Thursday, February 06, 2025

Cloud of knowing

Came up with a fun new twist on the "what is religion?" brainstorm cloud. At the end of last class, students coughed up terms you might use in a definition, generously written on the whiteboard by another student as one word sparked another, and another, and... Students often take a picture of the word cloud as if it were something final or complete. This time I took a picture and printed out for the class' next session, with a task: circle six terms, cross six more out, add up to three, and then come up with a working definition.

The resulting definitions, which I had people read aloud twice, resonated and overlapped and complemented each other in what felt like a really productive way. The resulting working definitions? They're still work in progress!