mission possible: building the digital launchpad for our schools
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Mission Possible: Building the Digital Launchpad for Our Schools. IT & Instructional Services Design Challenge San Mateo County iZone June 9, 2014. Breakfast Activity: Place Your Dots on the Wheel. Directions : 1/ Fill out your worksheet. 2/ Place your dots on the wheel . - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Mission Possible: Building the Digital Launchpad for Our Schools
IT & Instructional Services Design ChallengeSan Mateo County iZone
June 9, 2014
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Breakfast Activity: Place Your Dots on the Wheel
Green = Things we’re good at
Yellow = Needs work but we have a plan
Red = Don’t know where to start!
Directions:
1/ Fill out your worksheet.
2/ Place your dots on the wheel.
* Dots should be labeled with your assigned district #
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Welcome
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Agenda
I. Welcome and Overview of Agenda
II. Warm-up Activity
III. Intro to the iZone Initiative
IV. Design Challenge
– Journey map
– Group activity
– Solution design
V. Next Steps
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Chatham House Rule
When a meeting is held under the Chatham House Rule, participants are free to use the
information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of
any other participant, may be revealed.
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I remember a time when…
Warm-up Activity
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Introduction to the iZone
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Intro to the San Mateo County iZoneWhat It Is
Organized network of innovators who collaborate and share learning to bring digital learning to the classroom and transform education in our county
Goals1. Support improvement of San Mateo County 3rd grade proficiency from 58%
reading at grade level currently to 80% by 2020 (coordinated with the Big Lift)2. Support significant improvement in Algebra-readiness overall and close
readiness gaps among 8th grade subgroups 3. Support significant improvement in student engagement and motivation
Who is Involved• Superintendent Campbell & SMCOE staff• Full Circle Fund members• County and local board members• Silicon Valley Community Foundation
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3 Strategic Initiatives1. Digital Districts: Building the Infrastructure for Digital Learning
• Completed study of district bandwidth capacity w/ Educ. Superhighway• Conducted needs assessments for SBAC pilot on computer-based testing
2. Developing Innovation and Learning Networks • Convened educators (January): 46 attendees• Convened broader community (February): 67 attendees• 21st Century design challenge (April): 80+ attendees
3. Learning Analytics• Secured funding to build a “Center for Learning Analytics”• Prototyping solutions for daily formative assessment & knowledge capture
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Design Challenge
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Map Your Journey
Pure Joy
Great Distress
Thank back over the past 12 months and chart important learning moments you have experienced.
5 minutes on your ownJune
2013
June
2014
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What do you make of what you’ve heard?
What are some needs you might design around?
Interview Notes and Synthesis
Note the highs and lows your partner experienced…
Engage your partner in a discussion of their journey map. Dig for stories. Review what you’ve heard from your partner and synthesize.
5 minutes each for sharing 5 minutes on your own
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Collective Problems and Opportunities
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Voting for Top Issues
Vote for the priority issue(s) or problem(s) that you think are most likely to succeed or achieve a break-through if it were tackled collectively.
You have 3 votes.
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Solution Design
• Choose the issue that most interests you and form a team with 4-6 members.
Diverse teams are more creative.If there are more people, form two teams.
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Framing the Challenge
How Might We…
use space intentionally?
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Fluid space: the life of a d.school studio in 2 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYYIWN5Qqsc&list=PLgf6G0I0euDBoN0Uu5ONaunbsUXc8JJ_a&index=3
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Frame the Problem
How Might We…
• make goals, milestones and benchmarks accessible to
students, real-time?
• use homework to collect daily data?
• archive and share data, student work across districts and
community services?
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Yes, and…
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Team Design Challenge• 5 min - Each team member creates a How
Might We… for your problem space.
• 5 min - Pick/combine 1 for team to work on. Write HMW on big post it.
• 10 min - Use post-its or whiteboard to brainstorm 100
ideas.• 5 min - Pick 1 to Prototype• 20 min - Build / Sketch out / Act out 1 Idea
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100 Ideas
• Suspend judgment • Build on ideas of others • Encourage wild ideas• Be visual
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Prototype
• Build• Sketch out.• Act out.
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Report-Out & Group Discussion
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Where Do We Go From Here?
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Next Steps1. Help us define the need for potential funders
and partners• Respond to short survey that will be emailed to you• Send us your tech plan/blended learning plan
2. Keep working on your team’s issue3. Join the iZone
• Digital Design Team—meeting June 24th 12pm• Innovation & Learning Team—meeting June 12th
2pm
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ContactsDigital Districts Team:
Rod Hsiao, [email protected]
Innovation & Learning Networks Team: Nakeyshia Kendall, [email protected] Vydunya, [email protected]
izone: Kim Jacobson, [email protected]