As I mentioned in my last journal entry, my brain is full of ideas and walking through these lessons as well as reading Krause is really allowing them to expand. I am a visual learner, so typography and color have always stood out to me. Unfortunately, my technology hasn't allowed those ideas to grow. I am a Mac guy, but I own a PC that I use occasionally. That PC for some reason will not play any sound, making my audio creating and testing impossible. On top of that, I travel a good bit so have not been able to pick up a new laptop. I plan to purchase tomorrow when I get home from Boston so I can get caught up with Audacity and now the layouts.
I did have a great meeting this week with Dr. Bill Daggett (Rigor/Relevance Model, ICLE) and Ray McNulty (ICLE) and was able to discuss my project and get some suggestions from them. They like the idea of keeping ideas simple because you need to grab people's attention quickly. If you aren't familiar with the Rigor/Relevance Framework, please click the link to learn more. I love the design on their model because I think it follows Krause's guidelines pretty well of effective design. With that in mind, I am debating creating a few charts similar to the ABCD graph because I think that will stand out in the mind of the principal/teacher/student going through the design.
Where I am now -
- Intro page to determine Principal/Teacher/Student
- Bridge pages allowing each to select area of focus: Math/ELA/Science/Reading
- Bridge pages allowing each to determine what is most important: Growth/Engagement/Assessments
- Product Demo broken up for each target
Should I create a survey at the end to determine what the participant felt about various aspects? This could be a way to determine if the demonstration was effective as well as find ways to enhance or change the design to make it better. Would love your thoughts.
I know what you mean about ideas. My overall project idea came pretty quickly, but the execution of that idea has morphed several times. Once I started creating some slides and making a skeleton of my project, I began to realize how large the project can be if I am not careful. You appear to already know how the user will interact with the project, and now you can start focusing on the content, specifically how much to include. I’m sure you will focus on the sizzle more than the steak at this initial stage!
ReplyDeleteAs for the survey at the end of that initial presentation, I’m not sure how much useful information you could get. For example, if people who watch the presentation: (1) are not interested in buying the software, they probably will not want to complete the survey or will not give any constructive opinions, or (2) are interested in the software (may or may not buy), I am not sure what information they could tell you at that point that they could not relate to the sales person later (maybe what part(s) peaked their interest?). The survey may need to be more of a back-end thing (ask clients after the sale what parts of that initial presentation could be improved).
I like the learning model from the ICLE. As a math teacher, I have to cover so many standards and the intricacies of those standards that I am lucky if I can get out of “A” and into the “B” area much less proceed into the C and D areas. If we rewrote the curriculum to be more quality (fewer standards but in more depth) rather than quantity (our state has more standards than you, ha ha), then this framework, along with the STEM education and the Project-Based Learning frameworks, would be more doable.