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Students/Children
| Disengaged | Engaged |
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Goals and Motivations - I don't think I understand technology nor do I see a reason to want to
- If I'm participating at an event, It is only because this workshop/activity is better than regular class
- I will drop whatever activity I'm doing and watch youtube/play io games, play flash games if unattended / unmentored
- If I find the activity too difficult / I don't get help I will revert to games
- In extreme cases ADHD or some sort of disorder
| Goals and Motivations - I want to learn how to make/create things
- I want to understand technology so that I can create my own stuff
- If unattended I will explore the thing I'm working on and deviate by building things that differ from the assignment, often in an interesting way
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High Level Success looks like… - Successfully demonstrate that tech can be cool, interesting, and is a career choice
- Conversion to engaged students
- Student becoming super cool tech-literate people and the backbone of kiwi industry when they grow up
- Retaining learning post event (higher level? Hard to measure)
| High Level Success looks like… - Helping student transition from learner to mentor for other students
- Preparing student for industry pathway into tech sector
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Actions we want them to take to accomplish the above - teachers/parents getting them to events
- Continuing tech education post-event
- Sharing events with peers
- Tagging instagram posts/snapchat/hashtags
- Sub to newsletter to find out about future events
| Actions we want them to take to accomplish the above - Encourage teachers/parents into getting them to events
- Attend tech workshops and events
- Retain learning during events
- Continuing tech education post-event
- Sharing events with peers
- Understand tech subjects well enough to teach others
- Sub to newsletter
- Become super cool tech-literate people and the backbone of kiwi industry when they grow up
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Parents
| Disengaged | Engaged w/disengaged student | Engaged parent w/engaged student |
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Goals and Motivations - I don’t understand much about technology
- I don't see the value in taking my child to tech events
- I see a tech event/workshop event as daycare / a place to dump the kids for a short while without giving much thought to the tech education
| Goals and Motivations - I want my child to succeed at life
- I want to change my child's perspective on technology so that it is seen as an important tool
- I believe that tech education will give my child a better life
- I don’t want to have to bribe my child to do more tech things as the learning will stop the moment the gifts stop
| Goals and Motivations - I want help my child do more with their tech efforts
- I want to sustain the momentum my child has built up learning about technology
- I want my child to keep working on projects, attending competitions, and to become a STEM role model
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High level success looks like… - Demonstrating the value that technology education brings to their child
- Conversion to engaged parent
| High level success looks like… - My child attaining a desire to learn tech skills
- My child progressing from only doing things at workshops, to developing their own games/programs/projects on their own without any prompting or briefing
- My child transitioning from disengaged with technology to engaged
| High level success looks like… - Ensuring student is consistently learning new tech skills
- Child transitioning from student to mentor
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Actions we want them to take to accomplish the above - Motivate them to ask for help
- Learning more about technology
- Understanding that there are tech jobs and career paths in the industry
- Taking their child to tech events and workshops
- Ensuring they continue education post intervention
| Actions we want them to take to accomplish the above - Sending child to events
- Request support helping their child transition if needed
- Sub to newsletter to learn about more omg opportunities
- performing volunteering opportunities and continuing to contribute by being a mentor to other children
- Using our learning resources pre/post event to continue tech education
| Actions we want them to take - Ensure that the student keeps undertaking tech projects, either solo/in a team/with help from parent
- Attend events
- Encourage other students to take up the same challenges
- Ensure that other students upskill
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Teacher
| Disengaged | Engaged |
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Goals and Motivations - Fearful of new digital technology curriculum (/ uneducated about it)
- I want someone else to teach the digital tech stuff for me so I don’t have to learn it
- I may have been engaged in the past but have been seriously burned by the pond /other initiatives - lots of effort went in only for it to get shut down
- I get shown new education tools on a regular basis - I tend to forget about most of them after a month or so
- I might be waiting to retire and cant be bothered picking up new skills
- Help me do the least amount of administration possible
High level success looks like… - I feel comfortable teaching the new digital tech curriculum
- My classroom experiencing increased grades and satisfaction in exchange for minimal effort
- Converting the behaviors from disengaged > engaged
Actions we want them to take - Asking for volunteers on voluntarily
- Requesting / Booking volunteers
- Organizing events for students
- Using vly resources as a teaching aid
- Convincing students to apply for mentoring and other programs for young people
| Goals and Motivations - I want my students to have the best learning experience possible
- I want every activity my students do to be amazing
- I want to be the best teacher at my school
- I try every tool I get my hands on, but dump the tool if the experience is terrible (ie: pond)
High level success looks like… - My job becoming easier because…
- It becomes easier to find volunteers to come in and teach my kids topics I'm not an expert in
- Volunteers offering to help by taking some of the workload off me
- It becomes easier to find things to do
- Having an easier time justifying my career progression by demonstrating Professional Teaching Standards, especially as a graduate or provisional teacher
Actions we want them to take - Helping students transition from disengaged > engaged > mentoring
- Transition students to self-sustaining study / projects
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Volunteer
| Disengaged | Engaged |
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Goals and Motivations - Honestly, I don’t see volunteering as a good use of my time nor do I think I would enjoy it
- As a corporate employee, I see my corporate volunteer programme as paid time off avoiding work
- As a skilled professional I might have kids that take priority over volunteering
- Most volunteering opportunities I currently see don’t allow me to fully use my skills
High level success looks like… - Transitioning mindset from disengaged > engaged
- As a skilled tech worker, doing more volunteering with students
- Identifying candidates that enjoy volunteering with students
- Mentoring the next generation of students
Actions we want them to take - Volunteering at more events as a role model
- For industry people, teaching more students and teachers using industry knowledge
| Goals and Motivations - I want to help my community by using my skills
- I may have trained for a specific skill but don’t get to use it in my day job - I see this as an outlet for it
High level success looks like… - Ensuring they don't revert to disengaged traits
- Maintaining a flow of interesting things to do without being too overwhelming
- For volunteers with families - keeping them engaged even when they have kids
- For organizations that have repeating events - how to maintain continuity after they leave their workplace, or how to ensure a steady supply of volunteers
Actions we want them to take - Maintain sustainable levels of activity in the community - unsure of the exact number
- Converting other skilled volunteers from disengaged > engaged
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