prototype: the first design of something from which other forms are copied or developed (Oxford Dictionary)
Newly enthused from our MIT meeting on Monday and lock down looming, I was focussed on getting a website prototype up and running pretty quickly. Without the luxury of 'user' testing with a group of my target students, here's how things unfolded:Tracking Student Participation/Building Connections
One gremlin was to find a way to track and give visibility to students as they completed the challenges. Matt suggested a survey form similar to what he was already using to monitor student learning for his class. Students were asked to log their challenges and the comments they had made on others blogs.
Student centred content
A team of TAHA Challengers - a mix of Year 7 & 8 students - created the video/visual content for the site. Due to time restrictions and physical distancing, I chose students who I was already seeing online for distance learning at the end of Term 1. We met informally at the end of a GOOGLE MEET session (all filmed!)and using a spreadsheet were able to plan and assign tasks amongst ourselves with time lines to get as much content finished as quickly as possible. A template script for the TAHA videos proved helpful to support students as they added their own flavour to the TAHA 'adverts' they created.
A key element of the whole TAHA CHALLENGE was to find a collection of tasks that Year 7 & 8 students would be willing to try - nothing too serious but nothing too lame either! I got inspiration from a lot of different sources including:
- a BINGO Board of Awesomeness from the folks at KIWIKIDS NEWS
- the Mental Health Awareness Week initiative
- Rangitahi Tū Rangituhi , a rangtahi leadership organisation in Wellington that offers Ngā Taonga
Tākaro wānanga (traditional Māori games workshops)
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