DIGITAL - Agile and Lean Education
This Week’s Software
We will be using Lucidchart for one of the activities in this week’s session. If you want to take a look at this tool in advance, please take a look at the resources on this web page:
We will also be using Trello. The getting started guide can be found at:
View the video 'Lean Education, which discusses how lean concepts from manufacturing and the software industry might be applied to education.
What was the most challenging idea?
- Muda (waste) and identifying what is waste and what is valuable to my learning system.
What idea could you most easily use in your practice?
Lean Production
According to Barney and Kirby (2004), educators can learn from lean production the importance of empowering teachers by training them to problem-solve and then expecting them to be self-reflective and to continuously improve their practice.
Kanban
One of the ideas that has been taken from Lean Production by agile practitioners is Kanban - which means 'visual card' in Japanese.
For an example of how Kanban boards can be used to help children plan, see Princess Kanban. This is on the agileschool blog, which you may find interesting. More recent materials are now on the Agile Classrooms site.
Trello
Trello is one of the tools that can be used to create Kanban style boards online. It is an easy-to-use, free and visual way to manage your projects and organise anything. Naturally there are other tools too, but this one seems to be the most popular right now, and amongst teachers and their students too.
LEADERSHIP - Agile and Servant Leadership
How would you rewrite the agile manifesto?
Manifesto for Agile Software Development
Individuals and interactions over processes and toolsWorking software over comprehensive documentationCustomer collaboration over contract negotiationResponding to change over following a plan
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