{"id":94,"date":"2016-02-17T15:41:32","date_gmt":"2016-02-17T15:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/clairehazzard\/?p=94"},"modified":"2016-02-17T15:42:30","modified_gmt":"2016-02-17T15:42:30","slug":"thoughts-after-f2f-session-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/clairehazzard\/2016\/02\/17\/thoughts-after-f2f-session-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts after F2F session 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, here we are in February. After every Cohort 21 F2F session, we\u2019re given time to blog, but I find I need time to process my thoughts, think about everything that\u2019s happened during the day, incorporate all the interesting conversations I\u2019ve had with inspiring cohort members, make notes on useful ideas etc before I commit my ideas to my blog. I\u2019d planned to come back to school on the Monday after the F2F, and get my blog post done immediately. In fact, it\u2019s taken me well over two weeks to even think about uploading pictures to WordPress, which perfectly illustrates just\u00a0how busy term two is.<\/p>\n

The day began with a chance to chat with other Cohort 21 members, and a few minutes\u00a0to review both the SAMR<\/a> and TPACK<\/a> models. We were invited to reflect on our Action Plan, and to think about which lens is better suited to support our plan. In my case, SAMR is more applicable; I\u2019m aiming for the \u2018modification\u2019 rung, which encourages the user to think about significant task\u00a0redesign. With my action plan, I\u2019m investigating how our library schedule can be transformed by an online \/ technological component. Although it\u2019s difficult to apply either lens to non-classroom action plans, in this case, it the potential for application is high. I would like our schedule to be an interactive document, and\u00a0a tool for collaboration. At this time in the day, my fellow table members were of great use giving advice and sharing experiences, and helped me clarify my overall objectives\u00a0in rethinking our schedule. In particular, I\u2019d like to thank @lmustard<\/a> and @jweening<\/a> for the great discussion about schedules and how they (should) work.<\/p>\n

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After some reflection time, we were invited to \u2018storyboard\u2019 what our actual Action Plan implementation will look like. Mine is shown below, and gives a great idea of my plan as it should roll out over the next few months. In particular, I realised how much time I need to devote to working with solutions we already have at the school, rather than trying to reinvent the wheel\u2026<\/p>\n

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One of the most useful parts of the day was when our fearless leaders invited us to consider the Assumptions and Constraints that might have an impact on our Action Plans. As we forward plan, these potential roadblocks must be taken into consideration. There is so much to consider, both from a library viewpoint and a school-wide SCS perspective, before implementing a new procedure.<\/p>\n

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A significant chunk of time in the afternoon was devoted to \u2018pitching\u2019 our Action Plans to one of the many facilitators\u00a0and\u00a0coaches. This really helped clarify my ideas, and many helpful suggestions were made. One particularly helpful suggestion was to work with\u00a0what the school already has (and what staff are already comfortable with); we all already use Outlook, and many of our room and equipment bookings are made in this way. Another tool I had considered for\u00a0library scheduling was Google Calendar, but not everyone on staff uses this format. We discussed the pros and cons of using Outlook for booking physical spaces, and agreed that a short trial would probably be an excellent idea.<\/p>\n

Before we left MaRS<\/a>, we were asked to \u2018calendar\u2019 our next Action plan steps. This was incredibly useful; I always break big tasks in to smaller, more do-able chunks, and like to have self-imposed check-in deadlines along the way. However, with just a short time\u00a0remaining before our fourth and final Face 2 Face meeting at Hillfield Strathallan on April 22, there\u2019s not lot of time to get on this, as well as find time to\u00a0report back in a meaningful way!<\/p>\n

Despite the positive outcomes of the day, for an introvert such as myself, I found the Face 2 Face session at MaRS<\/a> somewhat challenging. I am the kind of person who likes to consider a problem, research and experiment, and the constant \u2018talking it out\u2019 is not a way I\u2019d usually approach a problem such as this. However, I do appreciate that a new approach (such as the Design Thinking Process itself) is often the best way to get inspired and creative outcomes and solutions.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m looking forward to seeing colleagues at our next Face 2 Face meeting in April, and hope to have some successes to report!<\/p>\n

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So, here we are in February. After every Cohort 21 F2F session, we\u2019re given time to blog, but I find I need time to process my thoughts, think about everything that\u2019s happened during the day, incorporate all the interesting conversations I\u2019ve had with inspiring cohort members, make notes on useful ideas etc before I commit … Continue reading “Thoughts after F2F session 3”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-action-plan","category-face-2-face-sessions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/clairehazzard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/clairehazzard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/clairehazzard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/clairehazzard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/101"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/clairehazzard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/clairehazzard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/clairehazzard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/clairehazzard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/clairehazzard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}