September 13, 2012

Education & Technology Notes Round #3


Communication from Teacher to Teacher.
- Show a communication conection of teacher to teacher and how they can interact and share mutual goals.
- If the teacher doesn't want to seek out the connection with the other teachers or the parents offer something to make them participate? Could other teachers view "scores" or other teachers, and makes up a school rating? better teachers, better grades, better funding! 
- As a teacher you can adjust your teaching style based on the score feedback.
- Can we create a reward system for the teachers as well as the students. Creating positive reenforcement. The concept of letting the teachers win something as well. 
- Allow teachers to compare data from other classrooms. (other teachers rantings, rankings, scores, etc.)

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Visually connect Teacher to a Teacher images.

Teacher Shared Goals.
* Inspire Students
* Show enthusiasm
* Increase student involvement
* Show relationships between what i'm teaching and the kinds of students I have
* Actively engage the student parent's

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Teacher to Teacher Interaction Incentive: Teacher Score.
* Teacher scores are based on classroom grade averages. 
* Other teachers, schools, districts, and states can view each teaching scores. 
* Funding for schools are currently based on standardized test scores. These scores could serve as an indicator of effectiveness and incentive at the same time. 

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Unlocking new functionality
*The app gradually unlocks new functionality rewarding success and spurring further exploration. 

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Students Reward System
* Students can display their grades in the form of scores.
* Personal High Scores could displayed on the class white board. 
* Students are rewarded with achievement medals for good grades, collaborating with students in and outside of the classroom, and setting new high scores. 
* On their iPad/Tablets they can keep and displayed achievement medals. This way they can share their success with friends and family. 

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Student Collaboration

- Students collaborate with one another in their own classroom on projects. They can also interact with students in other classrooms inside their own school or other schools as far away as foreign countries.
- The iPad allows kids to network with one other under the supervision of the "super user" or teacher account which would supervise.

Why? Because: The creation of "telecommunities" can unite students and teach them to work cooperatively. Collaborative learning becomes even more significant when the students who are working together are from different nations with varied cultures, histories, and socio-political beliefs. Yet, little has been written about how to prepare students to work in teams over the Internet.

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Parent / Teacher Relationship
- Feedback between Parents, Mentors, and Teachers
* Inside the app is an internal messaging system or e-mail client that allows parents to contact either teacher or mentor with ease. 
* The parent also has the ability to view all of the messages sent between the student and the teacher for the sake of transparency. 

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Overall Changes
- Add more imagery and information
- Color code information. Why a touch screen? Show some of that information visually in different colors and put the information all over the place and connect it. 
- If the subject is about touch screens put  the data about touch screens next to or near it. 
- Use a grid system. Let there be a harmony between the imagery and information. 
- Bring the information from the outside into the inside. 
- Let people wander the poster.

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Old teacher notes: 
  • Teachers might not want to seek out that connection. offering something in the system the allows other teachers can come into the world and view it. other teachers can look at one teacher can do. 
  • Teachers and scores. Your behavior changes based on the score. 
  • Incentives are good. Reward system for the teachers as well. Positive reenforcement. The concept of letting them win. 
  • The more you do things the more it opens up. 
  • Its a teaching tool. 
  • What you're creating is also a way to teach the teachers on how to interact in this world. 
  • THE APP TEACHERS THE TEACHER ABOUT THE INTERACTIVE APP. 
  • The needs need to be applicable to this. i.e. reward system. building upon it. 
  • comparing the data from other classes. show a level of transparency. 
  • students can share grades with others or view the class's grades. (privacy) maybe just show the class average. 
  • university for the people. 
  • some form of feedback. should it be transparency. other systems of education. is it good to be transparent? 
  • Connect the information with the subject. talking abut touch screens. have it next to it. 
  • More imagery. add on the new needs. 
  • Collaboration with other students: go into detail on how it would work. 
  • Color code information. why a touch screen show it visually in different colors and put the information all over the place! 
  • LET PEOPLE WANDER THE POSTER! 
  • HARMONY BETWEEN THE GRID AND THE IMAGERY! AND INFORMATION. BRING THE INFO INSIDE. 
  • EACH GROUP WILL GIVE A 7min presentation. with final poster. 
  • talk about needs and high points of the system. the main themes about the community. 
  • MORE IMAGERY. ADD MORE DETAILS AS WELL! 

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