From Travelling School of Life

TSOLIFE WORKSHOP – KIT

[ TSOLIFE WORKSHOP - Anleitung (deutsch) ]

This is a translation of Binjas summarized experiences. You can do the workshop like this suggestion or otherwise. Depending on the audience it might make sense to put the theoretical part after the game. Have fun!

PS: Binja is also interested to get invited for workshops. Just send a mail to: contact(eat)tsolife(dot)org

1 Welcoming and get to know each other

• make a circel of short selfpresentation if less than 10 people
• „Why did you join in?“
• „What are your expectation related to the workshop?“
• „What comes in your mind hearing Tsolife?“ (Brainstorming might be visualised)
• giving an overview of the workshops content

2 Theory (colorful)

• the name says it: It is about travelling (also to be seen metaphorical)
• the name says it: It is about your whole life

• critics on institutions
  • additions and alternatives
  • networking global knowledge
  • knowledge is power
  • Tsolife is a tool for distributing knowledge
  • it confronts monopols on knowledge

• organisational principles
  • non commercial
  • decentral in small groups
  • no central organisation
  • free access to the network
  • freedom of movement

• history
  • unsatisfactoring institutional learning -> searching for alternatives
  • altenative university sweden ->Holma collage
  • summer 2005 travel and learning in a group in ecovillages as „Travelling School of Life“-> permalot, ecotopia romania, zajzka
  • phase of development and advertising-offensive in 2006
    • flyer
    • workshops
    • website changed
    • publications
  • Jukss 2006 (youth environmental congress)
  • (support) association of Tsolife-northeast-germoney: ariba e.V. for intecultural learning
  • skillsharingsummer 2007

• what to come next
  • develop the webpage
  • to network existing fixed learning-spaces for meetings

3 game experiment: "How is the network functioning?"

• describe the games cycle
  • it is simulating a regional network
  • drawing with a cross (? i did not get that meaning while translating?)
  • internet is giving a global perspective
  • regional also without internet, on paper

• the cycle:
  • please remember: what have you done over the last year?
  • all parts of dayly life count
  • all participants write in about 10 minutes:
    • 3 topics i want to learn about
    • 3 topics i can share with others
    • enlargement1: why and how i want to learn / teach ?
    • enlargement2: whích infrastructure i can / want to share ? f.e. internet
  • exchange about the written topics (maybe split in smaller groups if more than 10 participants)
  • coming together in a big round: How was the exchange going?
  • explaining related to the contributions how the education-network is functioning
    • no obligations, all voluntarily
    • to inpire each other
    • explore new skills
    • skills not valuated due to economical exploitation
    • to learn with each other and from each other
    • give feedback about skill developments and get new people in the network

• • ging throught the steps (maybe also artisticly)
    • finding learning partners in the regional group or in the internet-database
    • contact the person (personal, telphone, mail, letter)
    • learning agreement: Under what conditions we want to learn?
  • point on the support through the regional group
    • how and why learning? discuss about questions related to selfdetermined learning
    • create a pool of ressources (share things to learn with)
    • decentral financising of meetings, advertising and learning agreements via regional "finance pots"
  • use the wiki as a tool for regional and overregional learningnetworking
    • the wiki is an ongoing constructionside
    • what is a wiki? (example wikipedia)
    • describe the structure of the page (maybe draw it)
    • userlist and skillsharing list
    • eventlist
    • grouplist
    • toolbox
  • offer a workshop on wiki (for after this workshop or later on)
  • open questions?

4 Support the project

• donations to ariba e.V.
• collect and document learning experiences
• spreading the word (take flyer, make workshops, spread the word, ..)
• use the Wiki/Website! write and take part in the development
• create translations in different languages

5 Feedback

• ask about the workshop and pass around a list for creating a mailinglist / keep in contact
• well, how did you find that?
• what do you take back home?
• suggestions, critics?