As I read about needs assessment and goals analysis, I was trying to imagine being patient enough to do all this preliminary work before getting started on the "important stuff". Then, I started thinking about one of our favorite TV shows, The Apprentice. On this show, it is very obvious that the successful teams are those that do the fact gathering up front to be sure they are creating what the task actually needs. It is very entertaining when a team is totally off track because of their lack of obtaining the necessary background information. One of my favorites is when the team did the Star Wars display and you couldn't even find Darth Vader, even though the execs clearly told the other team (that bothered to ask) that they wanted Vader to be central to the theme.
I also think an analogy can be drawn to the army performing reconnaissance before planning a mission. If you send in tanks, but you're fighting in a swampy forest, well, good luck with that!
So, I guess if we fail to plan, then we plan to fail, right?
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See, it all comes back to Trump and video games . . .
I like your analogy. It is true that is you do not know what is expected or do not know your audience failure is a likely outcome; not only for the presenter but for the audience as well.
At NOC a high percent of my students are "at-risk" students. With this information I but tweek my classroom and instructional management to work for them; otherwise, I am waisting my time and the students' time. I would be mearly giving them a display when they truely need Vader to be central to the theme.
Susan
oops! I don't but tweek my classroom ** I meant to say that I must tweak...
My daughter and I got a laugh out of my typo.
And I also see my error- that is you, I meant to say that if you.
I really do need to proofread my work!
Susan
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