From now till tomorrow we are going to do intros and have fun!
Empire room is setup with G5s
Wireless access in all the meeting rooms
150 black badges tomorrow: ADE alums
We are authors, advisors, advocates
He who learns from one who is learning drinks from a flowing river
ADE Advisory Board
– Rae Niles (Segwick, KS
– Larry Anderson
– Elaine Wrenn
– Pat Conlan
– Gayle Berthiaume
– Carl Owens
you can lead a horse to water but you cannot make him drink, unless you salt the hay
– don’t worry about being tired
Larry comments
– believes that the ADE week will change your life
Comments from Elaine
– tech coord in Echo Horizons, CA
– this really is like a family
– make connections and build relationships
– reach out to others
Pat Conlan
– consultant for NYC schools
– teaches teachers and students how to use technology
Gayle
– from Minnesota
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Carl Owens
– professor and director of tech at Tennessee Tech University
– likes to iSight into his classes
– has a real passion for what he does
feels a little like a 12 step program?!
Now: Rebecca Stockley– The Improv Lady!
– works with Pixar team, works with 100s of them to try and tell a story
– next few hours we are going to do some experiential learning with improv theater methods
– she teaches improvinization to teach story, acting, team building, collaboration, creativity
– heart of her work is still people who want to do improv on the stage
excitement and fear have the same sort of physical dynamic
– teachers about tolerance for ambiguity
– teaches about how the journey is the important part, and the destination is not
In Japan she was challenged to think of what did not use language
– did ‘thank you game’
going to share some of this feeling of not being exactly secure on what you are teaching
Ask us: “What is our intention in being here?”
one of us wants to be a “passion scout”
– may your heart’s deepest desire meet a need in the world
stay in touch with your intentions and your feet will be light!
One word at a time story
– offer just one word at a time
– keep the story making sense
– be obvious
– honor the story that is being told
– share control
This is about giving and taking control
Activities with improv and storytelling
– Use “But Yes”
– Use “but no”
– alternate one person ‘but yes’ the other ‘but no’
– when both do ‘but yes’ you are scaffolding on each other’s ideas
When teaching improv, we have to teach people to fail and then let go quickly of that failure rather than hanging on to it
– we must practice release: letting go, rather than hanging on
– removes self-judgement
– learn to do the “failure bow”
Dolphin training
– 1 person in the group leaves so they cannot hear what group decides they will be rewarded to do upon return
– reward by saying “ding” as person gets closer to doing the desired behavior
– more training the group at being good rewarders than training the person
– we naturally tend to exhibit behaviors of checking our own work
– this game cheers people up
Play with groups of 3
– “it is impossible for anyone to learn that which he thinks he already knows.” – Epictetus
Think less, do more
– stick with real things for this activity
– another story game, this time a broken down hero’s story:
The Story Spine by Kenn Adams
– Once upon a time….
– Every day ….
– But one day ….
– Because of that …..
– Because of that …..
– Because of that …..
– Until finally ….
– Ever since that day …..
Optional: the moral of the story is…..
Honor the story structure
– now we will do limericks
– improv is completely disposible!
“Apple Camp” used to be camp and they had a 24 hour project
Projects, not homework
– kids don’t see projects as homework, projects have an affective link and emotional tie, projects can live in their heart
– they live on beyond the class\
What do we know about projects
– messy
– iterative
– creative
– powerful
– collaborative
– fun
– chaotic
– real world
– ongoing
– authentic
ADEs tend to be
– high achievers, leaders, etc..
– this can be a challenge when “leaders” form project teams
DRI = directly responsible individual