Bletherin – preparation for Nov 27 (Dundee)
Dear team,
We have produced these images (below) to visualise your ideas which were developed at the 100% Open event in Edinburgh a few months ago. Originally we presented BletherIn through role play, but as not all members will be able to attend all events we felt it important for the team to have a visual presentation. Please let us know any feedback (there is a comment box below) so we can be as prepared as possible for the meeting on the 27th November.
Introduction
Anna Fowlie’s notes… Does anyone have access to these?
BletherIn is an initiative which aims to better connect services, such as nurseries, using existing video call technology (eg skype, …) to build new relationships within and between organisations such as nurseries and the people they exist to serve and provide a platform for sharing information. Building on others work, rather than each organisation repeating the same work could reduce overlaps in research and expenditure; and ultimately reduce the cost of service provision.
Current situation
Nurseries work within their own areas, implementing their own training and trying to solve their own issues.
Proposal
If we were to bring these services together remotely using technology each nursery could share there successes and training as well as activities and provide a support network.
Bring bubbles together so they can blether via video call technology.
Scenario of how the service would be used. Current problem for trainers
-lots of distant travelling
-petrol expenses
-time wasted on travel
-unsustainable
-weather premitting
We would like sponsorship for training of nursery staff in how to use existing video call technology.
The value to the nursery trainer:
-can share training material
-save time training teams at once
-saves money and resources
-can organise their time better
-can make more regular appointments
-build better relationships with co-workers
-More sustainable/economic
BletherIn would require funding to develop training material into an online format and provide trainers/nurseries with audio/digital equipment
Value to children
Childrens toys to control the amount of access they can get to online content – security rational
Would this help or hinder seperation anxiety?
BletherIn requires funding to develop childrens toys that enable easier accessibility to technology and internet.
There would be better connectivity, geographical awareness, language skills and help develop a world view. Children could also make more varied friends, similar to having a pen pal.
Nurseries could share activities such as fireman visits or set challenges (similar to global service jam: http://www.globalservicejam.org/)
Condensed quote from Nursery worker from Edinburgh event which gets across our point without taking too much time. (Does anyone have a copy of the video interview we played on the day?)
Future Scope
The BletherIn model could be adapted to a variety of services, such as hospitals and carehomes to their families and the outside world, Schools and boarding schools, educational transition periods, …
How do we develop a strategy for implementing and measuring the service??
In the current economic climate this is clearly important, school for 1 which operates in large spaces that enable different ways of learning to happen simultaneously – some students work with teachers, some with tutors, some work independently with books and computers, and some work in small groups. Because multiple skills can be taught in different parts of the space at the same time, every student is free to work at his or her own pace.
this would also benefit rural communities which are facing school closers.
Imagine a Jam session in music. You come together, bringing your instruments, your skills, your open mind. Someone sets up a theme, and you start to Jam around it. You bounce your ideas off other people, and play around with what comes back. Together, you build something which none of you could have built alone. And at the same time, you are learning new ideas, discovering more about how you work and whom you best work with, sharpening your skills, and having a great time.
This is an existing model introducing new ways of learning, an example to take influence from.
(Image by Sara Nevay)
The KISTproject brings together design researchers from the University of Dundee with The Children’s Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS) to co-design, develop and test a prototype of a system which enables access to the internet using simple hand held objects as ‘remote controls’. Many CHAS residents have conditions which cause their motor functions to diminish over time, making it increasingly difficult for them to use computers for socialising and entertainment, without assistance.
Workforce Of The Future 