Greetings Michael ~
I LOVED the idea of balloons..... the idea is making it's way around the Fairbanks OST community as we speak.....
I'm curious about how you keep planning meetings interesting for people from ages 6 - 106. Please enlighten me!
Julie
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From: "Pannwitz, Michael M" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, May 6, 2003 8:56 am Subject: Re: OS with kids - please advice > Dear Julie,> a planning meeting is a wonderful opportunity to mimic the
> composition of the open space with the idea to have "the whole
> system" together.
> So I get them all together and certainly not seperately...getting
> everyone into the planning mode sets the stage for the way the os
> will run.
> What emerges from my experience is that leadership pops up (everyone
> shares in it) out of the interplay of passion and responsibility.
> Having a planning session with everyone will create the structure
> (not us facilitators structuring.
> peace
> mmp
>
>
> On Tue, 6 May 2003 08:14:32 -0800, Julie Smith wrote:
>
> >I wonder if it would help to look more deeply at how we structure the
> >planning for an OST with children and youth. I'm thinking it
> might be
> >helpful to think in terms of multiple sponsors, all of whom need
> >attention and input before the event. I think I might even meet with
> >them separately in three groups: the adults, the youth (12 - 18), and
> >the children (6 - 11).
> >
> >If a particular group identified a particular need (like art or
> music),>then they would also have the opportunity to identify how
> to get that
> >need met. (And I'll bet the adults would be surprised and
> enchanted by
> >the new ideas that would emerge.) Passion bounded by responsibility
> >would start in the planning, setting the stage for even greater
> >responsibility and deeper learning during the event itself.
> >
> >These are just my ruminations..... I haven't ever tried it this
> way with
> >people under the age of 12.
> >
> >Julie
>
>
>
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