Reflexion – Learning Launch 

 Challenge 

 I am the head of a small science communication association in Austria named   “ De   Crown ” . We are focusing on science communication / education in primary   and secondary schools and kindergarten . Every year we develop at least one new set   of 4 corresponding 2h workshops for the teachers to choose from and we also try to   find funding or sponsoring , so the courses can be free or at least halve priced for the   kids .   As a scientist it can be very challenging to meet the educational demands of the   teachers AND the kids , appropriate of their age and of their prior education . We want   to inspire , raise their curiosity and awareness , build scientific knowledge ( in teachers   and kids ) and not to overstrain them . 

 My challenge is to develop those “ perfect ” ( age adaptable ) workshops with a very   limited budget 

 Selection 

 To test critical parts of the new workshops we decided to identify volunteer teachers   who are willing to give feedback and allow us some testing in their classes and have a   learning launch . 

 A learning launch is all about assumption testing – an experiment conducted in real   live situations , quickly and inexpensive . ( in our case – will they like the new   experiments as much as we do ? Will the material we provide be sufficient ? Will we   be able to adapt to the different ages of the kids ? Will it all work out with 25 over   exited kids in a too small classroom ? ) 

 Application 

 To have our learning launch of those critical experiments we asked four teachers we   had worked with before , if they would like to test some new experiment we   developed with their class . They were all happy to help us developing courses and   immediately agreed . Usually we have packages of four 2h - courses focussing on   different topics , but the first 2h ours of each package are exactly the same in all of   them , focussing on the nature of science .    So we decided to use one of those two hours for the learning launch of our new   prototype experiments , so that we would not take away too much time of the main   topic .   During the learning launch we focussed on our assumptions and on how the kids and   the teachers reacted , what delighted them , what was frustrating ? Did they get the   insights we wanted them to achieve ? 

 Insight 

 We found that in some experiments the materials we provided where not optimal for   that age and we needed to simplify things for the next class . But most science   communication concepts work out great . We were also thrilled to get very helpful   feedback from the teachers and we had the impression that they really appreciated 

 being involved in our work .   In summary the learning launches worked out great and with very beneficial results   for our course development and customer relationship . 

 Approach 

 When developing our next workshop block we will again work with the learning   launch , since it was appreciated by teachers and also gave good results . 

 Additionally , next term we are going to develop a new course format - tinkering for   teachers in Austrian primary education - targeting a new ( adult ) audience . We   already applied for funding so we hopefully will be financially able to use all the   elements of the design thinking process for our course development . 


EMAIL: 
ID_NUM: 
NAME_STUDENT: 
PHONE_NUM: 
STREET_ADDRESS: 
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### Task: You are a PII (Personal Identity Information) Detection. Given a essays written by students, you have to identify ONLY the following:
NAME_STUDENT - The full or partial name of a student that is not necessarily the author of the essay. This excludes instructors, authors, and other person names.
EMAIL - A student’s email address.
USERNAME - A student's username on any platform.
ID_NUM - A number or sequence of characters that could be used to identify a student, such as a student ID or a social security number.
PHONE_NUM - A phone number associated with a student.
URL_PERSONAL - A URL that might be used to identify a student.
STREET_ADDRESS - A full or partial street address that is associated with the student, such as their home address.
### Input: Reflexion – Learning Launch 

 Challenge 

 I am the head of a small science communication association in Austria named   “ De   Crown ” . We are focusing on science communication / education in primary   and secondary schools and kindergarten . Every year we develop at least one new set   of 4 corresponding 2h workshops for the teachers to choose from and we also try to   find funding or sponsoring , so the courses can be free or at least halve priced for the   kids .   As a scientist it can be very challenging to meet the educational demands of the   teachers AND the kids , appropriate of their age and of their prior education . We want   to inspire , raise their curiosity and awareness , build scientific knowledge ( in teachers   and kids ) and not to overstrain them . 

 My challenge is to develop those “ perfect ” ( age adaptable ) workshops with a very   limited budget 

 Selection 

 To test critical parts of the new workshops we decided to identify volunteer teachers   who are willing to give feedback and allow us some testing in their classes and have a   learning launch . 

 A learning launch is all about assumption testing – an experiment conducted in real   live situations , quickly and inexpensive . ( in our case – will they like the new   experiments as much as we do ? Will the material we provide be sufficient ? Will we   be able to adapt to the different ages of the kids ? Will it all work out with 25 over   exited kids in a too small classroom ? ) 

 Application 

 To have our learning launch of those critical experiments we asked four teachers we   had worked with before , if they would like to test some new experiment we   developed with their class . They were all happy to help us developing courses and   immediately agreed . Usually we have packages of four 2h - courses focussing on   different topics , but the first 2h ours of each package are exactly the same in all of   them , focussing on the nature of science .    So we decided to use one of those two hours for the learning launch of our new   prototype experiments , so that we would not take away too much time of the main   topic .   During the learning launch we focussed on our assumptions and on how the kids and   the teachers reacted , what delighted them , what was frustrating ? Did they get the   insights we wanted them to achieve ? 

 Insight 

 We found that in some experiments the materials we provided where not optimal for   that age and we needed to simplify things for the next class . But most science   communication concepts work out great . We were also thrilled to get very helpful   feedback from the teachers and we had the impression that they really appreciated 

 being involved in our work .   In summary the learning launches worked out great and with very beneficial results   for our course development and customer relationship . 

 Approach 

 When developing our next workshop block we will again work with the learning   launch , since it was appreciated by teachers and also gave good results . 

 Additionally , next term we are going to develop a new course format - tinkering for   teachers in Austrian primary education - targeting a new ( adult ) audience . We   already applied for funding so we hopefully will be financially able to use all the   elements of the design thinking process for our course development .
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