CrossTerms

Collaborating Across a System: Nobody succeeds until everyone succeeds in this specialized learning activity

Size

Small Group, Medium Group

Equipment

Minimal Equipment - Sets of Bananagrams® and word lists, which can be topic-specific and generated by the players prior to starting the activity.

Time

One Hour

Summary

Team members must learn to look beyond their own immediate team needs to consider whether or not other elements of the system of which they are a part require support and/or assistance.

Contact

For more information about how to utilize games, low-fidelity simulation, and interactive learning to teach concepts of teamwork and collaboration, contact Better.Teams@rosalindfranklin.edu

Related Tags

accountability, bananagram, choice, collaboration, common goal, communication, crossterms, low barrier, mutual support, outcomes, puzzles, scrabble tiles, situation monitoring, situational leadership, teams and teamwork, urgency, values and ethics