PSbD Course Introduction

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  1. Hello everyone.
  2. My name is CHad Loudoun and I am the author
  3. of discomfort by design.
  4. Uh from this book I designed this course called problem
  5. solving by design for every classroom.
  6. I could not be more excited about being on this
  7. journey with you as we strive for growth.
  8. As related to problem solving in the classroom.
  9. I think it's important that you understand the reasoning and
  10. the application of this course.
  11. I noticed a trend many years ago of my students
  12. in my classroom lacking essential problem solving and critical thinking
  13. skills and relying way too heavily on technology to meet
  14. the challenges presented in school.
  15. I saw students doing everything they could to try to
  16. avoid um situations that required them to step outside of
  17. their comfort zone.
  18. Now having done my very best to avoid uncomfortable situations
  19. my entire life yet experiencing some of the most trying
  20. challenges life has I decided to put my personal and
  21. my professional experiences and expertise into this book.
  22. Yeah. Some insight as to what I want for you
  23. from this class.
  24. I want you to tell you I want to take
  25. you out of your comfort zone of how you think
  26. schools should be and make you aware of how it
  27. could be when you implement problem solving by design.
  28. I want you to work with the support of community
  29. that is working toward the same uncomfortable goal I want
  30. to know about and learn from all of your experiences,
  31. both the good and the bad as they relate to
  32. the topics of each module.
  33. And I want you to feel some autonomy with some
  34. choices as we commit to each step of the process
  35. to meet each challenge in every module, each module follows.
  36. Um what I like to think of as a modified
  37. problem solving process.
  38. So not only are we going to talk about problem
  39. solving, we're also going to commit to a process of
  40. problem solving every single module and it begins with what
  41. I call a call to action challenge here.
  42. You're going to realize why meeting these challenges is important
  43. and exactly what you will produce every module next.
  44. I want to provide some opportunities for you to gather
  45. information that can assist you in meeting the challenges of
  46. the module.
  47. Some may call this research or exploration.
  48. Um We want to call it exploring for knowledge.
  49. This could be a Youtube video.
  50. It could be an excerpt from discomfort by design.
  51. It could be a reading from a website or it
  52. could be a primary source from a from a journal.
  53. Now after you've gathered some information, it's time to work
  54. that brain and come up with some ideas.
  55. Now there are several different ways that we could do
  56. this. Um I think that some of us like to
  57. meet with the creator of these courses um and discuss
  58. the ideas through a synchronous meeting.
  59. So I will provide some office hours a couple of
  60. times per week through zoom.
  61. If anyone would like to meet and ask some questions
  62. or discuss some ideas, there will also be this option
  63. without the course creator present for those of you who
  64. would rather discuss these ideas and thoughts in a more
  65. private setting.
  66. And then finally there is an asynchronous padlock discussion board
  67. for those who would prefer this method that is not
  68. tied to a specific time.
  69. So you can participate in any or all of these.
  70. Just remember that we're trying to come up with as
  71. many possible solutions to our to our challenges as we
  72. can possibly come up with.
  73. Um So so participate in any or all of them
  74. using knowledge of the challenge, your information that you gained
  75. through research.
  76. Um and when through exploring um using those ideas that
  77. you came up with with your supportive learning community through
  78. brainstorming. Now you come up with your initial attempt at
  79. meeting whatever challenge that I've presented um for that module,
  80. depending on the challenge, you might create a short video,
  81. you might create an audio recording, you might create a
  82. text file, an infographic, or you may even pre um
  83. you may even produce some kind of presentation.
  84. Once you have made your initial attempt at meeting the
  85. challenge of the module, let's analyze and reflect on the
  86. process. This will be done in a short flip grid
  87. video. I think those are about a minute and a
  88. half each include your successes, but also include your struggles
  89. and think of what you would do differently if you
  90. were able to do that challenge again or if you
  91. were able to make changes to your product, I want
  92. you to commit to the process, grow through the discomfort
  93. that you experience through this course, learn from and with
  94. your community and earn this wonderful problem solver by design
  95. badge. I look forward to working with and learning from
  96. all of you as we navigate this course together.
  97. Up next will be Module one.
  98. I look forward to seeing you all there.