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== Project Description (purpose, etc.) ==
 
== Project Description (purpose, etc.) ==
  
The goal of the CIRAL is to create a program/class/organization at Evergreen in which students are active leaders. The program  will engage in research and action through a focus on <em>Civic Intelligence</em>. It will encourage and teach social action for the betterment of not just our community, but those around the world. The work will not be restricted to working with local organizations, but &mash; at least at the onset &mdash; there will probably be a focus on the local community. The hope is that this class will persist over time, perhaps somewhere between 2-10 years, although longer would be preferred.
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The goal of the CIRAL is to create a sustaining enterprise at Evergreen (whether it be program, class, organization, or some combination) that engages in research and action through a focus on <em>Civic Intelligence</em>. Due to the nature of this focus students will necessarily become ''active'' leaders. The program  will encourage and teach social action for the betterment of not just our community, but those around the world. The work will not be restricted to working with local organizations, but &mdash; at least at the onset &mdash; there will probably be a focus on the local community. The hope is that this class will persist over time, perhaps somewhere between 2-10 years, although the ideal is an indefinite end.  
  
 
Among the goals of this project are:
 
Among the goals of this project are:
  
*To create a culture of lifelong education  
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*Creating a culture of lifelong education  
 
*Building the skills necessary to be effective citizens  
 
*Building the skills necessary to be effective citizens  
*Integrate community with university, starting locally but expanding in later years  
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*Integrating community with academia, starting locally but expanding in later years  
*Integrate social theories with social practice  
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*Integrating social theories with social practice  
*Explore and encourage social innovations
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*Exploring, encouraging, and cultivating social innovation, social  imagination, and  civic  intelligence
  
This section can be part of the formation of the Evergreen course catalog
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===Why is CIRAL Needed?===
program description, which Michael is on-board with following through with.
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(Task For Michael)
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== Stakeholders ==
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Evergreen is home to an immense number of community-academia partnerships, ranging from longer-term projects (such [http://gateways.evergreen.edu/ Gateways project for incarcerated youth]) to relatively brief sessions lasting one quarter or even less. A high percentage of Evergreen students participate in community work as part of their academic work and a large number of Evergreen programs support this work as well.
  
As we flesh out the Implementation Model we'll be able to get a better idea of who we need involved in what capacity. This may become more than just a description of who will be involved in what capacity. Part of our consideration should be how to get these people involved and excited about CIRAL.
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So why is CIRAL needed? Simply stated we envision CIRAL as a way to help Evergreen do this work better and more easily basically by building on what we're already doing.  
  
*Students in Patterns of Intelligence program
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* Build longer relationships. This would benefit the community and the student experience.
*Prospective CIRAL students
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*Olympia community members
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*Center for Community-Based Learning and Action (CCBLA)
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*Evergreen Faculty
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*Evergreen Administration
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*Evergreen Alumni, especially members of the [http://www.evergreen.edu/alumni/entrepreneurs/directory/index.htm Evergreen Alumni Entrepreneur's Association]
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*Students and Faculty of other community action based programs
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*Donors (N.B. if allowed.  See 'Barriers and Constraints' on this page)
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*Others??
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== Implementation Models ==
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* Continue year-round. Communities don't take the summers off.
  
  What do we need to find out to flesh these models out?
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* Be permanent. For one thing, students with more experience on a project can help inform others with less
([[Tasks For Questioners]]) ([[Tasks For Researchers]])
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===Barriers and Constraints===
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* Incorporate the community work into academic / research work in a more regular and coherent way
([[Tasks For Questioners]]) ([[Tasks For Researchers]])
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We can find out more through the [http://www.evergreen.edu/policies/category/faculty faculty handbook].
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* Maintain several relationships at a time. At any given point, some relationships may be young, some maturing, and some in the process of stopping.
  
We can ask an academic dean. (Task For Brandon)
 
  
====Requirements for CIRAL Program to be Offered ====
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The rest of this verbiage is rough...
=====Faculty=====
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*Does the faculty's status with the school play a part?
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=====Students=====
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*Does there have to be enough student demand/enrollment to be considered? (e.g. Is a Competitive Product Analysis performed to see if it should be offered?)
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**[http://www.evergreen.edu/policies/docs/UFE%20Agreement%202008.pdf Articles 7.2 and 7.3 of the CBA are relevent] 7.2 basically says that if enrollment is below what is expected the faculty can make up for it in other ways. 7.3 says that enrollment levels can be reduced for experimental program initiaves.
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*Can students specify a demand for class content prior to the course being offered?
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*Do various course models change the number of students that can be involved?
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**Independent Learning Contract (ILC)
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***What can we do to get faculty approval for contracts before students sign on for it?
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**Group Contracts
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***Is it okay if students sign on to a group contract without having involvement in writing it?
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**Inter-class cooperation
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=====Content=====
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Evergreen is a natural home for  such an enterprise. Part of this should describe some  past as well as projects that are going on now. Ultimately this should include ways in which Evergreen might need to change institutionally to better support this  work.
*Does the content have to follow any guidelines (e.g. a need to cover certain academic skills?)
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**The content of a program is required to be interdisciplinary, the content of a course is not.
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=====Products=====
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We could (should?) also discuss somewhere why this is such an important endeavor right now (educating students for 21st Century realities) and other relevant current factors (endemic budget crises; employment; globalization?)
*What are the requirements for the class as a whole, and for individual students?
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====Measures of Success and Continuation====
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===Course Description===
=====Program Products=====
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*Are time and work measured when calculating the amount of credit earned?
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*Does student performance impact the program's ability to be re-offered?
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**Does handing out a high level of incompletes jeopardize the program's or the students' viability to continue?  (N.B. Imagining a scenario where project work was not able to finish on time.)
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====Program Offering Formulations====
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The Civic Intelligence Research and Action Lab is a program for students that want to learn about studying, planning, and enacting meaningful change in the public sphere through ongoing study and work. The core of the CIRAL curriculum will build a knowledge of group dynamics and organizational principles, and equip students with the tools to engage in ongoing research and action projects that address important civic issues. In addition to the action-oriented perspective, there will be ongoing research and theoretical work to help understand the context of the work, historically, currently, and for the future. The unique structure of CIRAL allows projects to span multiple academic quarters and students to participate according to their academic goals.
*What are the different type of program offerings? (See [http://www.evergreen.edu/policies/category/faculty faculty handbook]).
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**[http://www.evergreen.edu/policies/policy/teachingmodes "Teaching Modes"]
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#Coordinated Studies
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#Group Contract
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#Individual Contract
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*Requirements for students to be able to take the program (Day vs Evening Weekend Studies)
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*Ability to work across programs (i.e. between them)
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*Ability to have a core class with a credit extension (+4 for community involvement)
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====Transformative Space Issues====
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CIRAL gives students the opportunity to work collaboratively in the classroom and beyond the academic walls. Projects are student originated and partner with organizations in the community of Olympia and beyond.  Most projects are interdisciplinary, opening opportunity for any student to pursue their chosen field of study while learning lifelong skills of collaboration and teamwork. Many graduate programs conduct similar projects. But, the CIRAL curriculum is designed to make participation possible at what ever level you are at in your academic career.
*Helping struggling students to succeed in class, through supportive and transformative means.
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*How to tackle potential complaints of plagiarism when supporting your classmates?
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*Group agreement as a constraining factor for how credit is earned (Holding each other interpersonally accountable to the class/space).
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*Ability to set up a physical place on or off campus.
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*Is funding by public grants or private interests allowed?
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**If allowed, then how does the money have to be used?
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Q: Do we need to talk with an academic dean?
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For a listing of current projects and more information about the Civic Intelligence Research and Action Lab, please visit our website. ''(Should we put together a web site &mdash; or is there one?!?)''
A: Yes, and Doug. Brandon is on-board for follow-through.
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=== Credit Models ===
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===Is it too early to think about [[possible logos]]?===
==== 4 Credit Core Model ====
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===== 4 Credit Main Class =====
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*Bi-weekly meetings.
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==[[CIRAL Implementation]]==
*Collaborate and learn the skills for starting or enhancing civic intelligence programs.
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N.B. 4 credit classes are expected to be 10 hours of week each week,
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This section talks about how to make the Lab materialize, and possible models.
including the time spent in class, which is about 5 hours in itself, making
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5 hours of out-of-class work.
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Check [http://www.evergreen.edu/policies/policy/quarterhourcreditaward Quarter Hour Credit Award]
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===== Student Contracts =====
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Follow the link above
4-8 credit individual and/or group contracts added onto the class.
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[[User:Onemic18|Onemic18]] 01:23, 27 October 2011 (PDT)
  
*These contracts will either work with local organizations already in place, or help create new ones.
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==[[CIRAL Components]]==
*Contracts will be predetermined for first quarter, with intent of letting students decide in later quarters.
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*Contracts should cover a variety of interests.
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====Alternative Credit Models====
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This section is where we are developing all of the pieces we would like to see in the final Lab.
  
=====16 Credit Full Year Model=====
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See the above link
*Includes core curriculum as defined above.
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[[User:Onemic18|Onemic18]] 01:30, 27 October 2011 (PDT)
*Community work defined during the first quarter and carried on throughout the year.
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=====16 Credit Quarterly Model=====
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==[[CIRAL Competencies | CIRAL Competencies ~~ A Pattern Language]]==
*Includes core curriculum as defined above.
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*Community work either predefined or loosely defined at the beginning of each quarter.
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=====SOS Model=====
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Need to find out more about student originated studies. Who can we talk to?
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([[Tasks For Researchers]])
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==== Non-Program/Course Models ====
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The following scheme may be adequate for categorizing the broad range of CIRAL work -- and for, just possibly, organizing a pattern language to guide its implementation and employment.
  
# Models of CIRAL (or aspects of it) as a supplement to current programs and groups within Evergreen that deal with Civic Intelligence.
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* Philosophy and Perspective
# Any model of CIRAL as something other than a program or course.  (E.g. a student club, social enterprise, or business)
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* Community (within)
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* Capacity (skills; techniques; knowledge; resources (online and otherwise); researching; research, activist, professional networks)
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* Processes and Procedures (and other administrative) (It could be called “Institutionalization”)
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* Projects (the particular focus that we determine to apply ourselves towards)
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* Relationships (with “outside” groups, the CCBLA, the administration, various non-profits)  
  
== Course Components ==
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== Stakeholders ==
  
===Core Class Contents===
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As we flesh out the Implementation Model we'll be able to get a better idea of who we need involved in what capacity. This may become more than just a description of who will be involved in what capacity. Part of our consideration should be how to get these people involved and excited about CIRAL.
  
*Teaches basics of understanding ideas in a group context
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''Should there be a description or some discussion about each of these groups?''
*Enables people on different contracts/projects to communicate, share ideas, compare and enhance their own projects
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*Has a manual designed to help students ask the right questions, especially in terms of coordinating group planning. ([[Tasks For Planners]])
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*Provides space for ideas to have pollenate, or at least resembles Steven Johnson's idea of a coffee house, where students will "identify environments that stimulate networks of ideas/insight," and where this "liquid network of ideas and experiences lead to innovation" and hopefully the "slow hunch." ([http://www.ted.com/talks/steven_johnson_where_good_ideas_come_from.html "Where Good Ideas Come From (Ted Talk)]).
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*Creates an environment where ideas can spread as potent memes to pragmatically deal with and confront real world issues.
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<span style="color:purple;">What do we do ''summer'' quarter??</span>
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*Students in Patterns of Intelligence or other relevant Evergreen programs
 
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*Prospective CIRAL students at Evergreen
===Course Topics===
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*Non-profit organizations in Thurston County, Washington State, and around  the world
Brainstorm topics that should (or could) be covered in the core class.
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*Community members from Olympia and around the  region
([[Tasks For Everyone]])
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*Schools from  Olympia and around the  region
 
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*Center for Community-Based Learning and Action (CCBLA) and other Evergreen Centers and Institutes
Please add to this list ([[Tasks For Everyone]])
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*Evergreen Faculty
 
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*Evergreen Administration
*Budgeting
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*Evergreen student organizations
*Cybernetics
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*Evergreen Alumni, especially members of the [http://www.evergreen.edu/alumni/entrepreneurs/directory/index.htm Evergreen Alumni Entrepreneur's Association]
*Epistemology
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*Students and Faculty of other community action based programs at colleges and universities around the world
*Ethnography
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*Donors (N.B. if allowed. See 'Barriers and Constraints' on this page)
*Facilitation skills
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*News media
*Grant Writing
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*Policy-makers
*Information Science
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*Others??
*Intelligence -- Individual, Collective and Civic
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*Models of Non-profit Organizations
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*Motivational Speaking
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*Ontology
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*Planning and Management
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*Social Change -- Theory and Practice
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*Sociology
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*Trust (in ones' self and community)
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*Writing Evergreen Learning Contracts
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*Visual Presentation Abilities
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===Course Projects===
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Approaches to integrating projects with the core class
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*[http://www.evergreen.edu/individualstudy/inprograminternship.htm In-Program Internships]
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*Internship Learning Contracts
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*Individual Learning Contracts
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*Student Originated Studies
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====Project Explorations====
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This section should evolve into at least five projects that students could engage in through the lab. In the four credit core model, these projects could be proposed as individual/group learning contracts that students could sign on to during the first week of class.
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===== [[Local Economy]] =====
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===== [[Social Action: Presence and Voice]] =====
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=====Producing a good or a service=====
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Examples:
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# Growing food
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# Cleaning water
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# Building machines
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# Creating a space for community to come learn and teach
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=====Community Building/Life Enriching Event=====
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Hosting an event that will either strengthen the community or enrich peoples' lives.
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Examples:
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# Secret Cafe
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# Non-zero sum game nights
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# Workshops
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=====Crowdsourcing information for civic ends=====
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Scientific research through smart phones, imagery analysis during natural disasters.
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=====Organizational Accountability=====
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Researching an organization through publically available information, as well as investigating private details.
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=====Public Mental Health Care=====
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Creating a (radical) local mental health solution that connects people with neural diversity/mad gifts with resources that they need. Depathologize mental illness, as well as mental health symptoms that we all face as everyday life issues, by providing alternative literature/audio for self-care.
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=====Non-zero sum game workshop=====
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Simulation of how life is a non-zero sum game, and making the connection through activities that use a proxy as the platform of discussion.
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=====Mycorestoration action team with Education and Spawn Bank=====
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===== [[Public Space Clean Up]] =====
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===== [[Free School Project]] =====
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===== [[Interactive Wiki Training Game|Interactive Wiki Training Game (Galen, ?, ?)]] =====
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===== [[Revamping Shelters]] =====
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Working with several communities and companies to pull resources, especially in this time of hardship, to help youth, minorities, battered men and women the displaced. Provide better opportunities to learn trades/skills and the resources for education.
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====Projects from Workshop====
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We were addressing a foundation for how a class could start out and progress long term, and what types of actions and research they would be doing along the way.
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[[Pattern Card Workshop]]
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  Please correct project themes if this is inaccurate. ([[Tasks For Everyone]])
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# [[Multicultural Community Space]]
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# [[Free School Project]]
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# [[Wiki Training]]
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=====Research=====
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Here's our summary from Saturday's workshop.  
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Can other folks in the research group add to this? 
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It doesn't seem to be a very complete recollection of our insights.
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([[Tasks For Everyone]])
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<blockquote>The first step for our research component is to build a framework for exploration.  As we begin data gathering we will need to develop tools for parsing that information.  Specific research projects will develop out of interest of participants and better understanding of the group's capability. The scope of research will broaden from local inquiry to international as the project develops.</blockquote>
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=====Action=====
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Can someone post a summary from Saturday?
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(Task for Nur, Brandon, Erika, Gary, Jerrimiah)
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<span style="color:purple;">The following photos probably don't belong here!</span>
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[[File:Workshop-10-16-2011.cluster-1.png|thumb|none|400px|Cluster 1]]
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[[File:Workshop-10-16-2011.cluster-2.png|thumb|none|400px|Cluster 2]]
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[[File:Workshop-10-16-2011.cluster-3.png|thumb|none|400px|Cluster 3]]
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[[File:Workshop-10-16-2011.cluster-4.png|thumb|none|400px|Cluster 4]]
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=== Think Tank / Ongoing Research and Other Work in "Home Office" ===
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"Home Office" / "Think Tank"
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In addition to preparing people to go into the field (which includes cultural competency, skill-building, etc.), the following research and related activities could be undertaken as part of the research work in what we might call the "home office" or "think-tank". Although these activities are specifically listed in relation to Evergreen's Gateways project, that supports education for incarcerated youth at Green Hill, they are generally applicable to other projects as well.
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*Policy research and development work
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*PSA & other public awareness work
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*Research on economic impacts of incarceration (now about 60 - 70 billion dollars direct expenses yearly in US)
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*Institutional memory of the project
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*Curricular development or other training and educational programs for Gateway and Evergreen community members  
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*Educational philosophy of the project and Evergreen's support
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*Institutionalization of the project, in general and at Evergreen
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*Exporting model (to other schools and other regions)
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*Researching other relevant approaches (in other regions, countries, departments, etc.)
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*Placement in jobs, education
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*Surveys and other approaches to understanding the problem and evaluation
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*Technical support to project, e.g. logistics, computer, administration, planning, facilitating design
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*Mapping and community studies (e.g. of places students come from)  
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*Understanding problem domain, history, economic and political contexts,
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*Maintain relevant reference (etc.) library or other resource
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*Identifying resources and securing them
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*Facilitating conversations, conferences, working sessions, etc. about the problem and possible solutions
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==CIRAL Group Project Metacognition==
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=== Planning ===
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===Roles===
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Brainstorming - add as much as you can to lists and descriptions
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[[Questioning Role]] - do descriptions make sense? Are lists nearing completion or missing something? Question as much as possible!
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*[[Brandon Ludahl|Brandon]], Brian, Michael, Nur
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[[Researcher Role]] - dig up critical information that is unknown to the group
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*Erika, Michael, Nur
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[[Editor Role]] - Reformat, clean up, sort, and clarify what is written
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*Brian, Gary
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Planning
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*Galen, Gary, Jeremiah
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=== Tasks ===
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*Planning
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**Opposed Course Descriptions 
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[[Tasks For Researchers]]
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[[Tasks For Questioners]]
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[[Tasks For Planners]]
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[[Tasks For Editors]]
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Requirements, Acceptable design, Contacting Academic Dean
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====Class models====
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A model needs to be fleshed out from our beginning sketches to a full road map for the lab.
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What sort of information do we need to accomplish this?
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([[Tasks For Questioners]]) ([[Tasks For Researchers]])
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*[[Brandon Ludahl|Brandon]], Devin, Galen, Gary
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====Projects====
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Brainstorm and add ideas to existing projects, create new projects, speculate on feasibility.
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====Marketing====
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Finding and gauging interest in CIRAL from the Evergreen community.  Also looking into getting organizations interested in being involved.
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*Brian
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====Develop timeline for this quarter====
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How much can we feasibly accomplish this quarter, as well as in the span of any given quarter? What are some good deadlines for when pieces might be done?
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*Galen
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==== Other ====
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''What needs to be said about these various groups?''
=====Operational Procedures=====
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Possible ways to hold and facilitate space
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*Robert's Rules of Order
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*Roberta's Rules of Order [[http://www.bizjournals.com/eastbay/stories/2005/05/09/focus2.html|(External Site)]]
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*Discernment Approach
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*Group Agreements
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([[Tasks For Researchers]])
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=====Appendix of Community Organizations=====
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==[[CIRAL References and Resources]]==
Community Groups that would be good partners ([[Tasks For Researchers]])
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=====Documenting What Worked and What Didn't=====
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books, websites, organizations, etc.
It is very important to future classes that they can learn from our mistakes and attempt to blaze new paths for themselves without having to re-invent the wheel.
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=====Passing on Class Culture=====
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==[[CIRAL Group Project Metacognition]]==
Maybe a wiki page or stored video that can bring new members into the fold, or guide a new group entirely without a physical presence.  They may possibly have to start again from nothing but the tools, and use a portion of time to learn and build the culture.
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=== [[Status]] ===
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This space is for our group communication and task management.
  
Project in infancy
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I've moved everything into the link above.
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[[User:Onemic18|Onemic18]] 01:01, 27 October 2011 (PDT)
  
=== Issues, Complaints, and Suggestions ===
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[http://pdfmyurl.com?url=http://wikis.evergreen.edu/civicintelligence/index.php Download this Page as PDF]

Latest revision as of 17:42, 27 February 2012

Project Description (purpose, etc.)

The goal of the CIRAL is to create a sustaining enterprise at Evergreen (whether it be program, class, organization, or some combination) that engages in research and action through a focus on Civic Intelligence. Due to the nature of this focus students will necessarily become active leaders. The program will encourage and teach social action for the betterment of not just our community, but those around the world. The work will not be restricted to working with local organizations, but — at least at the onset — there will probably be a focus on the local community. The hope is that this class will persist over time, perhaps somewhere between 2-10 years, although the ideal is an indefinite end.

Among the goals of this project are:

  • Creating a culture of lifelong education
  • Building the skills necessary to be effective citizens
  • Integrating community with academia, starting locally but expanding in later years
  • Integrating social theories with social practice
  • Exploring, encouraging, and cultivating social innovation, social imagination, and civic intelligence

Why is CIRAL Needed?

Evergreen is home to an immense number of community-academia partnerships, ranging from longer-term projects (such Gateways project for incarcerated youth) to relatively brief sessions lasting one quarter or even less. A high percentage of Evergreen students participate in community work as part of their academic work and a large number of Evergreen programs support this work as well.

So why is CIRAL needed? Simply stated we envision CIRAL as a way to help Evergreen do this work better and more easily basically by building on what we're already doing.

  • Build longer relationships. This would benefit the community and the student experience.
  • Continue year-round. Communities don't take the summers off.
  • Be permanent. For one thing, students with more experience on a project can help inform others with less
  • Incorporate the community work into academic / research work in a more regular and coherent way
  • Maintain several relationships at a time. At any given point, some relationships may be young, some maturing, and some in the process of stopping.


The rest of this verbiage is rough...

Evergreen is a natural home for such an enterprise. Part of this should describe some past as well as projects that are going on now. Ultimately this should include ways in which Evergreen might need to change institutionally to better support this work.

We could (should?) also discuss somewhere why this is such an important endeavor right now (educating students for 21st Century realities) and other relevant current factors (endemic budget crises; employment; globalization?)

Course Description

The Civic Intelligence Research and Action Lab is a program for students that want to learn about studying, planning, and enacting meaningful change in the public sphere through ongoing study and work. The core of the CIRAL curriculum will build a knowledge of group dynamics and organizational principles, and equip students with the tools to engage in ongoing research and action projects that address important civic issues. In addition to the action-oriented perspective, there will be ongoing research and theoretical work to help understand the context of the work, historically, currently, and for the future. The unique structure of CIRAL allows projects to span multiple academic quarters and students to participate according to their academic goals.

CIRAL gives students the opportunity to work collaboratively in the classroom and beyond the academic walls. Projects are student originated and partner with organizations in the community of Olympia and beyond. Most projects are interdisciplinary, opening opportunity for any student to pursue their chosen field of study while learning lifelong skills of collaboration and teamwork. Many graduate programs conduct similar projects. But, the CIRAL curriculum is designed to make participation possible at what ever level you are at in your academic career.

For a listing of current projects and more information about the Civic Intelligence Research and Action Lab, please visit our website. (Should we put together a web site — or is there one?!?)

Is it too early to think about possible logos?



CIRAL Implementation

This section talks about how to make the Lab materialize, and possible models.

Follow the link above
Onemic18 01:23, 27 October 2011 (PDT)

CIRAL Components

This section is where we are developing all of the pieces we would like to see in the final Lab.

See the above link
Onemic18 01:30, 27 October 2011 (PDT)

CIRAL Competencies ~~ A Pattern Language

The following scheme may be adequate for categorizing the broad range of CIRAL work -- and for, just possibly, organizing a pattern language to guide its implementation and employment.

  • Philosophy and Perspective
  • Community (within)
  • Capacity (skills; techniques; knowledge; resources (online and otherwise); researching; research, activist, professional networks)
  • Processes and Procedures (and other administrative) (It could be called “Institutionalization”)
  • Projects (the particular focus that we determine to apply ourselves towards)
  • Relationships (with “outside” groups, the CCBLA, the administration, various non-profits)

Stakeholders

As we flesh out the Implementation Model we'll be able to get a better idea of who we need involved in what capacity. This may become more than just a description of who will be involved in what capacity. Part of our consideration should be how to get these people involved and excited about CIRAL.

Should there be a description or some discussion about each of these groups?

  • Students in Patterns of Intelligence or other relevant Evergreen programs
  • Prospective CIRAL students at Evergreen
  • Non-profit organizations in Thurston County, Washington State, and around the world
  • Community members from Olympia and around the region
  • Schools from Olympia and around the region
  • Center for Community-Based Learning and Action (CCBLA) and other Evergreen Centers and Institutes
  • Evergreen Faculty
  • Evergreen Administration
  • Evergreen student organizations
  • Evergreen Alumni, especially members of the Evergreen Alumni Entrepreneur's Association
  • Students and Faculty of other community action based programs at colleges and universities around the world
  • Donors (N.B. if allowed. See 'Barriers and Constraints' on this page)
  • News media
  • Policy-makers
  • Others??

What needs to be said about these various groups?

CIRAL References and Resources

books, websites, organizations, etc.

CIRAL Group Project Metacognition

This space is for our group communication and task management.

I've moved everything into the link above.
Onemic18 01:01, 27 October 2011 (PDT)

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