Craft Category: Artifacts

Using Jamboard to Brainstorm, Share, and Support Ideas

One way to use Jamboard effectively is to enable users to brainstorm, share, and support ideas as seen on this screenshot. In order to do this, you should first have participants populate various sticky notes (you can even color code by participant and include multiple “posters” if necessary). Once everyone has dropped in their ideas, participants can star, favorite, or otherwise show support for ideas by adding a star, +1, or comment. This two-part activity allows participants to first call out all of their ideas and then review their ideas with others to identify which are the most interesting, actionable, or best-fit for the challenge being faced – similar to what you would do in-person sticky-note brainstorming activity.

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February 24, 2021

Monterey Peninsula: Students and Teachers Co-Design Process Pilot

Monterey Peninsula wanted to solve a problem in their district: “How might we increase flexibility and personalization to build a sense of belonging and connection within the context of our labor and policy constraints?” After seeking stakeholder input and brainstorming a range of options, the design team decided to pilot a process to engage students and teachers to design new systems for personalization and connection.

This pilot had several assumed benefits. It was a chance to make sure that those most impacted by teaching and learning – students and teachers – led the change. Bringing together students and teachers for this work created an early opportunity to build connections. Lastly, the design team was also excited to build a reusable process that could be replicated to drive similar changes in the future.

To start, the design team wrote a project plan that would help identify participants, prepare them to engage in a design thinking process, and help them focus their efforts. They identified two teachers, two administrators, and 12 students as participants. Then, the design team curated resources and created short training sessions to introduce the participants to the process and design principles. Finally, they created a timeline for participants and a process by which participants’ solutions could be integrated into the district’s broader approach to teaching and learning.

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February 23, 2021

Mastery Charter Schools: Blended, Culturally Responsive Teaching Pilot

Mastery Charter Schools wanted to solve a problem in their network: “How might we build a blended learning model that fosters achievement and independence in our high school students?” After seeking stakeholder input and brainstorming a range of options, the design team decided to pilot the integration of ISTE Standards for Students into high school lesson plans.

This pilot had several assumed benefits. It would provide a clear anchor point for the district’s transition to a blended learning model, it would clarify what it looks like to build student ownership and independence in their learning, and it would give teachers much-needed guidelines and supports as they facilitate this change.

Mastery’s pilot focused on a couple of classrooms to start. Teachers were coached to integrate ISTE Standards for Students with selected course content. The design team specifically focused on two standards (Knowledge Constructor and Creative Communicator), as those most closely align with the network’s goal of boosting student independence and with the Ready for Rigor culturally responsive teaching (CRT) framework used in the network. Lastly, the design team created a project plan to map out the pilot timeline, engage school leaders and teachers, and get to work.

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February 23, 2021
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