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Update: Purdue Polytechnic High School
Today we wrapped up our 8th and final Strategic Doing coaching session with the incredible faculty of the Purdue Polytechnic HS. We have been giving the faculty guidance on how to teach the deep skills of collaboration. Mistakenly, most people think of collaboration as a “thing”. It’s actually a complex process the involves ten shared skills.…
Read MoreTeaching Collaboration in Middle School: New Role Playing Game
Our Agile Strategy Lab, where our work is centered at Purdue, is emerging as a global leader in the Science of Collaboration. Today we began exploring how Strategic Doing can help middle and high school students learn to collaborate. We co-created a new role playing game with novelist Noah Knox Marshall and had students play it for…
Read MoreLunch and Learns at the Purdue Polytechnic High School
Today we kicked off an 8-week series of lunch and learns with the faculty of the Purdue Polytechnic High School in Indianapolis. We’re using Strategic Doing to help them learn to increase the productivity of their internal and external collaborations and to teach their students the deep skills of collaboration as well. Scott Hutcheson is…
Read MoreTeaching the Deep Skills of Collaboration in Middle School
In a few weeks, we will be beta testing an exciting new version of Strategic Doing: The Game. It is designed in partnership with young adult novelist Noah Knox Marshall. Ubuntu will teach middle-school students the deep skills of collaboration in the context of STEM. You can learn more about the adventures of Dax Zander from…
Read MorePurdue University Agile Strategy Lab Collaborating with Novelist Noah Knox Marshall
Purdue University’s Agile Strategy Lab is partnering with novelist Noah Knox Marshall to create a set of curricular resources to help middle school-age students learn the deep skills of collaboration needed to address complex technical and social challenges. Marshall is the author of the Dax Zander: Sea Patrol anthology, a nine-book series that begins with…
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