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Improv games to explore active learning
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Hi there
My twitter name is vivmcw - looks like I'm about to start following a whole bunch of cool improv people ;-)
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Viv
Hi Viv:
Story Exchange from Kat Koppet's book came to mind:
Overview: Participant exchange short stories from their lives. After exchanging stories, they cycle through a number of rounds in which they tell the stories they have just heard as if t...
First, form them into groups of three
Then give them a 5 minute quiz (include a puzzle in the quiz), perhaps matching popular TV shows/movies to active learning theorists
Then ask one person from each group to share their answers
I've found that t...
I know that's a tautology - improv games are about active learning. Nonetheless, I need your help (again!).
I'm working next week with 55 people from a number of different countries who generally transfer knowledge to others via a ppt presentatio...
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Chicago Conference Feedback - The Report
Hello everyone
Here is a slideshow report of the feedback from the Chicago Conference. It is based in an analysis I did. I'd be happy to receive your feedback :-) and if you'd like a copy of the raw data that includes all the comments etc, just drop me an email.
Cheers
Viv
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Here is a slideshow report of the feedback from the Chicago Conference. It is based in an analysis I did. I'd be happy to receive your feedback :-) and if you'd like a copy of the raw data that includes all the comments etc, just drop me an email.
Cheers
Viv
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Posted on November 19, 2008 at 2:59am — 13 Comments
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- At 9:22am on August 28, 2009,
Dave Pollard said…
- Thank you Viv. And thanks for being my Open Space teacher. I'm beginning to think about how Improv might be used to help activists.
- At 3:14am on September 13, 2008,
Elizabeth C. Tsai said… - Hello, Viv!
We met at WOSonOS in San Francisco, remember? I will be helping out at the Chinese Facilitator Conference in Oct. Taipei. Will see you then again. Looking forward to joining your sessions.
- At 1:31pm on January 13, 2008,
Cindy Tonkin said… - viv,
happy to, not sure how to join, but I'll ferret around a little and see.
c
- At 7:58am on December 28, 2007,
Joey Novick said… - Thanks, Viv. Happy 2008, and hope to see you in Chicago.
- At 9:54pm on November 29, 2007,
Heather Grace Hoglund said… - Thank you for posting the Open Space info. It's great! And pleasure meeting you.
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