Team Kickoff Meeting

[DonRotolo]

Originally Posted by Oblarg

Making sure that the more reserved people speak their minds is difficult, but will have far better results.

100% agreed. We actually give each person present a chance to speak by going in order around the room, perhaps 3-5 times over the course of a few hours. Some kids say "I have nothing to add that hasn't been said", OK, but speak now or forever hold your peace...

We do vote on the capabilities, and generally the most votes wins, but for ties and near ties we may shelve that choice for a day and revisit it.

Human Game: The kids have some rules, they need to think carefully about being a robot and understand the capabilities the "have". Need to keep it realistic. We use anything for game pieces, including imagination. Most kids are watching, six kids who 'get it' are playing as robots. Every game there is an organized debrief.