“What are norms?” “They are rules of behavior, either emergent or agreed upon. Every group has norms. I had this experience when I was out campaigning for Obama. The guy who trained us how to go door-to-door, Andre something, anyhow, he first had us create norms for our learning experience. We talked about what we liked and didn’t like about classrooms. Then we wrote up some rules for our classroom. I really loved it. I’ve been trying to figure out where else to use it.”

