Presentation at MACUL 2013

1. What Would
DO IN YOUR CLASSROOM?
CHRIS SCOTT
@CSCOTTSY

3. 2500+ Miles
51 Hours
50 MPH

4. Scrum Inspired Education
• http://goo.gl/74lm7
• Google Group

5. Unveiling The Greatest Supercharged
Learning Device
• Ultra Portable, fits in your pocket
• Amazing Biodegradable technology
• Cheaper than $100 laptop promise
• No Need for IT Support
• Tactile interface
• Built in collaboration
• Safe for Students

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7. Somewhere Between

8. Students as Robots

9. Lord of the Flies

10. There are Self-Organizing Classrooms

11. IV E
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IN N N IE E M
P A B L
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C T P O O
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12. D A
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13. Scrum
A framework within which people
can address complex adaptive
problems, while productively and
creatively delivering products of the
highest possible value.

14. Scrum is a Learning
Framework
•Product development in the 21st
Century is a byproduct of rapid learning
and frequent feedback loops.
•Teams must inspect and adapt to a
changing and uncertain world.
•Adaptation is learning.

15. Hired!
You walk in
Google
ready!
The only learning framework that is
proven to be 21st
Century Ready.

17. 4 Columns
• Goals
• To Do
• In Progress
• Done

18. It’s About the Process

19. Form Teams
1

20. Goals
• What The Students Need To Know
• ‘Demonstrate the relationship between
Feudalism and Democratic Republic’

21. Tasks
• Bite-sized project chunks
• Write scene 1 script
• Film scene 1
• Edit scene 1

22. Tasks
• Increase Team Efficiency
• Communicate Work Plan
• Increase Transparency

23. Tasks
• Prioritized Top to Bottom
• Don’t Have to do All Tasks
• 3 parts -Break it into 3 Tasks
• Not Concrete

24. But What About Postits?
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25. Work In Progress
• Current Tasks In Progress

26. Done
• What is the Definition of Done?

27. Teacher-Leader
• Sets Outcomes
• Removes Obstacles
• Coaches/Facilitates
• Owns the ‘What’

28. Learning Teams (students)
• Self-Organizing
• Self-Mediating
• Self-Improving
• Owns the ‘How’
• Collaborative

29. Sprint
• Not Too Long
• Could Be Really Short
• Try 1-2hours
• Could be 15 minutes
• Or 3 days

30. What did I do yesterday?
What am I going to do
E 1
today?
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What problems do I have?
L E
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32. Reflection
overcommit
o big
k s to
tas
Circle Example
benched
Works, Grows, Talked it = missed
learning
out team
Questions, Knows
What Worked Where to Grow?
bench
rule
verify
smaller earlier
tasks
Questions Now We Know!

33. Live Demo
• 4 Volunteers
• Make a 1-Page Flyer Advertising MACUL
Features

34. Live Demo
• Make a 1-Page Flyer Advertising MACUL
Features
• Tasks: Travel Tips, MACUL Best Sessions,
Directions, etc.

35. agileschools@gmail.com
theagileschool.blogspot.com
John Miller
@agileschools
AgileSchools
cscottsy@gmail.com
Chris Scott www.cscottsy.com
@cscottsy