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?
What's possible?
DO NOW: (10:00-10:10)
Locate your brainstorming from yesterday. Take a different color font or ink, and highlight the words, phrases, concepts that stand out to you. Turn and Talk. Tell at least two other people about the ideas that stand out do you. Discuss connections. A few people share out to the whole class.
IDEATION: (10:10-11:10)
As a group, clarify the purpose of ideation. Remember that everyone and every project benefits from brainstorming first, because it allows us to see new and many possibilities. What is the best way to proceed? Decide. It is helpful to know all that is happening in the room we are thinking in, in case we need help thinking or changing our thinking.
Try a mind map. Use one of the ideas, phrases, concepts that you selected in the "do now" and expand your thinking. Spend 20 minutes filling the page, before inviting someone else to view your mind map and share their connections. You can choose if you'd like to include their connections or not. Continue connecting, expanding possibilities.
When a mind map feels full or complete (somehow), use post-it notes to begin generating questions. Place the questions on the areas of the map that connect to them. Remember, right now, anything is possible. Imagine. Wonder.
If something sticks to you, try the Beane Protocol next...
Keep all notes, possibilities, options for future reference!
TICKET OUT: (11:10-11:15)
Is there an art form that is emerging in your thinking, envisioning? What is it?
Tomorrow, students will have the opportunity to view model projects in different disciplines.
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS:
Where do ideas come from? by Steven Johnson
