Thursday, January 28, 2010

Getting things moving

We've got nine more classes to go......
....... and the thought of having to sit still through all of that doesn't appeal to me at all.   Led me to pondering what other ways the MG folks could help us learn all this good gardening stuff, while getting us off our duffs and moving around a bit more.  Here are some ideas...... can you think of others?
  • GETTING TO KNOW YOU..... great for first few weeks of class. Distribute Question and Answer cards among the team (ensuring that no one person gets both the Q and the corresponding A cards).   We then meet and mingle with our team mates until we find the right answer pairing.  Keep going until all cards are paired off.  
  • TEAM UP.... get some interaction and competition going between the tables..... give each table a set of reference books on a given subject and a crossword puzzle to solve.  First team to finish gets a reward. 
  • CROSS TEAM NETWORKING..... get teams meeting each other.  Pair the tables up and have us complete an activity on a given topic.  Rotate tables in subsequent weeks to encourage more networking.
  • TREASURE HUNTS..... walk around the grounds discovering information/answering questions/performing tasks.
  • LIBRARY LOOK-UP..... give us a list of questions and have us go into the library to find the answers.
  • ROLE PLAY. Pair us off with practice questions on a given topic.... see how we handle the pressure.
  • JEOPARDY - MG STYLE. I'll take Hybrids for $200 please!

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