Campfire Sketchnotes

Type of strategy: Brainstorming and DiscussionOpeners & Get to Know You
Intended Audience: StudentsTeachers
Great protocol for an opener or discussion starter. From @kristenswanson.
Directions:
Depending on your group size, this strategy can be used whole group or in smaller groups. In a whole group situation, you can use an available white board and for smaller groups, use chart paper. Have plenty of markers on hand (either dry erase or regular).
- Give participants a prompt related to your workshop topic or some other discussion starter. The first person draws a sketch (can be one symbol/icon or several) that represents their thinking on that particular topic and tells a one-minute story to go along with it.
- The next person's sketch and story must connect to the previous person's who just went.
- Continue in this fashion until everyone in the group has had a turn to sketch and tell a story.
- You will then have a web of symbols and sketches about all the stories!
- Point out any themes or trends from all the sketchnotes to summarize the discussion.
Submitted by: Melissa Lim