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Gamestorming: A set of protocols for innovation

Published on February 21, 2012, by in Uncategorized.

Before this morning, I really didn’t know anything about gamestorming. In a nutshell, it is all about having a set of protocols for innovation. While I’m not entirely sure that they will be applicable to those of us working primarily online, I do think that they may help us to introduce some more innovative methods for the organizations we work with and there is sure to be ways to apply these methods more widely.

Many of these protocols are not copyrighted, and so we would be able to use them off the shelf as we start to build out what insight curation looks like within a team. Anyway, I thought I would share a couple of things on the topic:

 

There are also a couple of iPhone apps that will allow you to have the protocols at your fingertips. Just search for gamestorming in the app store (they cost).

 

 

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Talking about teachers when they aren’t around.

Published on April 28, 2009, by in Uncategorized.

I have been a part of way too many meetings recently when there haven’t been any current teachers present, yet teaching decisions were being made. True, one of the reasons why I wanted to move into my current position was because I wanted to be able to make decisions in our district regarding learning spaces and tools. But, I believed that everyone shared my level of respect for teachers. However, this is definitely not the case.

I cannot stand to hear long stretches of monologue about the ineptitude of teachers. I cannot handle it when teachers are reduced to knowing nothing. I cannot wait to leave places when others are complaining about the rogue teachers who are pushing the boundaries of what is acceptable in the district.

I love teaching and teachers, and the majority of other teachers that I have encountered feel the same. It is only when I get outside of a school itself that this view changes. But, why?

Why is it that the perspective changes so drastically when kids are removed from the situation, making someone believe that they know better than someone that is with the kids? This kind of viewpoint makes me believe more strongly every day that all stakeholders in a district should teach at least one class at all times.

That bears repeating:

All district employees should teach at least one class to students at all times.

Can I get an amen?

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Scaling up a flawed system…

Published on February 20, 2009, by in Professional Development, Uncategorized.
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I wrote a single thing on the back of a paper at a meeting today:

Scaling a system that exists vs. Creating a different system that includes networked learning.

What I meant by this I am not exactly sure (nor can I talk about all of the good and hopeful things that transpired during the meeting, either). All I know is that we shouldn’t be looking to make our current teaching model work in more and bigger ways. We should not be extending traditional pedagogy into online environments. We should not be taking something that no longer works for one school and then trying to emulate it for all schools.

I guess it makes sense to say this as well:

Just because a system can scale doesn’t mean that it should. And just because a system can’t scale, doesn’t mean it isn’t valuable to someone. While I believe that all of our learning should be scalable, that doesn’t mean that we need to have every learner doing the exact same thing. Creating multiple entrances makes sense. There is no one ring to rule them all. We need spaces that work for every single one, not “everyone”.

Forgive my obtuse discourse tonight. I am having trouble with getting concrete at the moment. I hope you glean some meaning from the words. If not, I will try again tomorrow.

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