Today was a day of discovery, learning, and exploring all of the areas one could pursue in the realm of social thinking. But of course, this could not happen successfully and positively without first determining our group norms of collaboration. Our discussion around the norms of collaboration was very important, and we all quickly agreed on three main norms important for success. Firstly we identified "pay attention to self and others". With such a big working group, this one was important.
In a PLC group it is important to give everyone a chance to share their thoughts, ideas, and hopes for the group. We want to avoid one person providing information, while others listen. "Paraphrase" was another norm everyone felt was of value to our group. Again, with such a large group and such a broad topic we felt it was important to paraphrase to ensure everyone be on the same page. Finally, we agreed on "putting ideas on the table". Again, with such a large topic we felt it would be important to brainstorm all of our ideas, which will in turn help us to narrow in on something specific, acheivable, and measurable. We may stay as one big group, or we may branch off into smaller working groups.
After discussing our norms of collaboration, we explored the realm of social thinking. For some it was review, for some it was new. Today was just a starting off point, a day to openly discuss "what is social thinking anyways?", "where can we go with this?", "what are some of our options?"...May the discussion go on!
Morgan
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