Photo by Nils Geylen (retrieved on 15.10.2009)
Short description
Learn to express thoughts concisely.
Process description
- Participants are asked to send a fictional text message with 11 words to a person they know (school director, school board member, spouse, child, etc.) at the end of a meeting or after a session of a conference.
- The messages are then read aloud.
Required resources
- Paper
- Pencil
Examples
Positive atmosphere:
- Sharpened perception
- 5 days really learning by doing
- An intensive week with many experiences
- Doubts disappeared
- Model actually feasible
- Successful week
- Great methods
Feedback:
- Tiring discussion
- Extravagant claims
- Dreamers and malcontents
- Utter frustration
Comments
The restriction helps to concentrate on the most essential substance. Severe brevity of the form can generate linguistic creativity.
Reflection
CategoryMethopediaActivity PSI: http://psi.methopedia.eu/learning-activity/sms
