Ideation

Owned by Andrew Watkins
11-04-2019
3 min read

Created at the Dec 2018 Hackfest.

Note: Team used the term ‘Project’ to represent a block of educational content but in some contexts it also seems to align with opportunity - an instance of a project/school/volunteer group

Feature - Search for projects from Corporates

Blocks

Search bar

Listing

Project thumbnail and summary

Assessment Criteria - a type of faceted search filter by

Location

Industry

Age relevant

Type

Links

Upload new project (corporate)

Upload new Project (student) - unclear why there this is separate



Buttons/Functions

Select

Compare



Feature - Corporate Site Visit

Objective: Give students an onsite experience at the corporate.

This is a type of ‘offering’ or project that teachers can take up.

 

Requires: RAMS form

Risk Assessment Mitigation example 1 adult per 4 students required.

 

Illustrates that content offerings can be visits and that paperwork may be a pre-requisite thing for the offering.

Feature - HELP - Toolkit

Objective: Provide new knowledge to help teachers learn new processes.

Teacher’s alignment to curriculum inputs project classification.

Project design framework

TKI - Te Kiti Ipurangi https://www.tki.org.nz/

See - elearning toolkits doc

Topics to cover

  • Onboarding

  • Charter

  • Roles and Responsibilities

  • Rules of engagement

  • Values

  • Culture

  • Inclusion

  • Rituals

  • Iwi

Overview - Sets expectations, overview of values and how the process works.

Launch -> select project -> brainstorm -> prototype -> present -> review

Feature - Supplementary skills offered by corporates / Mentors

Objective: Outside of specific projects or educational products corps and mentors may offer supporting skills.

E.g

  • Design Thinking

  • Product Design

  • Robotics

  • Coding

  • Presentation Mentors

Skills lists are a Taxonomy with some degree of ability for users to add new items - folksonomy.

Supports: Find help for a specific need.

Feature - Knowledge base

Written content that supports a project, product or problem.

Very similar to metadata about a project but contains more pages and readable content.

Might be wiki pages

Description of project

  • Assessment criteria guidelines

  • Lean Canvas

  • How To

  • What to do next

  • Videos



Information for:

  • Teachers

  • Volunteers

  • Corporate

  • Students



Feature - Communication

Objective: Allow people using a project to communicate with those providing it.

  • Chat

  • Forum

  • Blog

  • Showcase and case studies

Feature - Volunteer World View

Objective: Allows an individual to see their status and what to do next and what others are doing.

Identity

Contains key personal information

  • Avatar - users has a picture of themselves - makes people behave better and is more real

  • Name - Username or Real name?

  • Level Badge - e.g. Early Explorer. Represents experience in the system

  • Powers - key skills on offer e.g. Innovation/Facilitation


Status Panel ( Badges)

Shows projects done, badges, accomplishments, progress through workflows.

Social Media links - Allow people to share an accomplishment.

Workflow Progress bars - Steps

For active workflows show where I am in the process steps to completion and what to do next. Am I waiting for someone else to do something or are they waiting for me?

For workflows that have a predictable timeline highlight when expected deadlines are approaching or passed.

Goals & Suggestions Panel

Shows upcoming todo list and challenges.

Includes necessary steps for onboarding and suggestions

Promotes upcoming opportunities you might want to sign up for

Groups and Teams (Tribes)

Who you belong to.

  • Company

  • Institution

  • Team

  • Community of Interest.



Messages and activity from others in your linked groups.

Emotion panel

How are you feeling?

Do you need help?

Links - online help, a real person.

Messages

Questions from others may be directed at you based on your badges and skills list. Can you help answer. - Links into discussion forum.

Induction processes

Post it notes listing information elements. Organised into groups.

These are all materials that will have to be written, edited, presented and we have to get people to read and understand them.

About

  • Kaupapa

    • Kaupapa means principles and ideas which act as a base or foundation for action. A kaupapa is a set of values, principles and plans which people have agreed on as a foundation for their actions

    • Present as a Document to read, or ideally as a video to watch.

    • Complete Kaupapa badge by answering some questions and committing to the values.

What to Expect

  • Give assurance that volunteers and not teaching, they are providing teacher support.

  • document or video.



What you need to know

  • Cultural responsive interactions in schools.

  • Working with Student

    • Versions for different age groups.

    • Mindfulness about students backgrounds

  • Student Agency

    • Social Media Use

    • IP

    • Consent

    • Media use - taking and posting pictures for example.

  • Boundaries

    • Interactions and professional distance

  • Expectations from schools

  • Ethics and data

    • Includes what we collect - Privacy and Personal Identification data.

  • FAQs

    • Do I have to volunteer by myself or can I go with someone more experienced?



Policies and Procedures

  • Policy vetting - how are our policies generated?

  • Why, how, what,

  • Disclosures policy

  • Managing problems.

  • Note: we may have to reconcile differences between policies in schools, corps etc.



Choosing opportunities

  • Finding the project for you

  • Working to your passion

  • Getting out of your comfort zone

  • Curriculum

  • Skill level

  • Age Categories

  • Learning support

Unsorted

  • School values

  • Protocols for induction

  • Assurance about classroom roles

  • Curriculum

  • Unconscious bias

  • Site visits & site specific programmes

  • Due diligence for setting up unique programmes

  • Establish direct contact between volunteer and teacher who will be in the room.







 

Benefits and Targets

  • NEETS falling. Not in Education Employment or Training

  • AKO experience quality

  • Corporate projects - plug and play module development



Other Requirements

  • Infosec and Privacy

  • Lightweight pen test - see Tash Bettridge