Nadia,
I will get back to you in a couple of days. The box with Ecotonos in it lives in an office 200 miles from my home office, but I'll be there on Wednesday. At that time I can tell you more about the history, publisher, etc. 
 
I will say that I have facilitated Ecotonos quite a few times over the past 8 - 10 years and have become very comfortable with it, learned some strategies for "crowd control" and have some insights into the choice of "tasks" for different groups. I have also added some debrief questions about how to use what participants learned through the sim in their own professional lives and in their classrooms.
 

>From the accompanying literature, I think that Ecotonos could be used successfully with students as well as instructors, staff and partner organizations. After I send the publisher info, I'd be glad to have a phone conversation about logistics with anyone considering facilitating it.

 
Susan
 
SUSAN KIDD
ABE Professional Development Coordinator
State Board for Community & Technical Colleges
509-682-6968
cell phone: 509-630-4520
 
 

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From: professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov on behalf of Nadia and Kevin Colby
Sent: Mon 1/29/2007 1:43 PM
To: The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List
Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 825] Re: Help! Teaching tolerance inteacher PD



Hello Susan:

Could you elaborate a bit more on the origins of
Ecotonos, the objectives and the steps to make the
workshop successful?   Also, what do you think about
Social Marketing in the context of recruiting students
for colleges? 

Nadia
--- Susan Kidd <SKidd at sbctc.ctc.edu> wrote:


> I have had success with a simulation for

> multi-cultural communication and problem solving

> called Ecotonos. The simulation was designed for

> multiple audiences (business, social service,

> education...) and has been used in numerous

> countries in several languages.

> 

> Participants create "cultures" and then work on a

> task, first as a mono-cultural unit and then in

> different culturally diverse groups. Unlike many

> sims, this one is quite transparent (participants

> know, not just what they will do, but also the

> purpose of the sim) which reduces anxiety. It can

> also be fun and at the same time quite effective in

> raising issues of how people make decisions and

> communicate. I have used it with basic skills

> faculty, staff, and partner agencies.

> 

> Susan

> 

> SUSAN KIDD

> ABE Professional Development Coordinator

> State Board for Community & Technical Colleges

> 509-682-6968

> cell phone: 509-630-4520

> 

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