Graffiti (G)

Description

Graffiti is a creative brainstorming process that involves collecting the wisdom of all or most of the students in the class. It is a cooperative learning tactic that encourages groups to rotate around a series of recorded ideas or issues. It can be used a preparation or a follow up activity.

Procedure

You may wish to begin by introducing the concept of Graffiti; it helps make the process more meaningful for students

Place students into groups of three or four and provide a large sheet of paper (station) for each group. Each piece of paper has a topic/question in the middle (it can be same or different for each group).

Students get a reasonable amount of Wait Time to think

Then a specified amount of Record Time to write down their answers on the sheet

Then the group stands up and goes to another station and adds their information to the information already there. They should NOT add info already there. Duplication is irrelevant, and often can simply indicate that info is important. The process continues until all groups have visited all stations

When they return, they now have the collective wisdom of the class. Ask groups to tick any ideas they agree with, place a question mark ? next to those that need clarification and a lightning bolt next to inappropriate solutions.

Link to Outcomes

Students participate in creative activity of their own and understand and engage with the artistic, cultural and intellectual work of others.

Dynamic Strategies

Think/Clarification

Tips

Consider giving each group different coloured pens. When inappropriate comments happen, it is easier to trace.

Adapted from Beyond Monet The Artful Science of Instructional Intelligence, Barrie Bennett & Carol Rolheiser

Graffiti (G)