Hi Sagun, 

Thank you for the suggestion on this possible event. It is indeed a nice idea but there are some limitations we should consider. 

Here are my thoughts on this aspect to consider. 
- Since this event is for the teachers specifically who did activities in Y1 (very few) and Y2, I wonder if we know that they are able to participate. A two days-four hours event during morning hours is very demanding for a teacher to participate and make a presentation of 15 minutes, receiving questions. Do we have a number of the teachers engaged in Y2 who can do it? And if not, what is the plan? Can it be that we as researchers collect their input/experience and present it? Would this be enough/good? 
For example, from the many interventions in Norway, I can only think of 1 teacher/student who would possibly be able to do it only going me a favour and this is not guaranteed and only to possibly participate for a couple of hours. In order to get what we want from the teachers, we accommodate all their needs, like visit them at the school and meet them only when they tell us they are available. 
But if you know that from the other countries there are teachers who will do it, of course go ahead. And maybe you have already some policy stakeholders informally invited that are available these dates?

-Another idea is to have a place on the website that has a specific format, like a platform that we suggest to teachers to share their experiences anonymously or not about the implementation of DT projects at schools. This can be in relation to sharing the activity plans already implemented that we were thinking about earlier. 

Best, 
Sofia 


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Subject: [Extendt2_omt] Re: TCD follow-up: Event to engage teacher participants in sharing their experiences
 
Hello everyone,

Could we combine the tasks? Let's integrate activities related to the
toolkit into this 2-day event. It makes sense that we use feedback/input
for the toolkit from teachers that have actually implemented a DT project,
doesn't it?

So, instead of having a 2 4-hour sessions where teachers present, we
allocate some time in presentations/discussions on projects (or less) and
some time in discussing about how teachers would evaluate the process and
what kind of tools could the toolkit include (or, in case there is a draft
version of the toolkit until then, we can ask teachers to give feedback).

What do you think?

Best,
Christina

> Hello Jake,
>
> Thanks for your response.
>
> The KPI this can feed into is ‘Present the results at policy events or
> meetings’ provided we invite policy stakeholders as well to listen to some
> of these teachers. These policy stakeholders can listen to some authentic
> stories by these participants (hopefully positive) and understand the
> significance of embedding design thinking project supported by
> technologies in pedagogy. For this, we should invite some of the policy
> stakeholders in specific sessions. As suggested, I have added this to the
> Gantt Chart. If everyone is happy with this event, we are ready to lead.
>
> Best,
> Sagun
>
> From: Jake Byrne <BYRNEJ40@tcd.ie>
> Date: Wednesday, 9 October 2024 at 16:30
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> Dear Sagun,
>
> I just wonder about the timing of this activity. We will need to engage
> with teachers to provide feedback and engage in a number of activities in
> the coming months (WP2 Framework, WP3 PD Co-Design, WP7 teacher evaluation
> toolkit etc.) not to mention other milestones that need to be completed in
> the coming 2 months. Could this get added to the Gantt
> chart<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15Fjl67DP1M1GEU3U6uPjOTxcyBt9_JIoznhFIeJO-J8/edit?usp=sharing>
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> and prioritised alongside the other activities (particularly those that
> require teacher input) and what deliverable/KPI this is feeding in to? We
> are asking a lot of some of these teachers and as discussed at the meeting
> it's important we try to make that activity and ask explicit and
> viable/realistic.
>
> Kind regards,
>
>
>
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> Hello Everyone,
>
>
>
> I hope you are keeping well.
>
>
>
> As discussed briefly in TCD meeting (also in the OU meeting), can we
> organise an event (either of one or two days) in which we will bring
> teacher participants participated in the Exten(DT)2 project up until now
> from all countries together to make them share their experiences?
>
>
>
> The purpose of this event will be to:
>
>
>
>   *   Create a  multi-country platform for teachers to share their
> learnings from participating in the Exten(DT)2 project;
>   *   Record their experiences and suggestions that can be helpful
> resources to support Y3 implementation; and
>   *   Engage teachers in a post-implementation activity which can function
> as a stimulated recall to trigger them to further implement DT project
> in their classroom settings independently.
>
> And of course, this will help us in reporting around sustainability as we
> are not leaving teachers after they implement but we are following them up
> and helping them to build a wider teachers network.
>
>
>
> For this, I propose the dates as 28th and 29th November, Thursday, and
> Friday (maybe of a 4-hour session each day)
>
> We can ask each one to share their experiences in 15 minutes which will be
> followed by 10 minutes Q and A.
>
> The proposed time is between 10 am and 3 pm UK time .
>
>
>
> I am populating ideas here:
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aJh0FMT6Y5-93gtaXfwcoqjh8rUxvUWhkcgvygw41Uk/edit.
> Any suggestions are welcome! And, finally thanks Marcelo for this
> brilliant  idea.
>
>
>
> I am looking forward to hearing from you!
>
>
>
> Best,
> Sagun
>
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Department of Educational Studies
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
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