Pair Draw Presentation
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Here is the http://groups.yahoo.com/group/xpsandiego/files/pairdraw.doc
PAIRDRAWINGGAME
Pair Drawing game based on Joshua Kieresky's http://industriallogic.com/games/pairdraw.html
Materials
- N people: 4*N sheets of paper
- N pens (many colors)
- tape for hanging drawings
- desk/tables for drawing
- space around tables for people to pair up
Introduce the Game (5 minutes or less)
- hand out two sheets of white paper, and one pen per person
- Facilitator: "keep track of your impressions and feelings as you draw"
- Draw 1 face on 1 sheet of paper, there will be 60 seconds to do so
- Tell them when 15 seconds are left and when 5 seconds are left.
- The 60 seconds will be plenty of time. Some people will finish very quickly and just sit there. Some will continue adding bits and pieces.
- Draw 1 face on 1 sheet of paper, there will be 60 seconds to do so
- Facilitator: gather up the drawings, tape them to a wall, leave space for further drawings
Pair up (5 minutes or less)
- ask everyone to choose a partner
- if odd number, facilitator will partner up
- hand out two sheets of white paper per pair
- they keep their pens from the solo drawings
- Ensure each partner has a different colored pen
- Facilitator: "keep track of your impressions. You can draw the face any way you wish."
- Draw 1 face on 1 sheet of paper, there will be 60 seconds to do so
- Tell them when 15 seconds are left and when 5 seconds are left. Make sure they all stop at the end
- It will generally take longer for them to finish. Some will be pressured at the end to complete their drawings
- Draw 1 face on 1 sheet of paper, there will be 60 seconds to do so
- Facilitator: gather up the drawings, tape them to the wall, place the solo and the pair drawings side by side
Discussion (30 - 45 minutes)
- Facilitator asks the following (in order!) Some previous answers are in italics:
- Was it more fun to draw alone or in a pair?
- more fun in pairs because of socializing
- more fun when each took turns
- Here are the solo and pair drawings. What do you notice is the same or different about the two sets?
- Pair draw is 'better' than the worst of the solo drawing
- ...not necessarily better than the 'best' of the solo drawings
- pair drawings have features the solo ones do not have
- generally more features, more elaborate in pair drawings
- solution comes out of a larger solution space
- Which are more artistic or original - the solo or pair drawings?
- pair drawings are more 'unique'
- What did you like about drawing in a pair?
- used whatever new resources are available (i.e. 2 colors) in Pair
- pair draw kept us on track
- shared the responsibility of the outcome
- What didn't you like about drawing in a pair?
- could be more 'artistic' when solo
- More ego in solo "Let me show off"
- pair: worried about my results "how am I going to be judged?"
- Think of the interactions you had with your partner. There were various phases to what you did. You may have discussed things first or just started drawing. What are some other things that happened?
- Person1 gave 'permission' to Person2 to make changes & additions
- 2nd picture: we adjusted our levels
- continued to participate even though I felt that my partner was a better artist
- In Pair draw, 1 person dominates
- What was harder to do when you were pairing?
- difficult to start drawing: need a bit of discussion first
- What was easier to do when you were pairing?
- Some of you were paired with partners who have substantially different skill levels. What was that like? How did you feel?
- optional: What was it like not knowing what your pair would draw next?
- optional: Did you find yourself concentrating more or less during pairing?
Change Partners (5 minutes or less)
- ask everyone to change partners
- hand out two sheets of white paper per pair
- Ensure each partner has a different colored pen
- Facilitator: "keep track of your feelings and impressions"
- Draw 1 face on 1 sheet of paper, there will be 60 seconds to do so
- Tell them when 15 seconds are left and when 5 seconds are left. You'll have to put some effort into getting them to stop.
- Some pairs will have a tough time finishing.
- There will be much more talking. Much louder too.
- Draw 1 face on 1 sheet of paper, there will be 60 seconds to do so
Discussion (20 minutes or more)
- Did anyone have trouble finishing? Why?
- I noticed that there's much more talking now. Why?
- understood the ground rules better
- more freeer, more familiar with people
- learned lessons from the previous drawing
- Your new partners have different styles and skill levels than your previous partners. What was that like for you? How did you adjust to your new partner?
- How was this session different from the previous one?
- What were some of the hard parts this time around?
- trouble starting; got stuck How did you unstick? someone just started doing something
- Do you think people get better at pairing over time? Why?
- Drawings would get more sophisticated over time
- Pairs would get more focused
Pair Programming (15 minutes or more)
- Facilitator: We've discussed pair drawing. Let's talk about Pair programming.
- how do you think the simulation differs from real-world pair-programming?
- There are no tests, the UTs? are missing
- No verification
- what are the benefits of pair programming?
- Sharing of knowledge; dissemination of ideas, knowledge and other resources
- Constant review; continuous review of tasks at hand
- Better solutions; solutions drawn from a larger solution space
- Fun, social interaction
- Focus; tend to focus more on the task at hand
- Backup; if someone is sick or on vacation, their partner is still available; lower "bus factor"
- What are some things you can do to get better at pair programming?
- what are the challenges in pair programming?
- Too concentrated on Pair Programming; excluding other tasks that need to be done
- Need for very complicated communication; trying to communicate an intuition, perhaps without hard evidence; percentage of coding is art, difficult to communicate
- Distraction of interpersonal problems
- Personal freedom/flexibility is curtailed
- Flow is disrupted by partner
- Easy tasks take longer
Brain Storming (20 minutes or more)
- Facilitator: Here is the list of challenges that you have identified. Let's brainstorm some solutions for them