Action project

Flat Classroom Workshop 2010ACTION PROJECT

MICDS, St LouisJulie Lindsayhttp://flatclassroomworkshop2010.flatclassroomproject.org

Project Challenge: Opening Up Education

The World Is OpenWE-ALL-LEARN

Quote from Curtis Bonk:

“It is in this age [of web tools] that millions, if not billions of people can read, define, and share a new idea or opinion. Such collaborations will undoubtedly result in a wave of innovations and inventions not before possible. Creativity for the masses, by the masses”

The World is Open, Pg 36

Collaboration

The World is Flat (Friedman) collaboration leads to economic competitiveness

Globalization 3.0 allows individuals to participate, pool knowledge skills and ides and create new product

Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything (Tapscott)

The power of emerging collaborative technologies such as the wiki

“Our learning futures rest not only on the

realization that collaboration is not

simply an empowering engine for economic

expansion made possible by Globalization 3.0, but

also the gains in education that underpin

the economic ones” The World

is Open, pg 273

The Challenge …………..

To create a ‘new’ lesson or assignment or project that

opens new opportunities and ‘flattens’ the

classroom walls through local or global

collaboration, and is scaffolded by emerging

technologies.

The Process

Discuss, reflect in teams

Explore new tools and methods

Imagine the future

Create new learning experiences

Pitch team ideas for feedback

Refine ideas

Team presentation, use of multimedia

“Learn by doing……let’s CREATE the future not just talk about it!”

Project PhasesInvestigate/ResearchDesign - Generation of Ideas (Ideation)Analysis - feedbackAction PlanningCreatePresent

Brainstorming Phase

Coming up with ideas

Three Phases:1.Generation of ideas (Ideation)

2.Analyses

3.Action Planning

Our “Problem”Investigate: What is a challenging topic that can support a global collaboration?How can we join multi-cultural classrooms and effectively design a meaningful project?

•……Brainstorm•……Analyze•……Plan

Phases of Brainstorming

Select 2 recorders: wiki and other method

Join the wiki: http://flatclassroomworkshop2010.flatclassroomproject.org/

Find your team wiki and start taking notes

Rules of Brainstorming: IdeationGenerate as many ideas as possibleDon’t judge, DON’T CRITICIZE!Think creatively, BE WILDCombine and adjust ideas

Expand, delete, consolidate, substitute, reverse, make analogies, make problem bigger or smaller

Brainstorm responses Recorders note EVERYTHING!

Discuss terms that are unclearGOAL: AS MANY IDEAS AS POSSIBLE



AnalysisHow will you pick the best ideas?What are your criteria for selection?Select three ideas that are your best

Outline steps needed to implement List forces (situations, people, events) that work

for or against implementation of the eventsGOAL: Selection of ONE idea that will be your group’s focus! Start thinking of a name!

BackchannelJumps InHere!



PlanGo to your team wiki pagePlan by completing the formPlan your pitch

… Each person should speak about the topic idea

… Name of project … Summary of project … Getting ready for your pitch

Telling your story with a compelling presentation