You+CAN+do+it!

21st Century Learning: You **// CAN //** do it!* Step One, NOTICE when you have questions about anything, and RECORD the questions somehow.

Step Two, DIVIDE into groups, about 3-5 people per can. Each person in the group has to CONTRIBUTE: DECIDE what that means. Is writing contributing? Talking? Is listening contributing? You FIGURE it out.

Step Three, FOLLOW the instructions for your can. SEE if you can DISCOVER where the instructions are. GET HELP FROM SOMEONE if you can’t find the instructions. SHARE if someone asks you for help. DECIDE if you will or will not SHARE with other groups.

Step Four, At this point, every can has a few cards in it. Every card has one word on it. What happens next?

ORDER the cans from number 1 to 7 in a place where everyone can see them and READ the following out loud in a strong voice: Fill in the blanks by taking a card from can 1 for blank 1, can 2 for blank 2, and so forth up to 7. RECORD the phrase that is GENERATED. (preferably in a file that you can email to me later!)
 * // “Twenty First Century Learning is //**** (1) //ideas to help// (2) (3) (4) //all that// (5) //matters to// (6) (7)//.”// **

Step Five,
DISCUSS the following three questions CONNECTED to each phrase that is GENERATED : 1- Does the phrase MAKE SENSE in English? …and if it doesn’t make sense, then our job is to MAKE IT make sense. We’ll need to TRANSLATE a bit. 2- Is the TRANSLATED phrase LOGICAL, and does it REFLECT something accurate, novel, or apt about 21st Century Learning? 3- Does the competed phrase represent NEW IDEAS or NEW THINKING ABOUT OLD IDEAS in any way?

//Oh- there is no step six, unless you// INVENT //it.//


 * for those inclined, this is a lesson mostly in synectics (syn-EC-tics). I made this cans thing up all by myself. As part of my wiki, it is covered with a creative commons license. Share, mash up or adapt this any way you want, but attribute the origin of your idea to me. SHARING ideas for free is also a 21st C thing. Has anyone got a THEORY on why some words are in all caps? You could comment in the discussion tab at the top of the page!