Saturday, March 6, 2010

PHSgeek Digital Story: Story Core and Story Map

Central Challenge
  • Do we ignore technological waste and inefficiency, or do something about it?
  • If we do something about it, do we just address our own needs, or the needs of the larger community?
  • Note: "We" is the Pacific High School community - staff and students.

Challenges and Character Transformation

  • How will we deal with unknowns as they come up?
  • Will anyone donate computers? Will people donate too many computers? What about donations that are too old or nonfunctional to work?
  • Will students want to do the work required to make the computers reusable?
  • Will the district continue to support us as the project grows?
  • Will we ostracize businesses that sell new computers?
  • Will we have enough school time to carry out the project
  • Will students learn enough academics through the project?

Resolution

Current benefits of the program:
  • Refurbished computers that work better than existing school computers;
  • Students who can refurbish computers on their own;
  • Students who are using refurbished computers in their homes;
  • Students who want refurbished computers;
  • Members of the public who want refurbished computers and are being referred to our school;
  • An improved reputation for our school in the larger community;
  • Continued donations.
Ambitions as the project continues:
  • Continuous donations accepted, rather than donation windows;
  • Distribution of refurbished computers to students and the public;
  • Sale of computers, appropriate uses of funds from sales, fund ongoing electronics recycling for the community;
  • Best donated computers stay in the school, so school's technology infrastructure is steadily improving;
  • Publicize our work with the goal of replicating the project in other communities.

Story Map

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