Through re reading the email from my district containing the data collected by teachers I have been asked to take an objective look and compile them into one set of observations. As I have struggled with various charting formats which I am happy to share with the district I was not completely happy with the result.
In the middle of last night I realised that I wanted to find a simple way to info graph the themes that were presented in SWOT results as they affected each stakeholder group within the district. I knew that I wanted to add an interactive aspect to the presentation that allowed for instant participation. I spent a fair amount of time within Google Drive trying to see how to import a word info graph I had made, I considered Piktochart but realised it was not exactly what I wanted. Finally this evening I managed to make a simple info graph within Google Drive that I repeated as a template to consider student, teacher, admin and trustees. I continued to work on a very rough draft of my presentation that I want more feedback on as I look to move forward.
The structural coupling aspect is the most important aspect to be considered within this presentation with consideration given to each specific stakeholder who maybe part of the audience.
It felt good to feel that I was moving forward again having bounced back and forth across the Inquiry Star. I also included a last page of my thoughts…now I am back at the point of reflection as I stop writing this for the night.
I have an idea of how this might be constructed! I just got it right now. First, I do think we need to reframe the analysis from weaknesses and threats to challenges and difficulties. These changes can be explained at the beginning. I also think the presentation can be framed as analysis of relationships, rather than an analysis of individuals and technology in the education system. As a system of relationships, the analysis can concentrate on stakeholder group perspectives and practices (what people think about the technology, what they are doing) [I’m not sure what information is in the data]. Again, as a system of relationships,Halbert and Kaser’s model can be used to analyze the data in terms of inquiry processes – conducting an inquiry process with the data to understand what it means in a larger context, a local context, and a learning context. I think you are getting very close. You can use the properties of autopoiesis, structural coupling, composite unities, and organizational structures shaped by linguisitc cognitive domains to inform the structure of the presentation. We’ll talk more.