"Ok, go ahead and brainstorm X number of ideas...." I have said this, I venture to guess that if you are reading this then you too have said this. I have also been the person at the receiving end of this request thinking sarcastically "if only it were that easy". As educators it is fair that we ask students to develop a plan or to brainstorm however it is not fair to reason that unlike every other skill that we ask our students to demonstrate that brainstorming is somehow exempt from scaffolding. So here are some resources to utilize when brainstorming:
Brainstorming Rules:
- One conversation at a time
- Quantity over quality at this point
- Headline
- Build on other's ideas
- Encourage wild ideas
- Be visual
- Stay on topic
- Defer judgement- no blocking
Source: Link to the d school @ Stanford
*The d school brought us the Design Thinking process and has may great resources available for educators, while you are browsing check this out...
Graphic Organizers: I am a big fan of graphic organizers and list making in order to generate ideas. The following is a series of graphic organizers that I have used to introduce an entrepreneurial unit during which the students will be asked to create a service or product to address a need within the community.
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