A question from Tom Evans: Have held discussions with leading experts in agile programming across St. Louis over the last year. The question I always come to that they cannot seem to answer is “how can we measure cooperation in agile teams?” Or more specifically, what is the metric with which you measure cooperation within [...]
Cooperation in Class: Part I Measuring cooperation is obvious and accurate with the EnTeam process. When playing EnTeam’s Talking Dominoes with a class of high school seniors, a lack of cooperation was witnessed by all students. In one group of four students, two were the “socially alpha” students, and two were the targets of bullying. [...]
September 11, 2001 was a tragic event for our nation. It left us with many questions about our role as a nation and a community. In response to the event, how did we react? Unfortunately, there was anti-Muslim rhetoric and fear mongering in the media shortly after the 11th of September. Not all responses were [...]
Working with just over 100 students from Ferguson, St. Louis City, and Webster Groves, Missouri, all parties involved knew there were underlying prejudices to be addressed. I am in the business of measuring cooperation. We bring diverse groups of people together in "Higher-Order Thinking Bowls" and help them learn to effectively accomplish tasks. When hosting [...]
Students love experiencing new views of their subjects. When they reach a new vantage point and find their footing (get comfortable with the process) they ask for more. Gamification and collaboration open the door to new perspectives and help students soar. How do we enjoy the experience and let students have fun without wasting valuable [...]
Einstein working at a messy desk EnTeam games are set up with multiple routes to the answer. Rather than a traditional lecture-based classroom format, EnTeam measures cooperation in collaborative games. Open-ended questions are asked of students that force them to innovate, strategize, assess their progress, and then try again. Here are some simple [...]
Moral discussions With sincerity, one teacher shouted “Let’s all set low standards!” in a recent professional development workshop. We were playing House of Cards, a simple, but powerful EnTeam concept game focused on creative thinking. Teammates are given index cards and instructed to build the tallest tower possible. EnTeam Organization measures the cooperative [...]