Hi all, I missed Jessica’s original call. An exercise that i like (with “design thinking” students) is role-playing the evaluators, rather than the activists.
Basically like this: — Ask the students, working in small groups, to scan a list of celebrated projects (such as the latest list of semifinalists from the Bucky Fuller Institute http://bfi.org/dymaxion-forum/2016/06/announcing-2016-fuller-challenge-semi-finalists) and develop a set of rubrics for how they would evaluate the success of these projects. — Introduce the standard evaluation logic model, for example as in the Kellogg Foundation 2004 Logic Model Development Guide ( https://www.wkkf.org/resource-directory/resource/2006/02/wk-kellogg-foundation-logic-model-development-guide ) — Ask them to again work in groups to apply both the rubric and the logic model to an evaluation of one chosen project, given the available online information and specifying when needed information is not available. — Discuss the project evaluations and compare the evaluation tools (rubrics and logic model). Cheers, Howard Silverman http://www.pnca.edu/faculty/meet/hsilverman On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 6:31 AM, Jessica Green <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear GEP-ed, > > Thanks so much for the excellent and creative suggestions for assignments > for an environmental activism class. I have attached a document with all > of the suggestions and their provenance, so you can contact anyone with > further questions. A special thanks to Timmons Roberts and Dave Ciplet for > sharing their extensive exercises, which look fantastic. I have not > included them in the attached doc, since Timmons already shared with the > group. > > This is really a great group and a great resource. > > All best, > Jessica > > -- > Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies > New York University > Author,* Rethinking Private Authority* > <http://press.princeton.edu/titles/10148.html> > Winner, 2015 ISA Sprout Award, 2015 APSA Caldwell Award, 2015 Levine Prize > Website <https://wp.nyu.edu/jessica_green/> > Advising page <https://goo.gl/Ty0H3E> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "gep-ed" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
