ABOUT MINI PROJECT WEEKConsidering Kin is a series of exhibitions and public programs exploring the myriad facets of kinship. The series appraises the prismatic potential of kinship as an intentional process, a mindful act of nurturing and restorative care that fosters feelings of belonging as we move through the world. Inherently inclusive, kinship is the enactment of empathy and respect for all living things. From this vantage point, kinship takes an array of forms. It is the connective tissue that establishes altruistic and dynamic connections with the natural world where humans interact with, rather than on, our more-than-human kin. It’s a path to reframing the concept of family by focusing not on relationships born of biology and blood, but on social bonds and alternative forms of belonging and community. It is our ability to acknowledge common cause and the mutuality of being, to see our future contained in the fate of others. The series features contemporary visual and performing artists who create works that approach kinship through an expansive lens and propose a range of possibilities for making, and being, better kin.
In Project Block groups, we will spend time with interdisciplinary thinking, looking at model projects, and beginning the ideation for a week-long project. AGENDAMini Project Week | Groups
12:05 - 12:10pm | TASK Reflection
12:150- 12:45pm | IDEATION Today is ideation for the week-long project, which will continue the exploration into the theme of "kin”. Do not hesitate to draw from experiences, questions, ideas already explored thus far. Document all thinking in the room, so that it can be revisited on a later date. Generate-Sort-Connect-Elaborate
12:45 - 12:55pm | TICKET OUT Before students leave the room, have each share one word that summarizes an anticipation, vision, or hope for the next week of developing the project.
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TODAY’S OBJECTIVE
Complete the project and to prepare for Exhibitions. Please see what can be done to make sure that each person is making a meaningful contribution to the project. Mini Project Week | Groups
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11:50-12:00 | Interdisciplinary Approach As your group is developing possible solutions to the problem, think about how you can bring this problem out into the community and take action. What would this look like as a service learning project? Great examples of projects that were interdisciplinary projects are:
Your Mini Project
12:00-12:30 | Brainstorm Roles What roles exist within your group? What needs to be done and what type of roles exist with this? If you are creating a dance, who are your experienced dancers who can choreograph the dance? How can you apply the skills of visual artists in your solution? How can the mindset of engineers be made valuable? How can creative writers be able to use language to their advantage in your solution? How do musicians influence the emotions of your audience? There may be a single product or a culmination of products into a single solution. A single product is not always the best solution for a problem. Example: Engineering teams typically take a team approach to their solutions. They attack a problem by using their strengths in individual teams such as business, marketing, CAD design, industrial design, and a core leadership group. Interdisciplinary teams can take similar approaches. 12:30-12:45 | Do Next Each person should claim what they will personally need to do today, first step. A student who has emerged as a leader in this mini-project should provide an overview of progress so far and help facilitate a projection for how time will be used today. Who will do what? For how long? What are your own expectations for quality? 12:45-2:45 | Creation Phase, Complete! Based on today's outcomes and intentions for today, create and carry out a plan for completing the project. Remember to balance the need to also prepare for an exhibition. There will be no time for planning tomorrow (Friday). ---> Someone from each Project Block group should email Molly ([email protected]) a short summary of the project and what you will need for your Exhibition: Space? Technology? EXHIBITION PLANNING (2:45-3:00) Mini-Project Exhibitions are tomorrow! Time: < 10 minutes (Do Not Exceed) Goal: An exhibition of learning communicates your group's ideas, question, process, and creative choices in order to engage the audience in a new way of thinking about the topic of "community." Include: - What is the problem/question that you are trying to solve or address? - Define your focus for the project. What is the solution or claim you are able to make, after doing research? - Share some of the research that influenced you. - Explain who is affected by your project. Also, try to connect it to what you know about the audience. - Explain how you arrived at your final project AND highlight the specific, intentional choices made to develop the project. **Bonus: If you are clever with communication and time-management, engage the audience in a thinking routine or feedback/response of some kind. Assign Roles for Exhibition! Practice! |
COURSE DESCRIPTIONProject Block focuses strongly on developing critical thinking and 21st century skills in students through project-based and experiential learning. Throughout the semester, students conduct research, synthesize information, write, revise, and create. Students have the opportunity to explore disciplines of interest as well as make a lasting impact on pressing issues affecting the community and the world at large. Exhibitions of Learning are the culmination of months of intensive thinking and making. DEADLINES
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