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| Today, our class formed project groups and began work on projects. I worked with Mikhail, Jacob, Ashley, Rory, and Michael on forming possible action plans to encourage healthy eating at the Lower School. The physical environment did not change--we were still working in the chorus room--but all of us had to begin collaborating with new classmates. Setting group norms helped create an environment conducive to creativity. These norms include finishing work on time, letting everyone's voice be heard, and responding to messages in a timely manner (e.g. text messages or email). I personally felt comfortable throughout the creative process, since we were all willing to suggest our own ideas as well as offer concerns about those of our teammates. We were all respectful to each other while refining our ideas. We were also able to give and receive constructive criticism when sharing our ideas with other project groups. This respectful, yet critical environment helped us narrow our solution down to a collaborative cooking class led by Upper School students. We may also incorporate a game that rewards Lower School students for eating healthy. Throughout the rest of the intensive, we will continue to develop and refine our solution. | 
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Some of my notes during the group-to-group share
Mikhail's notes on our solution ideas
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This definitely summarizes it. I found it rather interesting that we went from one idea to another and back again quite frequently when narrowing down our focus. It was definitely helpful, though, that we learned to combine factors from each idea in order to come up with one very strong one. This was shown most specifically in our combination of three concepts: interactive gameplay, cross-campus student participation and leadership, and a cooking club/class with tangible and edible results.
ReplyDeleteAs we were working together as a group, it was interesting to see how well we could come up with ideas together, even though we each had drastically different thoughts and experiences to add to the group. By starting with a question that was both broad, but focused enough to give us a starting point. We could have taken it in almost any direction we wanted to and each comment/question/concern that a group member mentioned was able to guide our ideas down a certain path.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your statement when you said that we had a respectful, but at the same time critical environment helped our group. I think that it not only helped our group come up with ideas and have the confidence to share these ideas, but also have constructive criticism and be willing to get rid of ideas or combine ideas, like Ashley was talking about. In my opinion this environment helped us thrive during the creative process, and helped us come up with our best ideas.
ReplyDeleteMikhail's computer isn't working! Here is his response:
ReplyDelete"I agree with everything Tim has stated. I think our willingness to work together constructively has put our group in a great position to further advance our ideas and questions. I also think that our open style of debating without judging prematurely allows our group to come up with a large amount of ideas that can later be explored. Finally I think our teamwork and passion for the topic will serve us and our ideas well in the coming weeks."
Adding on to Tim's points, the collaborative environment allowed us to engage deeply into the creative process. The process began with developing ideas and actions that could be implemented to encourage healthy eating. After brainstorming these ideas, we revisited them and determined the feasibility and impact of each concept, which led us to expanding upon some ideas while crossing out others. Overall, the environment allowed us to stay focused and created a meaningful discussion about our project.
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