RE: tkt8763-01: Yet another assignment

["Sandra Caceres" <scaceres@cfr.msstate.edu>]

Eaglets:

Some hints for working with inspiration

Type in that main title, and then select some problem categories you wish to
solve.  Select one of the problems and then free associate anything you can
think of to take you from the problem to the solution. Don't be as concerned
with "order" as much as issues to tackle.   It will help you move from the
vision to the specifics a lot easier and don't be concerned that you get
ridiculous with all the links from a problem. Let your mind wander.  You
always have the delete button to clean it up. Breaking the problem into
units will help you identify correlations, common factors and parties
involved or affected.  You may need task master committee members or idea
committee members, or decision maker committee members.  All serve a purpose
and are critical to your process.

Also you may discover subprojects with your wanderings. Use the technology
evaluation form to help you move into more specific levels of technology
planning.

What resources could support your process? What outside experts could make
contributions?  Maybe you have 3 or 4 committees which would tackle problem
levels, within the planning, think of steps to develop a project...not the
end project.

Remember to list committee meetings - how often...agendas for meetings..

You can cut and paste easily, so you might find your plan has phases or
levels with "mini-tech plans".  Or it may be too ambitious and you need to
select only part of the categories to pursue.  Small successes fuel big
ones.

Also, you might think in years...year one...year two...etc.

Inspiration can be so easy on the organization of your plan.  When you are
satisfied with your graphic version...click...there is the written
outline...and you can even edit the written outline and ...click...back to
the graphic.
Team up with your classmates and work up a plan...the various view points
can hone in quicker and more productively than one person coming up with the
whole package by himself.  Just as a real plan would be developed.


Sandra, Sipper Spring 2000

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-tkt8763-01@Lists.MsState.Edu
> [mailto:owner-tkt8763-01@Lists.MsState.Edu]On Behalf Of Larry S.
> Anderson -- NCTP
> Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 8:31 AM
> To: Seminar in Planning Class
> Subject: tkt8763-01: Yet another assignment
>
>
> But, I want this one to be a team assignment.  I'll create the teams and
> give you your team assignment.
>
> I want you to use Inspiration to create a visual image/diagram of some
> particular process, concept, or activity associated with technology
> planning.  Then, I want your final work to be saved as an HTML file, at
> the very least, and posted to the web site for each member of the group.
>
> There'll be time today to work on this...plus, there's always tomorrow.
>
> Online students, you can download a trial/demo of Inspiration from
> http://www.inspiration.com -- you'll have to come up with your own idea to
> diagram, but we can make suggestions.  For you, this will be due by the
> end of this week.
>
> Larry S. Anderson, Ed.D.                              LSA1@Ra.MsState.Edu
> Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Technology & Education       Voice: (662) 325-2281
> Founder, National Center for Technology Planning      Fax: (662) 325-7599
>                     Mississippi State University
> Chair, Council for Education Technology              State of Mississippi
>          My personal home page URL-- http://www2.msstate.edu/~lsa1
>                     NCTP web page -- http://www.nctp.com
>
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