Engage+Sample

// Team Building, Documentation, Reflection //
 * Introduction**

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 * Team Building Activities**
 * paper towers
 * Marbles - the Brain Store (great resource for brain/teamwork games)
 * Snatch It!
 * Team Building/Problem-Solving/Communication Activities
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 * Reflection Prompts:
 * What strengths did you bring to the challenge?
 * What strengths did each member of the team bring to the challenge?
 * What strengths would YOU look for if given the opportunity to design your own team?
 * In what ways did you communicate with your teammates?
 * How did the use or absence of language help or hinder your team's progress?
 * Would technology have helped your team solve the challenge? If so, what tools and how?
 * In what ways did you support and encourage your team members?
 * What interpersonal challenges did you encounter? What strategies did you and your team use to work through them?
 * What did you find most difficult about working through this challenge?


 * Projects**
 * 1) ====**Virtual Bridge Simulation/West Point Bridge Designer**====
 * **Goals**:
 * single iteration
 * 1 reflection
 * teamwork - //"How did you and your partner make decisions during this challenge?"//
 * **Group:** in pairs
 * **Challenge**: design a virtual bridge for the least cost and most strength
 * **Time:** 2-3 Class sessions
 * **Lesson Plan** - Virtual Bridge lesson plan
 * 1) ======Craft Stick Bridge Building======
 * ======Goals:Group: in pairs (remain w/ same partner from simulation, swap out, or work in threes?)======
 * photo & text documentation
 * single iteration
 * 2 reflections
 * teamwork - //How did you & your partner blend your individual ideas to come up with a bridge design?//
 * documentation process -
 * ======Challenge: using up to 50 craft sticks, design a bridge that will support a predetermined weight======
 * ======Time: 2-3 Class sessions======
 * ======Lesson Plan - craft stick bridge building lesson plan======
 * 1) ======Can Racers======
 * Goals:
 * video documentation
 * wiki discussion of first iteration
 * 2 iterations
 * 2 reflections
 * teamwork - //What does a team that works well together look AND sound like?//
 * learning from others documentation - How did the opportunity to look at, study & ask questions about other team's designs make a difference to your group's process? How did it make a difference to your project?
 * Challenge: working as a team of 3-4, design a metal can racer that can reach the 3 meter mark the fastest, while staying within the track boundaries
 * Time:
 * Lesson Plan -
 * 1) ======Egg Drop======
 * ======Goals:Challenge: working as a team of 3-4, design the smallest and lightest egg safety device that will protect your egg when it is dropped from a height of x meters to a hard floor marked with a target.======
 * photo, text, video or audio documentation, as needed
 * 2 iterations
 * 2 reflections
 * teamwork - //What does a team that is working well together look AND sound like?//
 * thoughts on multimodal documentation -
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 * 1) ====**Cricket Discovery**====
 * Goals:
 * tutorials & tinkering
 * explore & share
 * Group:
 * Challenge(s):
 * Initial Cricket Challenge (2-3 more concrete)-see placemats
 * Open Challenge: wiki-like
 * Team-to-Class Creations - teams build separately to interact with whole class
 * Time:
 * Team-to-Class Creations - teams build separately to interact with whole class
 * Time: