Friday and Saturday we moved from talking to making. Since a major part of the Knight-Mozilla Fellowships is for the fellows to feel free to experiment, create, and try new things, we wanted to give ample space and time for exactly that. We only had one rule for the hack weekend: No solo endeavorsвІЂЂЂthe fellows had to work together on stuff. And they did, in small pairs, in larger groups, and in whole-room ideation, it was amazing to watch a group of near-strangers coalesce into a community of peers, of friends, and of collaborators.
Annabel Church shows what sheвІЂЂЂs been up to on Saturday night
Fellowship 101вІ on day one, where we also had and from our 2012 class and representatives from some of the newsrooms that hosting fellows this year on hand to be able to answer questions about the fellowships from many angles. Day two we decamped to the , where friends from the lead sessions on the fundamentals of . In order to start our fellowsвІЂЂЂ year off with a good grounding in how to observe need inside the newsroom, they then took what they learned and performed need-finding interviews with Globe staffers. The insights they gained through those conversations continued to resonate throughout the rest of our time together.
The first two days were heavy on talking. It was вІ
In planning the week, we knew we wanted to hit a good balance gaining shared experience and knowledge and giving everyone the freedom to hack together. We had stuff we needed them to know (how to file an expense report, for instance), stuff we wanted them to learn (how to feel comfortable really diving into need finding in the newsroom), and stuff we hoped would happen (theyвІЂЂЂd realize just how valuable each one of them is to each other). And we had four days to do it.
We decided on the Media Lab because itвІЂЂЂs a place thatвІЂЂЂs filled with the exact spirit of experimentation that we wanted to kick the year off with, and thankfully our friends at the were able to give us a great spot off the central atrium to set up camp.
IвІЂЂЂm still reeling from the amazingness that was the 2013 Knight-Mozilla Fellowship Onramping we held at the two weeks ago. are different than many because spend most of their time apartвІЂЂЂtheyвІЂЂЂre embedded in their host news organizations, working alongside reporters and newsroom developersвІЂЂЂso we wanted to make sure that before they got swept up in the hustle of the newsroom, that they first learned more about each other and start to etch pathways of collaboration that will deepen over the course of the year.
This is re-posted from IridescentвІЂЂЂs blog and was written by Kevin Miklasz, Director of Digital Curriculum at Iridescent. This is the first in a series of posts weвІЂЂЂll share here on the topic of digital badges in education. Badges are вІV
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