Step 4: Collaboration
Week 4 Checklist
- Check newlsetter email for week 4
- Watch launch video
- Listen to amazing podcast with LEGO ideas for math
- Complete Super Duck Build Challenge
- Complete Hyper Island Challenge
- Complete the Partner Baseplate Build Challenge
- Join the LEGO Exquisite Corpse Story Challenge
- Explore and share in Bonus Builds
- Celebrate and comment on others ideas(we all need some loving!)
Week 4: Collaboration
What is Collaboration?
COLLABORATION
Collaboration is working among and across personal and global networks to achieve common goals. It requires cultural competence and personal and civic responsibility in all environments. Collaboration also requires open and flexible approaches to leadership. Twenty-first century collaboration reflects:
- non-hierarchical leadership based on individual skill sets.
- respect for a complex process that requires individuals to contribute and participate in meaningful interactions.
- the belief that group synergy enhances productivity.
- understanding and application of effective group processes to solve problems.
- productive group interactions.
- respectful disagreement.
https://iowacore.gov/content/universal-constructs-essential-21st-century-success-0
Podcast with Brick Math
092: Purposeful Play with LEGO featuring Brick Math
Head to the shownotes for all link sand ideas.
Collaboration Challenge #1: Partner Build Super Duck
Ducked Together
Focus: to provide an experience to collaborate and co-create
Resources: Use LEGO duck kits or any LEGO kits you have created yourself. The key is that each person has same pieces.
Example Time
1 minute: Give instructions
3-4 minutes - Build Super Duck!
1-5 minutes - Discuss process and reflect
Instructions
1. Everyone needs a partner
2. Sit side by side with inside arm around chair of partner.
3. The pair will build a super duck using both kits and using only their outside hands.
Options
1. Have them build something besides a duck(see crab above)
2. Add rule of NO TALKING
3. Add rule of NO LOOKING!
4. One person only touch yellow bricks and the other only touches red bricks
Share Your Learning and Experience
All you have to do now is share the Grid with your students.
Your Flip Code is pplego and here is a direct link to the Grid:
Also, here is a direct link to this new Topic:
Collaboration Challenge #2: Hyper Island LEGO Challenge
LEGO Challenge
This one comes from Hyper Island Toolbox which is a wonderful website with many activities to enhance various topics.
https://toolbox.hyperisland.com/lego-challenge
This is a great little challenge to do with students and staff to discuss collaboration in the reflection process at the end.
The key with this is to come back full circle to real world situation. How can we take what we learned to enhance our school culture as a faculty? As a classroom?
Share Your Learning and Experience
All you have to do now is share the Grid with your students.
Your Flip Code is pplego and here is a direct link to the Grid:
Also, here is a direct link to this new Topic:
Collaboration Challenge #3: Partner Base Plate Challenge
Baseplate Build Challenge
Each of you will need a baseplate.
Your task is to work collaboratively to build a complete build using each baseplate. What you build is up to you!
How will you coordinate build elements across plates?
How will you coordinate the builds by stud?
What will you build?
How will you revise?
How can you document the build process?
Share Your Learning and Experience
All you have to do now is share the Grid with your students.
Your Flip Code is pplego and here is a direct link to the Grid:
Also, here is a direct link to this new Topic:
LEGO Exquisite Corpse Writing & Build Adventure
What is this?
I am using Rory's Story Cubes or the app to set the stage. I have rolled the dice and created the template for us to build together!
1. Each slide is a part of the story. A person(you) or a group will use the images rolled on the dice to tell the next part of the story.
2. Collectively we will write a story.
3. Collectively we will design build challenges for each chapter(slide).
4. Collectively we will build models and share!
Feel free to make a copy and use in your classroom and then share the result as well!
Check the slide notes for instructions!
Collaborate on Ideas
If you have an activity that others could benefit from, then please let me know so I can add it here to this section for us to learn together!
Bonus Ideas
School Wide Build Challenge
- I cannot believe this was done 5 years ago! I remember it like yesterday. Here is something I did at my middle school called School Wide Build Challenge
- LEGO City School Wide Building Challenge https://wp.me/p4covo-LY
- Schoolwide LEGO World Building Challenge Update https://wp.me/p4covo-Nb
- Schoolwide LEGO World build challenge update! https://wp.me/p4covo-OT
- Team Building Idea from LEGO Serious Play - http://seriousplaypro.com/2014/09/11/team-building-activities-with-lego-bricks/
- LEGO Homestead Challenge - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/lego-challenge-30-minutes-meaningful-fun-kickoff-digital-t-j-cook/
Connect With Others
Besides the awesome sharing taking place on Flipgrid and Google Slides, we also need a place to communicate and chat.
Don't forget to head over to this page where you can join our Twitter hashtag, Facebook Group, Google Photo Album and more.
Let's stay connected to empower one another