Socratic Dialogue: A Collaboration Experiment for the Educators on Tumblr

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After an initial experiment, I’m creating this for the Education community on Tumblr. Those with a passion for education are also welcome to participate.

I have created a document on Google Docs that is open for anyone with the link to edit. You don’t even have to sign in.

Here is the link.

In this document is a Socratic Dialogue Prompt (I’ve also included the prompt below). Your weekend challenge is to open this document, follow the prompt, and check back throughout the weekend if it interests you.

If you’ve never used Google Docs before, this will be a great experience for you. You will see other people’s cursors, as well as what they type, in real-time. You’ll also be able to chat with them if you would like.

I think this is a great way for everyone here to collaborate and connect with one another.

If this is successful, we’ll work to do more of these in the future here on Team Teachers.

And don’t forget to reblog!

The Prompt:

Pick your favorite education-related quote. Type the name of your Tumblr blog in this document (it would help if you left your Tumblr link), then type or paste your favorite quote. Explain why that quote resonates with you in about a paragraph or so.

Afterward, read through the other entries on here. Pick at least one person’s entry, and ask that person a thoughtful, genuine question that you think will help that person dive even deeper into their answer. Type your question beneath their entry (it would help if you typed your Tumblr blog name and link again).

Repeat until you’re spiritually fulfilled (or the Rapture occurs).