Today we will look at the professional models staff have selected and look at them through the lens of the questions that Ted posed to the school at Town Hall: What problems do you want to solve? What ideas, thoughts or emotions do you want to express? We will also begin to brainstorm ideas for our own projects.
Please take attendance using the Spring 2016 | P-Block Ideation Attendance. Today's agenda is printed and in the office.
DO NOW: Professional Model [10:00 - ??]
Purpose: Staff members select and share a professional model that represents a remix in order to examine the parts and purposes of a creative and innovative project. To some extent, the aim is to work backwards from a product to better understand the seeds of the project and how the creator(s) got from idea to product.
- Revisit Copy. Transform. Combine.
- We are also looking at what problem is being solved and/or what the creator/artist wants to express.
- Discuss which thinking routine would be helpful. Choose one. (Suggestion Below)
- Share professional model. (Example Below)
- Debrief with thinking routine. Also discuss what problems you think the creator/artist wanted to solve and what s/he wanted to express. Make the thinking visible, by taking notes during the thinking routine and recording the responses to the questions.
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Professional Model Example:
For this professional model, it makes sense to use a Think. Puzzle. Explore. thinking routine because it is a project that has future implications. In other words, it is a project that is still evolving and the creator ends with questions. Prior to watching the video, I'd share these prompts with students and ask them to take notes.
- What did the artist think was a problem? What did she think was important? What kinds of thinking was necessary to create the project?
- What questions did the artist have to ask herself throughout this process? What questions would you ask of her, if she were here presenting this idea to you?
- What elements of this project would you like to explore? Habits? Processes? Possibilities?
"Making it Real" by Allison Wood TEDxTeen
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(OPTIONAL) REMIX continued... [you decide]
Purpose: Build off of the discussion of the professional model, connect to previous days' discussion, and finish what was started.
- Finish remix project ideas from Wednesday.
- Continue conversations about Copy. Transform. Combine. and/or Town Hall
IDEATION: brainstorm [?? - 11:05am]
Purpose: Reflect on personal interests, passions, preoccupations and generate seeds for personal projects. Resist closure.
- Begin with problems you want to solve. Staff might begin by modeling this, and then create an environment where students can think and write independently. This writing will be kept as evidence in their folders. It's important that, despite any preconceived or ongoing projects, students engage this this openly. What keeps you up at night?
- What problems do you want to solve in your school?
[Example: Despite opportunities to do in depth projects and think time, I still feel rushed] - What problems do you want to solve in your community?
[Example: Tons of sewage just dumped into Lake Michigan; this makes me angry] - What problems do you want to solve in your state/nation?
[Example: Very few college students are studying to become teachers.] - What problems do you want to solve in the world?
[Example: How can European countries support refugees?]
During this process, staff should visit each student and push for details about the problems and reasons why the problems are important to the individuals. For example, if I am feeling rushed at school I should also explain when I feel rushed, how it affects me, why it worries me...
TICKET OUT share [11:05 - 11:15am]
Purpose: Understand the interests and preoccupations of group members.
- Share out one problem you are most passionate about solving.
