Validation of Learning
This week I have been going to George Brown College to meet with the team from Every1Games to get the summer students ready for classes. Here's the rundown. Helping with the warm up activities like 20 questions guessing game. Checking to see if the students need any help with the assignments. Taking photos of students working on their digital assignments. Involved in debrief meetings at the end of the day.
On Thursday there was a meeting with Sarah from Every1Games, JP and Nasir from a consulting firm, parents from some of the students and Sasha one of my professor’s from Centennial College. The meeting was about how great the website is and how to make the website awesome.
In the meeting I learned about:
Pain Points. Who is using the sight? What are they looking for? Why? The reason behind what they are looking for and why they chose Every1Games.
Personas: The different types of people using the site. Who are our demographic. How will they use the site. What kind of information each persona will see.
User Stories: Brainstorming what each persona would need to get their pain point done. How can we help them get the information easy and fast.
Validate and Prioritize User Stories: Read, talk and chose the order of user stories importance from high, medium and low.
During this meeting we did fun activities using large blank paper and placing little sticky notes of our ideas on these large pieces of paper. Giving funny examples and explanations on our ideas.
It was nice to see everyone work together to meet common goals. Watching JP and Nasar take on the project manager role and have everyone participate in a scrum. Helped me understand and validate what I learned in Project Management class at Centennial College and confirmed what I wrote in my reports on first impressions and content audit for Every1Games website.