Design Thinking:
Research, finding patterns and connections, design principles, make tangible, test and evaluate, iterate relentlessly eg fitness trackers in USA for children - https://vimeo.com/90355541
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXndL3TNCmo
Defining the problem would be beneficial for understanding what the
specific problem is. By defining the problem you are able to identify
the underlying issue. If you are unable to define the specific problem,
the ideating/prototype stages will not help to solve the problem. You
need to define who the stakeholders are; ie know who the
problem/solution will affect.
Defining is an important part of Teaching as Inquiry process.
Ideating : Is there enough time spent on this phase?
- Variety of solutions
- Can be as crazy as you want
- Team = finding a solution
- Opens your mind
- An idea may be a solution for something else later
- Takes out the leader (issue?)
Austin's Butterfly - try and try and again, careful advice to make it better, perseverance https://vimeo.com/38247060 the eyes of a scientist
a great one to share with children - for learning from constructive criticism and trying again
May 29, 2016
Mindlab Session 11 - Agile Functionality
Agile Manifesto rewritten for schools:
Is our school working in an AGILE fashion??? No I don't think so - we are always pushing and pulling in different directions prime example being our current situation the school playground replacement.
Learner/facilitator collaboration over assessment requirements
Responding to change over following a plan
Teaching practices over curriculum documentation
Meaningful learning over measurement of learning
Agile Leadership - the best can get better
What can stay the same?
What needs to be removed?
What can be tweaked?
What needs to be radically redesigned?
get better all the time is the sign of an AGILE leader
Agile Leadership - the best can get better
What can stay the same?
What needs to be removed?
What can be tweaked?
What needs to be radically redesigned?
get better all the time is the sign of an AGILE leader
Is our school working in an AGILE fashion??? No I don't think so - we are always pushing and pulling in different directions prime example being our current situation the school playground replacement.
Committee of parents - no communication to staff
Community Facebook page - no actual targets
school staff and children wanting to do something but not being allowed to with consultation
Trello - I can definitely see the benefits for using Trello in the classroom and in meetings to help make work smarter smarter.... already started one for our inquiry projects into developing ideas for getting money for our school playground
Trello - I can definitely see the benefits for using Trello in the classroom and in meetings to help make work smarter smarter.... already started one for our inquiry projects into developing ideas for getting money for our school playground
May 22, 2016
Mindlab Session 10 - crowd sourcing and entrepreneurship
Market Share - board game - played for an hour and half with group http://www.marketshare.co.nz/
great game of purchasing small businesses and working up the ladder
uses money, percentages, bonuses, accounting etc
not sure how it would work with 9 - 11 year olds - quite complex and needs lots of math knowledge such as working our percentages of money, also lots of looking at different things - booklet to sheet to board.
however we thoroughly enjoyed the experience and didn't want it to stop
Crowd sourcing - lots of benefits here for children to work with - giving something for something is a focus. although our video was for the givealittle page I need to look into crowd sourcing for gaining some momentum for raising funds for our school playground
great game of purchasing small businesses and working up the ladder
uses money, percentages, bonuses, accounting etc
not sure how it would work with 9 - 11 year olds - quite complex and needs lots of math knowledge such as working our percentages of money, also lots of looking at different things - booklet to sheet to board.
however we thoroughly enjoyed the experience and didn't want it to stop
Crowd sourcing - lots of benefits here for children to work with - giving something for something is a focus. although our video was for the givealittle page I need to look into crowd sourcing for gaining some momentum for raising funds for our school playground
Pledge me - what reward? Advertise your business on our Facebook page?
Innocentive.com solve our problem for us
Zooinverse - people powered research
May 15, 2016
Mindlab week 9 - engagement
Student Agency - what it is?
https://tellagami.com/gami/KFT5EB/
Success is about what you value...teaching the whole child - progress and achievement is a product of this…success
Success is PONO - to be true, honest, genuine and sincere
Life-long learners
Kahoot - a quiz online, interactive, need numerous devices, children love but engagement can be for the fun factor rather than the learning factor - even with teachers there was talking while explanations were being given so few were actually listening to answers. Could be good for children setting tasks for team mates - questioning skills etc
https://tellagami.com/gami/KFT5EB/
Success is about what you value...teaching the whole child - progress and achievement is a product of this…success
Success is PONO - to be true, honest, genuine and sincere
Life-long learners
Kahoot - a quiz online, interactive, need numerous devices, children love but engagement can be for the fun factor rather than the learning factor - even with teachers there was talking while explanations were being given so few were actually listening to answers. Could be good for children setting tasks for team mates - questioning skills etc
Taiye Selasi - ted talks don't ask me where I'm from?
https://www.ted.com/talks/taiye_selasi_don_t_ask_where_i_m_from_ask_where_i_m_a_local?language=en
Rituals - wake up, play kitchen scramble and sims, shower, breakfast go
Relationships
- coffee and colleagues at school first task, breakfast every Wednesday
without fail - saving grace, family Skye's monthly, friends on vibes
Restrictions
- restrictions on house prices, affordability, family abroad, school
far away, teaching profession and Mindlab assignments and reading
May 8, 2016
Mindlab Session 8 - evloving education
‘The five whys’ is a technique from the Toyota Production System in
the 1950s. “by repeating why five times, the nature of the problem as
well as its solution becomes clear.”
Taiichi, O. (1988). Toyota production system: beyond large-scale production. Portland, Or: Productivity Press.
TED TALK - Ramsey
Taiichi, O. (1988). Toyota production system: beyond large-scale production. Portland, Or: Productivity Press.
TED TALK - Ramsey
Rules:
1. CUROSITY comes first - little people always ask 'why?'because it develops their curiosity - they don't just take things on face value, asking questions is how they learn new stuff. We think we should definitely be fostering curiosity at a young age to ensure they become life long learners. Curiosity builds 21st C skills and key competencies
2. Embrace the MESS - some of our best learning comes from the messy stuff, provides opportunities for uninterrupted learning, relative to time/situation/place, but we should all learn to let go a little bit more and be a bit more relaxed with 'mess
3. Practice REFLECTION - real learning is solidified when we allow time for adequate reflection, when we question what we did and why we did it.
We think this is a cool way of thinking about how we should be teaching and learning, its about exciting our learners to want to learn.
1. CUROSITY comes first - little people always ask 'why?'because it develops their curiosity - they don't just take things on face value, asking questions is how they learn new stuff. We think we should definitely be fostering curiosity at a young age to ensure they become life long learners. Curiosity builds 21st C skills and key competencies
2. Embrace the MESS - some of our best learning comes from the messy stuff, provides opportunities for uninterrupted learning, relative to time/situation/place, but we should all learn to let go a little bit more and be a bit more relaxed with 'mess
3. Practice REFLECTION - real learning is solidified when we allow time for adequate reflection, when we question what we did and why we did it.
We think this is a cool way of thinking about how we should be teaching and learning, its about exciting our learners to want to learn.
Scary reading the Principals letter - we have all worked for principals like that - the authoritarian kind.
We all decided we would include lots of advice on PD options for staff, start small with some classes to work out the kinks, team up experts with novices, consult the community first, leave plenty of time to implement
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