Wicked Project Part A

PART A: The Wicked Problem - A Need or an Opportunity

1.     What is the important educational need that you are seeking to address? This element is fundamental in this project. Since we have limited time, energy, and resources, cool technology without a clear sense of why it matters or what we gain by it is of little value in the educational setting.

I am seeking to address of student to student tutoring and addressing many of the logistical problems they entail.  At my school (Detroit Catholic Central), NHS (National Honor Society) students are required to tutor students before, after or outside of school (if this can be coordinated).  I have heard from several parents , because they live far away, that is difficult to get to school in the morning and many of the NHS members have other things they are involved with after school, whether it is different clubs and or athletics.  I want to address the availability of tutors to multiple students at the same time and in the virtual world where parents and students can coordinate more times available for tutoring.

2.     How you plan to address this educational issue with technology?  You need to make a clear and convincing case that your proposed solution will make a real impact on the issue you identify, and that your proposed approach is a reasonable approach given its costs and possible alternatives.

I plan to address this educational issue with the use of Vyew and also with Jing recording so students can replay and save their tutoring session.  The tutors can jing this and show there math teacher to see if they explained it properly or if there are different ways they could have explained the material.  The students being tutored can jing this and replay the tutoring session.

3.     Logistics of solution: For example…

a.     What is the scope? (e.g., when and where will tool be used and for how long? Who all will use it?)

This can be used all of the time.  It can be used in school, outside of school (I see this as the primary arena), and with more than one student at once.  I expect this tool can be used for as long as possible.

4.     Relevant research and resources (from the Internet and elsewhere) including reports on the closest effort you can find to what you are planning to do as well as ideas and materials you may be able to build upon in your own effort.  Your description should include:

a.     The results of your search (What resources may help guide your project? What resources may help in the implementation of your project?)

b.    What you learned from performing this search. For example, which search engines did you use? What strategies did you use? What helped or hindered your search? How would you search again next time?

I will have to look these up, as I just changed my topic.

5.     A plan for the portion you will implement during this course and the portion you will implement after this course completes.

The portion I will implement during this course will be with a couple of students I know doing the tutoring.  I will try to show the parties involved the technology, of course getting administration and parent approval first, and have a jing copy of the session, or perhaps video tape them working through this and see how it works.  I will also try to show the counseling department this particular item.

6.     How would you know you were successful?

i would know I was successful if both the tutor, student being tutored and counselors and administration thought this was effective.