{"id":108,"date":"2017-01-31T18:21:41","date_gmt":"2017-01-31T18:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/allisonmacrae\/?p=108"},"modified":"2017-01-31T18:21:41","modified_gmt":"2017-01-31T18:21:41","slug":"together-is-better-how-do-we-convince-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/allisonmacrae\/2017\/01\/31\/together-is-better-how-do-we-convince-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Together IS better: how do we convince them?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0I have spent this year chatting with my classes about creating a space and environment that is driven by the notion that we should learn collaboratively and not competitively. I haven\u2019t spent a lot of time talking about it, but enough that I think my students would remember the conversations. It is one of my goals to figure out a way to continue this movement and REALLY convince the boys that they are better off together. Seth Godin\u2019s Blog about this topic reinspired me to continue the conversation. I am planning to share this with the boys and post these words in my classroom. Hopefully, it will serve as a reminder to all of us that working together is better. Being alone on top isn\u2019t<\/p>\n

Being alone on top isn\u2019t how I would define success and certainly will not create happiness. Here are the words as written by Seth on his blog:<\/p>\n

Hoarding doesn\u2019t work<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n
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There\u2019s a contradiction built into our instinct to hoard: the more we do it, the less we get.<\/em><\/p>\n

An idea shared is worth more than one kept hidden. Opportunities passed from one to another create connections which lead to more opportunities. Opened doors lead to <\/em>forward motion.<\/em><\/p>\n

Winning doesn\u2019t usually involve demolishing the opposition. Instead, for most of us, it\u2019s about weaving. A scientist without peers won\u2019t find a breakthrough anytime soon. A bookstore with one book won\u2019t work. A market with only one vendor will fail. And if you\u2019re the only cello player in town, your craft will disappear.\u00a0Trust and connection and utilization support forward motion.<\/em><\/p>\n

The primary driver of our well-being is our culture. A culture built on selfishness is harsh, brittle and short-lived.<\/em><\/p>\n

We\u2019re not paying\u00a0things forward. We\u2019re launching them\u00a0forward, and it will boomerang back to us, eventually, somehow, in some form, if we do it often enough and with enough generosity.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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I wonder what else I could do in my classroom to build on this idea. Ideas welcome!<\/p>\n

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