OUT : Reflection [11:00 - 11:15am]
Purpose: Document thinking and progress. Identify next steps outside of Project Block time and for tomorrow.
- Students should write and share reflections on their studio time goals. How effective was the choice for how to use time today? How do you know? What will be necessary tomorrow?
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If you haven't already shared project ideas from last week, please give them to Kimberly.
