Selected work / Leadership & facilitation
Critical thinking in action
A 45-minute Blue Chip session that asks students to communicate clearly, work through a community challenge, and defend their reasoning.
The project in context
What I worked on, and why it matters.
Situation
As a Blue Chip Peer Mentor, I facilitate weekly leadership sessions for 14 first-year students with different experiences and perspectives.
Task
I needed to turn the Week 9 curriculum into a clear session on critical thinking and problem-solving, with instructions students could follow and time for questions and reflection.
Action
I prepared an eight-slide deck with a Hot Seat communication warm-up and Blue Chip Tank. In teams of four or five, students create a company around a community challenge, design a visual proposal, and pitch their solution. The deck includes time limits, questions about feasibility and cost, and a closing debrief. I used AI support in preparing the slides.
Result
The completed deck provides a 45-minute facilitation plan, including a one-minute pitch and two minutes of questions for each team. It shows how I organize an activity around clear expectations and student participation.
What this demonstrates
A good idea needs a clear explanation.
Blue Chip Tank gives students a way to practice an entrepreneurial habit: identify a problem, propose a solution, and test the reasoning through questions. The pitch prompts ask whether a solution will work, whether its impact is worth its cost, and whether it can last.
My role is to make that process easy to follow while leaving the ideas and decisions with the students. This sample is a curriculum adaptation prepared for my mentoring role.
Explore the actual work
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Source and scope: Blue Chip Week 9, Critical Thinking & Problem-Solving, November 2026. Full eight-slide deck adapted from University of Arizona Blue Chip curriculum, with AI assistance. The sample demonstrates session preparation; student learning outcomes were not measured.
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