Today wasn’t so much about creating, but instead taking a beta product and testing it with audience. The product? A school assignment, the audience? High school kids of course.
Here’s the plan, 4 weeks to create a radio based skit that will be lived streamed online in the final week. The steaks are high, and that was evident wand written across the faces of the students when I proposed that we would actually stream this live, as opposed to just making make believe.
21st century schooling should be about creating and testing ideas. This class is going to have a formal plan and test around the idea of creating a one off radio skit show. There is nothing to loose & everything to gain. One student in his business management class wants to start a clothing company, three designs. The time hasn’t been easier. I for one am cheering him on with his endeavour. A friends 18 year old daughter who loves to tinker in the kitchen, like a man tinkers in the shed on a project, she wants to create a business in that area. (That one I have no idea about, t shirts I get, food sounds hard to start small).
Let’s see where these fresh ideas go.