INSTRUCTION

Activity: Brainwriting
STEP 1

Print a copy of the brainwriting

worksheet for each member of the
group.
STEP 2

Decide how much time to allow for each

round of creative thinking, and agree on
how many rounds you want to have.

STEP 3

Appoint someone as the

moderator. This person should
give everyone a copy of the
brainwriting worksheet and get STEP 4

them to fill in the date and the

focus of the activity. Start your brainwriting session!
Everyone writes down three ideas
that they think are worth exploring, in
the three spaces given for Round One.

STEP 5

When the time is up, the moderator

collects in all the worksheets, then
hands them out again at random,
making sure that no one has a sheet
STEP 6
that they’ve written on before.
During each subsequent round,
everyone writes down three further
ideas. These can build on an idea that
someone else has written on the
worksheet, or it can be a brand new idea.

STEP 7

After the final round, the moderator

presents all the ideas contributed on the
worksheets. The group discusses these
and decides which ideas to take forward.
BRAINWRITING WORKSHEET
Let's Start
Brainwriting Online
First, the moderator should email everyone an electronic copy of the
brainwriting template. Label each one that you send out with a different
number in the file name ("Brainwriting Worksheet 1," for example).

Then, ask participants to type their ideas into the boxes provided for each
round. At the end of each round, each person needs to save their
worksheet and label it clearly ("Brainwriting Worksheet 1 After Round 2,"
for instance), before sending it back to the moderator.

These can then redistributed among participants again, ready for the next
round. Running a brainwriting session in this way will likely take more time.
You may even need to consider running the activity over several days, to
enable people in different locations and time zones to put forward their
ideas.

It may also be harder to keep everything anonymous, and to prevent

people from getting the same worksheet more than once. But, as long as
the moderator gives out clear instructions and helps everyone to stay on
track, this can still be an effective way to work through a creative problem
virtually.

Expectation from this Activity: Students will be able to

encourage develop
generate
creative innovative
new ideas
problem-solving solutions

respond to other discuss

people's ideas or and
add new ones re-write
 RUBRIC

Structure: Non-linear structure provides a complete

picture of your ideas.

Exploratory: Map shows complex thinking about the

meaningful relationships between ideas, themes, and the
framework.

Relationships: Relative importance of ideas is indicated

and both simple and complex relationships are mapped
very effectively.

Connections: Information is presented clearly and allows

for a high level of understanding. • Extent of Coverage:
Map shows complex thinking about the meaningful
relationships between ideas, themes, and the framework.