Post on 28-Nov-2014
description
Traversing the terrain: Developing a personal approach to classroom
improvisation
Disclaimer:
Improvisation is:“the spontaneous selection and
combination of pieces of information to create a unique and effective
communication”
What it’s not
The widest definition
Model: A map of the terrain
Orienteering:
“a family of sports that requires navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain”
Recognition: strictures & expectations
Goal: focus, flow, attention, energy
Ethos: the zone
venues and clienteles
scope and amplitude
Learning styles
Needs:•focus & attention•the “present moment”•detail•wide-angle” & “zoomed-in” perspectives•consciousness:
shape/space/stance/breath/time/energy
Tools:•prompts•mnemonics•timelines•keywords•checklists•verbal formulae•vocabulary•physical cues•weaning from the linear narrative
Sources:•rhetoric•models•verbal poetry•comedy•theater•presentation technique•other communicative forms
Examples/exercises
A Formula•Critique•Experiment•Drill•Synthesis•Refinement•Repetition
I. Mapping exercise1. word-association2. movement3. graphic representation
II. Connotative exercise1. topic2. “student” responses3. adjectival & connotative call-and-
response
Disclaimer:Find your OWN way.