XD and Whiteboard

Interactive design ideas and new ways to collaborate in response to a physically distanced world.

"It lets you open up and explore all the different options... by using the Whiteboard app [with students] it has been a timesaver... [students] continually hone ideas".

You can invite others to engage in co-editing to create a more organic collaboration experience.

Collaborative thinking through a different process - Crazy '8s

In this space, eight users can work collaboratively to share ideas side-by-side as they brainstorm and 'warm up' their thinking.

I would love to use this to collaborate on project planning - I think that giving everyone their own space to scribble is so organic to the creative process.

A fascinating application to use for staff collaboration and KANBANs, I can see a lot of possible applications for Educational team planning as well as a more realistic tracking tool for group projects for learners, where any learner who tries to act as a 'passenger' can be both encouraged and visible in their engagement.

Paul has been completing (and is soon to publish) research relating to his 20 year review of the idea economy, and his observations relating to a "talent development crisis" in New Zealand despite a large investment in transformative education.

"To what extent does education develop human potential?"

Paul shared a 'snapshot' of some statistics:

• An aging population
• a growing student education
• a shrinking pool of available schools
• a problematically low per-student funding investment.

His concern is that funding is allocated not for learner development, but is based on status and socio-economic profiles of the localities of the schools.

Labelling students into 'desirable' subgroups has a direct impact on funding. While designed to improve 1:1 learning, Paul McClean points out the lack of benchmarks has led to students being withdrawn in order to avoid statistically problematic outcomes that might reflect poorly on the school.

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