Cultural and historical outing: see it for real
History happened somewhere. History is written with tools and materials in a context. Associative memory works with physical anchors, which is why it's a good idea to go and see, to feel artifacts or copies of them, or to re-enact situations. Sometimes, history is actually being written. There's no shortage of possibilities: thousands of them. Let's get inspired!
Visual metaphor in graphic facililtation
Graphic facilitation is a group of techniques that bring out ideas and cohesion through a mix of visuals and expressions. Images play an important role. Here's a non-exhaustive panorama of the most common techniques for producing images that are all the more telling for taking a detour.
Discovering traditional practices in the Internet age
The qualities of industrial products are pushed to the limit of perfection, beyond what a human being can achieve physically or economically. The "catch" is that if the craftsman can't achieve it, no one can but a machine.
Hence the renewed interest in craftsmanship and raw materials... will it make it into the classroom?
The Viewpoints method
Contemporary improvisation methods are full of ideas for learning and developing collective body intelligence skills.
Sanjit Bunker Roy: Crossing distances, all distances, in education.
"The basic idea is to use local knowledge before resorting to outside expertise".