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Our first foray into the process of unpacking our ideas onsite was also a great ice breaker.
Our initial identified problems were put on show at a parent meeting with the premise that these things were going to be taken to the ministry and how do 'we, as parents' feel about them.
We had Jenny sitting in as the school principal and Dorothy was our board chair. The rest of the team were parents from different walks of life. I drew the successful artist with a loose look at the way a school should be run. We had farming parents, lawyers, grandparents ex lecturers, plumbers, among other things.
Each problem came up on the screen and vigorous discussion ensued.
The process was a great way to unpack problems form a range of perspectives
It identified shortcomings in our initial proposals and gave ideas on honing them in.
It allowed us to consider where we were pointing fingers when coming up with problems and the perspective of blame.
It did paint a picture of a worrying trend in the school with many problems coming from a range of sources.
and... importantly it was fun with no judgement, just discussion.
The next step was taking this discussion and the ideas generated and clarify our own problem. I must have changed my initial problem's wording 10 times before finalising my idea, maybe.
- Whanau rarely engage with online or ubiquitous learning.
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