Hello Folks! It's us again, your favorite creativity team, TEAM 360!
Anyway, this post will just be a quick one since this will just be an update of our Rosetta Stone. We will be adding the new information we have in our hands from our data gathering a few weeks ago.
Due to our extensive field work we have gathered quite an amount of new data. To make things easier, we have clustered and placed all the raw information under several categories which are the following:
1. Location and distractions do not affect those who are motivated.
“Adam is so focused on what he’s doing that he seems lost in his own world.”
“Paul is studying at the cafeteria but he doesn’t seem to mind the noisy group playing cards beside him.”
2.What works for one may not work for all. (Study groups are not always effective.)
“Jane wished she could have done her project with someone.”
“Luke studies with friends.”
“Adam and Ian are studying together but they are not talking to each other.”
“Andrew, Lisa, and Paul look like they’re studying together, but they spend a lot of time complaining about what they’re supposed to be studying.”
3.Procrastination leads to cramming. (Procrastination due to lack of motivation.)
“Vernon was too busy to do his homework.”
“Kim parties first, then worries about homework later.”
“ASAP actually means ‘later’ for Herbacio.”
“Sheila tried to remember the homework, but ended up asking her blockmate.”
4.It’s hard to get started on something when you’re not motivated at all.
“Marie is in the library, but she’s not doing anything. Space out lang!”
“Because of other activities on her mind, Andy forgot to remind herself of the appointment.”
“My best friend says, ‘Bahala na si Batman and Robin!’”
“Gary just chose not to do his tasks at all.”
“Faye types furiously at her laptop while grinding and gnashing her teeth.”
“Shiwanahuhu only studies for the exam the night before.”
5.Technology can be your friend or foe.
“God has one tab open on Wikipedia for homework and another on Youtube.”
“Jesus always checks his Facebook profile before doing homework.”
“Jen frequently alternates between surfing (i.e. Facebooking, Tweeting, Youtube-ing, checking online forums) and working.”
6.Students have different things that help them accomplish their work.
“Kring-kring likes to arrange her desk in a certain way before getting to work.”
“Jehova listens to music while studying.”
“Lisa listens to music while working.”
“Matthew takes a nap first when he gets to the library.”
“Lazarus eats while studying.”
“My friend Mariella, the valedictorian of our batch, gets rid of stress by doing her work ASAP, and I mean ASAP!”
7.We tend to get sidetracked by the different factors in the environment.
“Org activities and events take up most of Liwayway’s time.”
“Restetuta keeps a planner but does not really stick to the schedule.”
“Billy has other more fun things to do.”
“Joel was too disorganized in his plans.”
“Mark gets easily distracted while doing schoolwork.”
8.It is possible to be raised organized, and develop it into a personality.
“Mark was not born as a very organized person. He was raised so.”
“Mark likes the feeling of checking off completed tasks or deleting lines off his text file.”
“Although Mark was raised to be organized, he’s ingrained it so much so that he can only blame himself for failure, not his parents.”
9.There are different approaches to being organized.
“Mark does not calendar just deadlines. He calendars even days he plans to work on tasks.”
“Mark went from assignment notebooks to a task management app, to 3 calendars on his phone, and a text file to schedule stuff.”
“Bobby found it inconvenient to list his tasks in this certain format.”
“LA has a distinct way of keeping track of her tasks.”
“Mark does not perform well under time pressure. Without a plan, he wont stand a chance.”
From these categories we decided to work from this and try to see if it can help us delve deeper into the problem as well as open doors for new possibilities. With this, we came up with different propositions for a new and revised problem:
- In what ways can we create a customizable computer program that can help motivate students do their work and manage their time wisely?
- In what ways might we develop a social networking site with customizable routines that would get students in a motivated state of mind?
- In what ways can we foster a conducive work environment that can motivate students to work and manage time effectively?
- In what ways can we design a place that is customizable and conducive and will help increase students’ productivity?
- In what ways can we integrate our individual interests into our workload to make it more interesting and therefore motivate us to do it?
- How can we make a creative playlist that motivates us to do schoolwork and at the same time make it a habit?
- In what ways might we design a mobile application for students that is customizable and easy to use, which will prepare them and keep them on top of their work?
- In what ways might we come up with a method (like mind-mapping) that will help students to focus and therefore minimizing cramming?
- In what ways can we formulate a mind method that is user friendly and easily comprehensible so that people will become more motivated to do tasks?
- In what ways can we design a personalized concept (mind place LOKI , 3D app) to help them become motivated for productivity?
- In what ways might we design a customizable website that promotes and motivates students to remove cramming?
Lastly, from these questions we moved on to finding and formulating creative solutions for our area of innovation which are the following:
- Site/ Social Network
- Program
- Environment/ place
- Music/ playlist
- Interests
- Methods
Anyway, so far so good. That's it for now folks! Remember to get those creative juices flowin' with every opportunity you can find. Until next time!
