![]() My Decision A “wicked hard” problem on my campus that no one really talks about, or works to solve, the is challenge of enabling more than 100 adults connect. We focus on the students and all know their names, but many of of us do not know the names of the adults sitting next to us at football games, pep rallies, and graduations. San Pasqual Academy (SPA) is a collaborative campus with adults from multiple agencies working together to raise and educate our youth. Adults from five agencies support our students:
Today, I met with Tia Moore, SPA campus director, and pitched my idea of figuring out how to connect the staff using social media. I did not even need to provide details. She gave me a solid thumbs-up! Many times, it feels like my campus is so busy that we spend more time responding to problems than stepping back to proactively identify and solve them. I am grateful that my 20time project will all of SPA’s invested adults! My 20Time Proposal Wicked Question How can technology help San Pasqual Academy’s invested adults communicate with one another? Current Problem We have more than 200 adults working together to support 85 students. We work for different agencies, work in different buildings, and work different shifts. Many of us do not even know each other’s names and are unable to identify which adults are connected to individual students. Inquiry Questions
You may view my initial 20time post here.
"Considering Attempting to Solve "Wicked Problems" on my Campus
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Lexie
6/22/2015 11:19:00 am
Natalie, I love this idea. I think this project is going to be fulfilling for you and will benefit your entire community. I hope everyone gets on board and feels comfortable using the internet to connect. Who knows, maybe you will even convert some digit visitors to residents! Does your school have a summer break or is it year round? Will you be able to spread the word? I'm trying to think about what platform would be the best/easiest for everyone to use. My hunch is facebook. Looking forward to learning more about your endeavors!
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7/5/2015 02:24:31 am
Thank you! My school has summer break, but we also have intersession/summer school. Typically one-third of the school staff and students will attend. However, we only make up one part of campus. Since we are a residential facility, everyone else will still be available. The school staff only makes up about 10% of the campus adults. Also, I am planning to use Google+, because many people are uncomfortable with Facebook.
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Jon Apodaca
6/24/2015 01:34:04 pm
I think this is a great idea. This is how it is at my school. The easiest platform to use would be facebook; Due to the fact that it is easy to access, free and has many options as far as privacy goes as well as many ways to organize as a moderator some other pros to using this platform:
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7/5/2015 02:25:55 am
I am glad to hear that my school is not the only one with communication challenges. I am actually going to use Google+ instead of Facebook because Facebook is blocked on the school wifi. I did consider it though. Thanks for the advice.
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Patricia Harris
6/29/2015 03:33:04 am
Ms. Priester, I completely agree with you. I don't know why but our campus has a very rough time communicating with one another. With all of the adults we have to support us on campus it confuses me on how people can't communicate well even though there are some adults who push very hard for everyone to be on the same page such as yourself.
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7/5/2015 02:21:26 am
Patricia,
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@npriesterDocumentation of the learning process of my 20time project for SDSU EDL 680 Seminar in Personalized Learning Archives
August 2015
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