Lesson 5 Organising ideas

OPEN YOUR LEARNING BLOG

To be able to effectively solve a problem with an app you need to understand the story behind it. Here teams will map and sequence their problems to discover the problem story.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

You will learn to:

Describe the term problem mapping

STARTER

Experience the importance of problem mapping with the organising ideas starter video

http://www.appsforgood.org/educator/delivery/idea-generation/organising-and-refining-ideas

TASK 1 (vex Factor or the 5 W's (25 mins)

Using either the Vex Factor or 5Ws exercise teams should aim to map,at least 5 problems.

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&srcid=0ByGWyKe-Ivm7MkZma0stYVA0Q1U

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&srcid=0ByGWyKe-Ivm7MjFmQ2thMmY4Wnc

ROLE PLAY (30 mins)

After you have mapped the sequence of each problem you should quickly role play each one using the Role Play activity sheet. This needs to be done quickly because if you can't role play a problem in less than 5 minutes, then the problem is too complex.

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&srcid=0ByGWyKe-Ivm7T1MwWjItMEtyNzg

HOMEWORK

Each student should try to speak to one person who is affected by one of the problems that team has identified to check if the sequence is correct.

 

FINAL TASK

For today's lesson write a post about what you have learnt today and the progress you have made.