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Micapollock at 14:17, 11 July 2012

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	Click here to learn more about other '''[[Research base\|research]]''' supporting our work.		Click here to learn more about other '''[[Research base\|research]]''' supporting our work.

	'''Our way of ~~working~~		'''Our way of combining research and action

	We've been doing '''[[Participatory design research\|participatory design research]]''', where people work together to improve something and document/analyze that work as they do it. Click here to learn more about the '''[[principles]]''' guiding this work.		We've been doing '''[[Participatory design research\|participatory design research]]''', where people work together to improve something and document/analyze that work as they do it. Click here to learn more about the '''[[principles]]''' guiding this work.

Micapollock at 14:16, 11 July 2012

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	:*examples of "how to" do everything we tried, including technical documentation.		:*examples of "how to" do everything we tried, including technical documentation.

	See [[Vision for OneVille documentation]] for more specifics.		See '''[[Vision for OneVille documentation]]''' for more specifics.

	Beyond the actual work done in Somerville, we hope that our deepest contribution with this website will be to get people thinking about:		Beyond the actual work done in Somerville, we hope that our deepest contribution with this website will be to get people thinking about:
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	:*how people of all ages in a diverse community can work together to innovate all sorts of solutions for public education.		:*how people of all ages in a diverse community can work together to innovate all sorts of solutions for public education.

	Click here to learn more about our [[Next Steps\|next steps.]]		Click here to learn more about our '''[[Next Steps\|next steps.]]'''

Micapollock: /* Our way of working */

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Our way of working

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	(You’ll see <font color=red>¡Aha!</font color> written in red throughout this website. That means a moment when we figured out something of use about improving communications in education.)		(You’ll see <font color=red>¡Aha!</font color> written in red throughout this website. That means a moment when we figured out something of use about improving communications in education.)

	Click here to learn more about other [[Research base\|research]] supporting our work.		Click here to learn more about other '''[[Research base\|research]]''' supporting our work.

	'''Our way of working		'''Our way of working

Micapollock: /* Our way of working */

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	:d) share our efforts online, even if we're still learning -- so that others can learn from what we’ve done or teach us something new.		:d) share our efforts online, even if we're still learning -- so that others can learn from what we’ve done or teach us something new.

	Some of us (Mica in particular) have come to call our work [[Research base\|“improving the communication infrastructure of public education.”]] That's because we're seeing that if people embed low cost communication tools and strategies in their own schools and communities, with the goal of supporting the success of every student, they can make it normal for new kinds of partnership to happen.		Some of us (Mica in particular) have come to call our work '''[[Research base\|“improving the communication infrastructure of public education.”]]''' That's because we're seeing that if people embed low cost communication tools and strategies in their own schools and communities, with the goal of supporting the success of every student, they can make it normal for new kinds of partnership to happen.

	Improving communication infrastructure means working to ensure that on a daily basis, the people who need to communicate information and ideas so they can collaborate in young people’s success can do it.		Improving communication infrastructure means working to ensure that on a daily basis, the people who need to communicate information and ideas so they can collaborate in young people’s success can do it.

Micapollock: /* Our way of working */

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	'''Our way of working		'''Our way of working

	We've been doing [[Participatory design research\|participatory design research]], where people work together to improve something and document/analyze that work as they do it. Click here to learn more about the [[principles]] guiding this work.		We've been doing '''[[Participatory design research\|participatory design research]]''', where people work together to improve something and document/analyze that work as they do it. Click here to learn more about the '''[[principles]]''' guiding this work.

	Our model has become to work with diverse community members of all ages to		Our model has become to work with diverse community members of all ages to

Micapollock: /* About Us: Our Work! */

2012-07-11T13:43:30Z

About Us: Our Work!

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	The OneVille Project is divided up into six smaller projects exploring tools and strategies to help people communicate. Each has paired local researchers, youth, parents, educators, technologists, and community organizers:		The OneVille Project is divided up into six smaller projects exploring tools and strategies to help people communicate. Each has paired local researchers, youth, parents, educators, technologists, and community organizers:

	:'''[[Summary: ~~data dashboard~~\|Data dashboards]]		:'''[[Summary: Data dashboards\|Data dashboards]]
	:'''[[Eportfolio\|Eportfolios]]		:'''[[Eportfolio\|Eportfolios]]
	:'''[[Summary: Texting for Rapid Youth Support\|Texting]]		:'''[[Summary: Texting for Rapid Youth Support\|Texting]]

Jeddcohen at 03:35, 24 January 2012

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	The OneVille Project is divided up into six smaller projects exploring tools and strategies to help people communicate. Each has paired local researchers, youth, parents, educators, technologists, and community organizers:		The OneVille Project is divided up into six smaller projects exploring tools and strategies to help people communicate. Each has paired local researchers, youth, parents, educators, technologists, and community organizers:

	:'''[[data dashboard\|Data dashboards]]		:'''[[Summary: data dashboard\|Data dashboards]]
	:'''[[Eportfolio\|Eportfolios]]		:'''[[Eportfolio\|Eportfolios]]
	:'''[[Summary: Texting for Rapid Youth Support\|Texting]]		:'''[[Summary: Texting for Rapid Youth Support\|Texting]]

Micapollock at 17:47, 16 January 2012

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	:d) share our efforts online, even if we're still learning -- so that others can learn from what we’ve done or teach us something new.		:d) share our efforts online, even if we're still learning -- so that others can learn from what we’ve done or teach us something new.

	Some of us (Mica in particular) have come to call our work [[Research base\|“improving the communication infrastructure of public education.”]] That's because we're seeing that if ~~you~~ embed free/low cost communication tools and strategies in schools and communities, with the goal of supporting the success of every student, ~~you~~ can make it normal for new kinds of partnership to happen.		Some of us (Mica in particular) have come to call our work [[Research base\|“improving the communication infrastructure of public education.”]] That's because we're seeing that if people embed free/low cost communication tools and strategies in their own schools and communities, with the goal of supporting the success of every student, they can make it normal for new kinds of partnership to happen.

	Improving communication infrastructure means working to ensure that on a daily basis, the people who need to communicate information and ideas so they can collaborate in young people’s success can do it.		Improving communication infrastructure means working to ensure that on a daily basis, the people who need to communicate information and ideas so they can collaborate in young people’s success can do it.

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	:'''[[computer infrastructure\|Computer infrastructure]]		:'''[[computer infrastructure\|Computer infrastructure]]

	Click [[Six working groups\|here]] to see mini descriptions of all projects.		Click '''[[Six working groups\|here]]''' to see mini descriptions of all projects.

	'''Our research questions		'''Our research questions

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	==~~About Us:~~ Our ~~Work!~~==		==Our way of working==

	~~'''Our projects~~		The OneVille Project divided up into six smaller projects exploring tools and strategies to help people communicate. Each has paired local researchers, youth, parents, educators, technologists, and community organizers:

	The OneVille Project is divided up into six smaller projects exploring tools and strategies to help people communicate. Each has paired local researchers, youth, parents, educators, technologists, and community organizers:

	:'''[[Summary: Data dashboards\|Data dashboards]]		:'''[[Summary: Data dashboards\|Data dashboards]]
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	:'''[[computer infrastructure\|Computer infrastructure]]		:'''[[computer infrastructure\|Computer infrastructure]]

	Click '''[[Six working groups\|here]]''' to see mini descriptions of all projects.		Click '''[[Six working groups\|here]]''' to see mini descriptions of all projects, or click the sidebar to explore any single project.

	'''Our research questions		'''Our research questions
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	:'''To support young people, <font color=red>who</font color> needs to communicate <font color=red>which information</font color> to <font color=red>whom?</font color>		:'''To support young people, <font color=red>who</font color> needs to communicate <font color=red>which information</font color> to <font color=red>whom?</font color>
	:'''What are the <font color=red>barriers</font color> to that communication, and how might those be overcome?		:'''What are the <font color=red>barriers</font color> to that communication, and how might those be overcome?
	:'''Which <font color=red>channels,</font color> and which efforts to build relationships, might support particular necessary communications between these people?		:'''Which <font color=red>communication channels and strategies</font color>, and which efforts to build relationships, might support particular necessary communications between these people?
	:'''When might <font color=red>basic tech</font color> help increase community cooperation in young people’s success, by supporting diverse students, teachers, parents, administrators, service providers, and other community members to share ideas, resources, and information and to build relationships? What are the limitations to technology use?		:'''When might <font color=red>basic tech</font color> help increase community cooperation in young people’s success, by supporting diverse students, teachers, parents, administrators, service providers, and other community members to share ideas, resources, and information and to build relationships? What are the limitations to technology use?

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	:a) consider existing communication needs;		:a) consider existing communication needs;
	:b) test existing free tech tools and low-cost strategies, to ensure they support necessary communications in a diverse community;		:b) test existing free tech tools and low-cost communication strategies, to ensure they support necessary communications and collaboration in a diverse community;
	:c) consider which new tools and strategies need to be created, and build/test/develop them together so they seed in actual diverse schools;		:c) consider which new tools and strategies need to be created, and build/test/develop them together so they seed in actual diverse schools;
	:d) share our efforts online, even if we're still learning -- so that others can learn from what we’ve done or teach us something new.		:d) share our efforts online, even if we're still learning -- so that others can learn from what we’ve done or teach us something new.

	Some of us (Mica in particular) have come to call our work [[Research base\|“improving the communication infrastructure of public education.”]] That's because we're seeing that if people embed ~~free/~~low cost communication tools and strategies in their own schools and communities, with the goal of supporting the success of every student, they can make it normal for new kinds of partnership to happen.		Some of us (Mica in particular) have come to call our work [[Research base\|“improving the communication infrastructure of public education.”]] That's because we're seeing that if people embed low cost communication tools and strategies in their own schools and communities, with the goal of supporting the success of every student, they can make it normal for new kinds of partnership to happen.

	Improving communication infrastructure means working to ensure that on a daily basis, the people who need to communicate information and ideas so they can collaborate in young people’s success can do it.		Improving communication infrastructure means working to ensure that on a daily basis, the people who need to communicate information and ideas so they can collaborate in young people’s success can do it.
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	:*helps educators, families, and young people to tackle similar issues where they live;		:*helps educators, families, and young people to tackle similar issues where they live;
	:*helps researchers and the public to think differently about communications in public ~~education~~;		:*helps researchers and the public to think differently about communications in diverse public school communities;
	:*helps connect us to others doing similar things.		:*helps connect us to others doing similar things.

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	:*the tools and strategies needed to support the full range of necessary communications and partnership among members of a diverse educational community;		:*the tools and strategies needed to support the full range of necessary communications and partnership among members of a diverse educational community;
	:*how low cost/free tech, brought into the “core” of public schools, can help ~~a full range of~~ people communicate and collaborate in new ways to support young people;		:*how low cost/free tech, brought by youth, teachers, and families into the “core” of public schools, can help people communicate and collaborate in new ways to support young people;
	:*how people of all ages in a diverse community can work together to innovate all sorts of solutions for public education.		:*how people of all ages in a diverse community can work together to innovate all sorts of solutions for public education.

	Click here to learn more about our [[Next Steps\|next steps.]]		Click here to learn more about our [[Next Steps\|next steps.]]