{"id":3394,"date":"2020-10-07T16:54:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T16:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.centerforemdd.com\/?page_id=3394"},"modified":"2024-09-05T19:04:06","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T19:04:06","slug":"aha-the-game","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/emdd.bsu.edu\/index.php\/projects\/aha-the-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Aha! The Game"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3394\" class=\"elementor elementor-3394\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-15a0fe3e elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-content-top elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"15a0fe3e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-62d23ea9\" data-id=\"62d23ea9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66f3e045 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66f3e045\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFacilitating interactive <b style=\"color: #ba0c2f;\">design thinking <\/b>sessions with teachers &amp; staff of Muncie City Schools to\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ba0c2f;\"><b>generate ideas<\/b><\/span>\u00a0for the classrooms.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2165ccb8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2165ccb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Aha! : The Game Project<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51e85169 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"51e85169\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>How might we engage teachers, the people who know best, into a robust conversation that results in ideas for the Innovation Plan?<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1a5cd104\" data-id=\"1a5cd104\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3419a96c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3419a96c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e93c27b elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e93c27b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6f1d4540\" data-id=\"6f1d4540\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66d06f74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66d06f74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Giving a voice to classroom teachers has shown to be a key variable for success. To help the partnership between Ball State University (BSU) and Muncie community Schools (MCS), a team of Emerging Media Design and Development graduate students, Debbie Parker, Amy Gibbs, and Kate Bramlett, created a plan to facilitate interactive sessions with all Muncie Schools&#8217; teachers and staffs to generate ideas.\u00a0<\/p><p>The 90-minute interactive sessions included two parts. First, participants listed strengths,\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">weaknesses, opportunities, and threats specific\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">to their schools, also known as a SWOT\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">analysis. Second, participants divided into groups and played Aha! The Game, developed by the graduate students. Ninety-eight educators from 10 Muncie schools participated in the sessions.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6691b10 elementor-align-start elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"6691b10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-comments\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">SWOT produced 610 findings <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3784cba elementor-align-start elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"3784cba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-lightbulb\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><span style=\", sans-serif;font-size: 23px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400\">Aha! The Game generated 2,547 ideas<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e6e112f\" data-id=\"1e6e112f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf3d922 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bf3d922\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/emdd.bsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/aha-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-3479\" alt=\"Aha: The Game image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emdd.bsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/aha-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/emdd.bsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/aha-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/emdd.bsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/aha-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/emdd.bsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/aha.png 890w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-febe31f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"febe31f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Aha!: The Game was created by a team of Emerging Media Design and Development graduate students, Debbie Parker, Amy Gibbs, and Kate Bramlett, to help facilitate interactive school-improvement brainstorming sessions with school teachers and 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300w, https:\/\/emdd.bsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/MCS-Sessions-I-Results4-768x531.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emdd.bsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/MCS-Sessions-I-Results4.jpg 1097w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-008cd45\" data-id=\"008cd45\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a99e813 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5a99e813\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Next Steps<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93c733e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"93c733e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Roboto Slab&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;\">The teachers were provided with a situation that would remove restrictive problems and free creative thinking. After reviewing their assigned situation,&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Roboto Slab&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;\">teachers were given 25 minutes to create a&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Roboto Slab&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;\">solution prototype to one of the seven themes identified during our first session.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Roboto Slab&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;\">Six of the seven themes were chosen by teachers, and 10 solution prototypes were created.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-281143a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"281143a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">The graduate team distilled all of the teachers\u2019 ideas from Aha! The Game into seven key themes. Many of the themes identified from these sessions were common problems found in most schools across America. Although there were a few\u00a0<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">innovative ideas generated from teachers, it\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">appeared they needed a different framework to elevate their creative thinking.\u00a0The graduate students decided to return to schools to first validate the themes synthesized from the data with a short survey and conduct a second design thinking session with teachers.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d1e41db elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5d1e41db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Key Themes <\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1f8654 elementor-align-start 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