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Learning with LegoM.J. D’Elia : Creative Making : Toronto 2013

Lego Serious Playtheory

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Lego Serious Play

“a facilitated thinking, communication and problem solving technique”

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LSP 101• Expertise exists in the room• Everyone can contribute• Surface ideas AND plan for action• Constructionism (Papert)• “Thinking through your fingers”

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four stages• I present a build challenge• You build your model• You tell your story to the group• We ask questions and reflect

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three challenges• Tower• Explain this!• Three tries

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towerbuild

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tower: part I (instructions)

• Start with the black base plate• Build a tower–Do not mix or trade the pieces

• Time: 3 minutes

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tower: part II (instructions)

• Make a small change to your tower so that it tells a story about you– Where you work…– Where you live…– What you do…– One of your strengths…

• Time: 3 minutes

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tower: part II (share)

• Get in groups of three• Explain your tower to your group • Time: 5 minutes

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explain this!build

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explain this! (instructions)

• Select 15-20 pieces• Build an interesting structure• Time: 3 minutes

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explain this! (share)

• Get in groups of three–Partner ‘A’ + ‘B’ + ‘C’

• Explain your structure–Use a topic from the next slide

• Time: 5 minutes

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list “A” (explain this!)

• Photography• Nutrition• The circus• Electric vehicles• Moon excavation

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list “B” (explain this!)

• Military• Deep sea fishing• Comics• Mexican food• An emergency

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list “C” (explain this!)

• Monday mornings• Organic farming• Funding cutbacks• A crime scene• Happiness

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three triesbuild

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three tries (instructions)

• Three successive builds–Explain your structure each time

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three tries (scenario)

ACME Sleds manufactures high quality sleds and toboggans. You are the lead designer for their 2014 Super Sled Racer.

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three tries (challenge #1)

• Build the 2014 Super Sled Racer–Use the Lego mini-fig (the Lego dude)–Use the black platform

• Time: 3 minutes

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three tries (challenge #1)

• Explain the features of your sled• Time: 2 minutes

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good newsgreat reviews

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bad newsaccidents

three tries (challenge #2)

• Build a winter-related product–Do NOT use the black platform

• Time: 3 minutes

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three tries (challenge #2)

• Explain your winter-related product• Time: 2 minutes

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good newsrecord sales

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bad newsglobal

warming

three tries (challenge #3)

• Build anything you can sell–Use any part of your inventory–You CAN use the black platform again

• Time: 3 minutes

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three tries (challenge #3)

• Explain your new invention• Time: 2 minutes

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three tries (debrief)

• Which of the three builds was easiest for you? Why?–Sled–Winter product–Any product

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three tries (debrief)

• Sled = many constraints• Winter product = fewer constraints• Any product = no constraints

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Lego Serious Playwrap up

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Wrap up• Make abstract concepts tangible–Prototype ideas (with bricks)–Communicate (via stories)

• Laugh

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Thank you!M.J. D’Elia@mjdeliamdelia@uoguelph.ca University of Guelph

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