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Main Contact: Sarah Morris • Had got in touch with Lynn Casper from Hive NYC who gave her high level information about Hive • follow up call on Friday March 13
Also Patricia Fowler reached out via general Hive email on March 12 interested in starting a Hive in Austin. She's a former classroom teacher, and has worked in Ed Tech for the past 12 years. (also a certified project manager.) @simonaramkisson to reach out, connect with Sarah
Both Sarah and Patricia joined the March 2015 Hive Global Community Call and I am still waiting for the Hive Interest Form. From our initial conversation, they both have teams that they would like to incorporate into the work of bringing the model to the city. I suggested a face to face meeting to introduce everyone.
Made an introduction to Robert who will be in Austin on April 5-6, would be a good opportunity to give them a deeper look into Hive.
Notes from Emily/Sarah from meeting with Robert on April 5, 2015:
Hive Advisory Committee, then Hive Network
Professional Learning Community
Build the narrative Teacher Mill
Robert Putman - social research advisor to presidents at Harvard, Bowling Alone - Our Kids
Youth serving second
University of Chicago - Game Changer Chicago - Sexual Health and Wellness curriculum, gamification experience
Outreach/Science Background through University 8-12th grade
Developing educators/entrepreneurs/ed tech in out of school time
Hive Chicago is a program of Mozilla
Cities Learning - Not a community, an initiative
Fundamental pressure - omnignorant http://www.omnignorant.com/ http://www.omnignorant.com/2015/03/a-member-driven-network-research-data-feedback-for-2015/
Push member driven piece Advisory piece too focused on a specific time piece 6 advisory committee members $1k every six months
Diversity of perspective The Wisdom of Crowds
In Chi - money was a problem, becomes a crutch (lip service to connected learning - project supported executed, one off, never happened again, lots of special interest projects, slick pitches,
What is the network doing - after 3-4 years, what was happening collaboration doesn't build pathways necessarily
9-noon monthly meetups, teachers can't come - may not want teachers to come, set up separate settings for teachers Teachers - system is broken, no one person's fault, cultural shift about what education looks like What we are exploring is outside of the school system, and hard to integrate into the classrooms Learning is happening outside of the classroom - shifts the classroom when that can be demonstrated. Teachers need support, and when we have programs that are supportive, they are welcome District leadership, just starting to attend
What is the appropriate position for District and Civic involvement
Highly regular (3rd Thursday or every month) 45 minutes open breakfast, mixer, open programming 1/2 hour 45 minutes Hive Leadership covering agenda items - feedback through a survey, funding, travel opportunities, guest speakers, etc. Quick Share-Outs Public Library setting Hour and a half, unstructured working group time
WHAT ARE YOUR DREAM FORMATS? WHAT WORKS WHAT DOESNT?
Answer to: Why are we doing this? is: Oh yeah, okay, I get it Hive leadership has map, pointing the way, but members are driving
Participatory membership - connects to funds (some members are perfect, some members you've never seen since filling out the application) Membership for orgs, membership for individuals, nonmembers (allies of the hive is nonmember) Hive members individuals, around 400 individuals, sent out, gone to meetups, apply - nonmembers who have earned the badge (example: travel opportunity). Tracking, participation, etc.
Member orgs come to 6/12 meetups per year
3 staff in Chicago
Digital Literacy
Problem Solving solutions, not just workshops: Blogs/RSS for events Wagglers - Transportation Youth Rideshare Self sustaining, real issues/real solutions
Boots on the ground, day to day, what are the challenges that get in the way to meeting these goals:
Moonshots - Six categories of activities/Affinity Groups
Move from aspirational goals to something achievable
What are the goals and challenges - very member driven process -
Notes from Robert from meeting:
FYI, she said she did the form, but later admitted that it might have been a Cities of Learning form instead.
I think I made a strong case for Hive being a community of learning professionals dedicated to transforming the learning landscape and that Cities of Learning was an important initiative to build some of the scaffolding and framework for a connected landscape through badges. Most of the conversation focused on the mechanics for growth and sustaining engagement we've implemented in Chicago.
The value add of either Hive and COL was not immediately apparent to them, i.e. why they would sign up rather than just do their own thing. I guess I kinda said that they should do their own thing and that this didn't in any way prevent them from joining the global Hive movement as well.
Either way, they have a long road ahead.
Pinging @omnignorant so he can follow this thread
Decision Maker - @chrislarry33 Driver/Owner - @simonaramkisson Consulted - @ldecoursy Informed- @mcdermott415