Had a couple interesting experiences in the last couple days regarding thinking outside the box.  The first, I’m happy to say, I started.  I needed an exercise to help students recognize that the work world is different.  I took 17 random shapes in a variety of colors and put them on an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper.  Then each group was given crayons.  One person from each group could come up and look at the paper for 30 seconds and draw for one minute.  This would happen 4 times.  On the third round I actually swapped out the drawing for something slightly different (shapes were moved and colors changed). The students all came up, looked at the page and tried to memorize it, and then went back to draw.  When we finished the time, I asked why no one had brought up their phone […] Continue reading