During the last two weeks, I have initiated the production and printing of all toolkit components, including the creation of digital mockups. While anticipating the completion of the prints, I will be concurrently preparing the exegesis, designing the MADA NOW banner, creating the critical documentation website and updating the product specification table.
DIGITAL MOCKUPS
In anticipation of production, I developed digital mockups for the entire creative toolkit, offering a cost-effective and time-efficient way to provide realistic previews.
MADA NOW BANNERS
With the generous 2-3m of space allocated in the exhibition room, I opted to utilize the department's banner option, crafting promotional banners to be displayed alongside the pegboard.
The banners followed a design approach reminiscent of the creative toolkit, featuring vibrant colors and a vintage-inspired typeface. The first banner prominently displayed the title "The Educator's Creative Toolkit" alongside sticker stamps intended for the toolkit packaging.
The second banner visually represented the toolkit components through simplified shapes and colors, symbolizing the tools. Each banner was complemented by a corresponding portfolio website and a link to my LinkedIn profile for additional engagement.
SUPERIMPOSED EXHIBITION SPACE
PRODUCT SPECIFICATION TABLE R3
CHANGE IN ACCESSIBILITY CONSIDERATIONS -COST:
After developing a prototype, the projected cost for a single creative toolkit is approximately $27.86. Taking into account economies of scale and higher quantities, the estimated price per toolkit could potentially decrease to $13.93, aligning with the ideal budget of $15 per kit.
CONVENIENCE TO EASE OF REUSE
All toolkit components that can be scanned or reprinted are no larger than SRA3, meeting the requirement for the marginal value and also demonstrating accessibility due to its standard paper size.
USAGE DURATION
Since I was unable to schedule a time to involve primary school educators, I resorted to using myself as an approximation to assess the time required to complete the three activity tools. The results indicated a duration of 24 minutes and 43 seconds, which rounded to slightly over 5 minutes of the margin.
Given my extensive familiarity with the tools, I had reservations about educators being able to complete them within this time frame. Consequently, I decided it was prudent to be more accommodating with the duration and extended the marginal value to 30 minutes, with my personal benchmark of 25 minutes serving as the ideal point of reference. This adjustment was made to provide more flexibility in the process
AMOUNT OF VISUAL CONTENT
The visual package now consist of three A4 pages, a total of 39 usable visual content. which successfully reached the intended marginal value of 24.
CREATIVE TOOLKIT QUALITY
The quality of the creative toolkit is related to how individuals perceive and experience the toolkit. User satisfaction, user-friendliness, and whether the toolkit meets the specific needs and expectations of users can be highly subjective. Different users may have varying opinions about the toolkit's quality based on their preferences and experiences.Thus, it would be considered undetermined due to its subjective nature.
ENGAGEMENT IN PEDAGOGICAL INNOVATION
The adoption rate is measured objectively based on data and statistics, such as the percentage of educational institutions or educators using the toolkit for pedagogical innovation, the frequency of use, the impact on student learning outcomes, and other quantitative measures.
However, the factors influencing the adoption rate, such as the effectiveness of the toolkit in promoting pedagogical innovation and the degree to which it meets the specific needs of educators, can be influenced by subjective opinions and experiences. Educators' perceptions of the toolkit's utility, ease of use, and its ability to facilitate pedagogical innovation can vary from one individual or institution to another, and this can impact the adoption rate. Therefore, its status remains uncertain until additional statistics are collected. Given the project's limitations in gathering this data, I would have to remove this item.
SENSE OF EMPOWERMENT
Whether a creative toolkit provides a sense of empowerment can be highly subjective, highly depends on the individual's perspective and experiences. Empowerment is a deeply personal and subjective feeling. Some people may find a particular creative toolkit incredibly empowering, while others may not have the same emotional response to it.
While the toolkit may possess objective features and capabilities, how an individual perceives and experiences its empowerment potential can vary significantly. Factors such as personal interests, skills, and goals play a substantial role in shaping one's view and utilization of a creative toolkit. Thus, like the creative toolkit quality specification, sense of empowerment would be considered undetermined due to its subjective nature.
COVERAGE OF TOPICS
After researching the use of value-based topics, I discovered that, despite a national framework, schools in Victoria employ various sets of value-based topics in their educational systems. Consequently, it became highly challenging for me to comprehensively identify and list the specific value-based topics adopted by each school in Victoria. While I managed to identify some commonly used topics, compiling a comprehensive and definitive list proved unfeasible. Therefore, I had to remove this specification from the project.
FINAL PRODUCT SPECIFICATION TABLE
EXEGESIS
The exegesis will be presented in a perfect-bound publication, featuring a double-printed A4 spread format on Enviro-care 115gsm paper, and it will be accompanied by a 300gsm cover.