Innovate! Socially. Week II (11/28)
DO NOW: MentorPlace: what does social innovation mean to you? Explain your current project to your mentor and mentors respond with their own ideas regarding social innovation.Write your response to your mentor at
http://ibm.mentorplace.epals.org/ (You have until 9:00 to complete this. Any remaining work is HOMEWORK.)
WPL Agenda:
Part I: Choose your roles! (10 minutes)
The entire class period today will be dedicated to researching your innovator and beginning your project.
The first thing you should do is choose people within your group to take on certain roles:
Note-taker/recorder:
takes
notes and completes any writing part of the assignment (with input
from ALL group members)
Facilitator:
keeps the project moving by managing time, reading directions and
keeping group members on task (also makes sure each member's voice is
heard)
Process-observer:
takes
note of how the group is interacting with each other and notices what
strategies are working for the group and if any issues come up
Active
listener:
makes eye contact, observes each member of the group, brainstorms
ideas to help with the project and respectfully tells them to the
group
Part II: Complete the following guide using research that you did for homework. Be sure that your group's recorder writes or types the information you find and also records the websites where you find information. (90 minutes)
GROUP
NAME:______________________________________________________________
House
X Project Presentation Date: December 19, 2012
House
Y Project Presentation Date: December 12, 2012
Assignment:
Biographical Sketch & Presentation of Achievement
Objective:
Students will present a major innovative achievement of their social
innovator and explain the process for achieving it.
Who
have you chosen as the innovator you want to research and explore?
Jeff Skoll- Skoll Foundations
Neil Blumenthal- Warby Parker
Founders of D.Light – Sam Goldman &
Ned Tozun- D. Light
Jacqueline Novogratz-Acumen Fund
Rachael Chong – Catchafire
Biz Stone – Twitter and Obvious
Muhammad Yunus- Gramean Bank
Jessamyn Waldman - Hot Bread Kitchen
OR EXPLORE THE FELLOWS ON ECHOING GREEN
http://www.echoinggreen.org//
TASK
Each
group will complete a biographical sketch of their chosen innovator,
including background, challenges and successes. In addition, choose
one project or effort that you think is the most
significant achievement
by this person. After completing this sketch, groups will begin to
use the information to create a presentation. Each group will choose
one innovation to concentrate on--this can be an organization, a
movement, or a product for which the person is known.
Groups
will submit power point presentations on the process of the selected
achievement, including a timeline, challenges, needed inputs and the
final outcomes.
Guiding
Question for your presentation:
What
does it take to create something that has an impact?
Why
is this important?
How
does it have effects beyond the immediate?
Groups
should choose one or two main reasons why this achievement matters.
We can ask students to present this or simply submit slides as the
final product. Its important that all students are contributing to
the content of this, rather than concentrating only on technology or
powerpoint.
Groupwork:
powerpoint, most important achievement and why
-what
resources were available/used (e.g. University research help, money,
team, etc)
-what
obstacles were faced in trying to realize the achievement?
-what
was the biggest outcome of the project? What changed as a result?
(e.g. New forum for black rep in media (BET), new
--finally,
as a group: why does it matter? What happened as a result of the
achievement that makes it important to us today?
Biographical
Sketch and Presentation Format
I.
Introduction
·
Define “innovation” and what aspect
of innovation you will
focus
on with the subject of your project
·
Give pedigree information for your
innovator (full name, place of birth, where
living
when the innovation was conceived, age (or age
range)
at the time of the innovative breakthrough)
·
Short review of the subject – where
has she or he paid his or
her
dues in the field of the innovation?
·
Attention-grabbing summary of what they
did and why it was
impactful
II.
Motivating
Factors and Background Information
·
Highlight what piqued (stimulated) the
innovators interest in the
field
of the innovation
·
What social factors, if any,
contributed – gender, race,
socioeconomic
condition, etc.
·
Which mentors or forerunners, if any,
contributed to the
accomplishment(s)?
·
What was it that he or she discovered
or perfected that
achieved
the breakthrough?
·
How much failure, setback and
discouragement, if any, did he
or
she have to endure? Explain. If so, who or what offered
the
support that had him or her keep at it?
III.
Impact
·
What is the single most important
contribution of the subject of
your
project? Why?
·
List any impact attributable to the
gender or race of the
innovator.
·
How widespread is the impact? Explain.
·
How different would the world be
without it? Explain
IV.
Conclusion
·
How important is the innovation today?
Explain.
·
Has it paved the way for subsequent
innovations (ones that
came
after)?
·
What is being identified as the
innovation’s next step?
·
What can you or your group see as being
the next step
The
information above should be typed out (outline format is fine), and
also presented in a powerpoint or prezi presentation. (don't know
what prezi is? Check it out! Go to prezi.com and click “create”)
Homework:
Depending on how far along students have gotten on their project,
they can continue to work on their presentation and gathering
information over the course of the week
