Visual Communication Research 2019

This friday was the poster (visual reflection) moment. I had Lee as my 1-1 feedback person and I got some great feedback and encouragement from him to move forward with. Peer feedback:

Following up moments from the Xero grad night event ‘Xero Design - Wellington: Behind the Screens.’ Xero, 22 May 2019, Wellington, Event. 2 Awesome connections came out of this evening: I had a great chat with Peter Montgomery , the Creative Director at Xero, about my project. I sent a follow up message on LinkedIn that night, and have continued the conversation there. (He added his insights to the survey I'd made in week 4.) I also caught up with a previous mentor Kelcey Braine (Brand and Design Specialist at Creative HQ.) She got me in touch with a friend of hers who works as a design teacher in Wellington. Kelcey was kind enough to set up an email introduction and Laura and I have organised to have a coffee catch up Saturday the 8th June. 

Time to turn the page on education? It shouldn’t be so black and white. Not every shirt suits every person. And one size doesn’t always fit all. So why are we forcing our youth to fit in the same style of education?  Why are we putting everyone in the same classrooms, with the same teachers, and offering the same subjects. People think differently; students learn differently. So what if education was flexible? It’s about time we change the way we teach, to account for learning diversity. Students aren’t being inspired by class content. They aren’t being engaged, and teachers aren’t enabling positive learning spaces as they feel restricted by the current curriculum. There is a clear disconnect between what is taught in class, and what is required in the workforce, and most importantly, in adult life. NZ classes are allocated either by holistic ‘intelligence’ or completely randomly, not taking into account different learning styles. Teachers are therefore feeli...

What do I want to know??? Context questions: their teaching background Opinions context. What resources do they currently use? Success or failures? Can they see any flaws in my theories or ideas? Would they be interested in helping me work through my ideas as I prototype? Would it be a possibility for me to participate/ spectate in a professional development day at their school? Are there any coming up in the next 6 weeks? Do they have any networks or connections they could link me up to to further this project?

Last week at the Xero Grad event I bumped into an old contact in the startup world. I had a great convo with her about my project and she's been super helpful. She's got me in touch with Laura, a teacher who I've just begun communications with which will hopefully lead to some solid ongoing connections for this project. ‘Xero Design - Wellington: Behind the Screens.’ Xero, 22 May 2019, Wellington, Event.