Week 5: Class Notes- Peer Discussions Around Topic
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Week 5: Speaker Series #2
Buckholt-Payne, Anya. “The Speaker Series: Our City Tomorrow.” Creating Places for People, Wellington City Council, 28 Ma r. 2019, City Gallery Wellington. Speaker Series. I went to a talk by the Wellington City Council: The Speaker Series: Our City Tomorrow, Creating places for people. From this I got some enlightening insights from Anya Buckholt-Payne, where she talked about making a better city for youth. She talked about the lack of engagement within school cultures, and how students weren't being inspired- and therefore weren't getting involved- in their education. They weren't investing in themselves because the majority of her peer group didn't feel represented within the world, which is reflecting in class/ learning engagement. She talked about student voice, and feeling " powerless and isolated". She stated that the conventional education environment needs to be challenged . Her observations cross over a lot into my project, and I've gotten i...
Week 5: Meeting with Phoebe J Smith (Project Overview)
Today I had a catch up coffee meeting with Phoebe, (a mentor I've had in the past outside of Uni.) It was great to run over where I'm at with someone who has a fresh perspective, and getting some new ideas and clarification for the direction I'll head in now. We went over the research map I'd made earlier with Mark, and discussed the potential and flaws within each area. It was great talking it through, as it drew to light the parts that needed further research and documentation. Phoebe reminded me to go back to the original problem, to refine and develop this in the context of my new research, and then use that to prioritise what to do from there. I need to choose a primary objective, and have secondary ones as well. I don't need to throw away everything else I've been researching, but focus in on one section to prioritise and 'go deep.' We also discussed the scale of my project. So far my research has been quite broad, and as such somewhat vague. ...
Week 5: Seminar- Innovation in the Experience Economy
Notes and observations from a talk by MK Haley (Professor at UCLA, Disney rep) On Monday this week, I went to a seminar by MK Haley, Professor of UCLA, and representative of Disney (experience design.) ' Innovation in the Experience Economy." She talked about how creating experiences can be an important part of any sales, business, or marketing strategy, referencing The North Face Campaign: https://www.adweek.com/creativity/north-face-gave-these-shoppers-vr-experience-suddenly-got-awesomely-real-167900/ . I've been inspired by her guidelines; guides (POV), gossip (stories), and games (interactivity) which respectively becomes; ' make me aware, make me care, call to action '. These three key points are what's needed to build a great experience, so how can I translate these into education? That's what I'll continue researching this week. (PHOTOS TAKEN WITH PERMISSION- AUTHOR: MK HALEY 2019)