Analysis+Document+Template

=// Analysis Document //= **Team Member A:** **Shenice**

// Project description:

A-Z Designs for Youth Today is an instructional design company that focuses on the needs and issues that address young Americans today. Our current project is addressing obesity. Obesity is increasing at an alarming rate in today’s younger generation due to unhealthy eating habits and lack of physical activity. The instructional module will target public school County personnel who are the decision makers for approving and allocating budgetary funds for elementary and middle-school aftercare and/or technology programs. The overall purpose is to have kids who are a part of the aftercare program gain at least one extra hour of physical activity to maintain a healthier lifestyle. //

// Needs analysis:

The problem that we are asked to solve is, how can we help today’s youth fight obesity? Instruction is needed to achieve this objective. The purpose of planned instruction is to introduce fun ways to add daily physical activity to their life. Instructional intervention is the best solution because in order to be effective direct instructions need to be given. //


 * Team Member D1: Portia **

//Learner Analysis: // In identifying characteristics most critical to the achievement of the specific training objectives our Instructional Design team will have to access information for administration, personnel, and children of the school. In determining the best form of instruction to administration & personnel we must take into account the difference in audience. Given that the suggested program to tackle obesity will include the technology of the Wii Fit Specific Entry Competencies will highly differ. We will have to consider both Adult and Youth learners. General Characteristics of our audience in regards to Administration & Personnel will benefit from a prior needs assessment. The assessment will provide information on level of experience on nutrition, exercise, and technology usage (mainly for the use of Wii Fit). General Characteristics of the children of the school is beneficial information for Instructional Design team to create training that is designed for the Administration & Personnel’s level of care in delivering a physically involved type of training.

The Specific Entry Competencies would suggest that the majority of Administration & Personnel will have to be trained on the usage of the Wii Fit. The children’s competencies are important for safety reasons when conducting a physical program. It is obvious based on the obesity in our youth being a hot topic in the nation that the attitudes and knowledge of good nutrition is lacking. It must also be taken into account students with disabilities and would be accommodated with an alternative form of instruction.

Learning Styles can be accommodated through multiple means. The main learning style that will be addressed will be hands on. It will be important to not let the Wii Fit idea of being a game overpower the knowledge of good nutrition and healthy eating habits. A balance of lecture and textural material will have to be met to help create a value to the knowledge the children are learning.

Academic, Personal, Social and Cultural Characteristics may be easily obtained through student and faculty records. Information would be supportive however may also be less of the focus as Administration already may be conducting current instruction successfully and so can be mirrored based. This is because in a school environment there is already evidence of the delivery of lecture, physical education, and in some cases in science/biology the combination of both.

//Performance gap analysis: // It is proposed that Administration & Personnel will be well versed in the knowledge of Nutrition, Healthy Eating Habits, and the Physical Instruction to the children of their school. Children of the school will be knowledgeable of Nutrtion, and Healthy Eating Habits in a fun entertaining way that holds enough value that they are able to maintain it during and afterschool hours.


 * Team Member D2: Eileen **

// Contextual analysis: //

**__Orienting Context:__** 1) The goals that the learner may have for attending this workshop include: a. To find motivating physical activities for students: i. “Local educators share [the first lady’s] concern [about fighting childhood obesity] and are embracing programs that motivate students to get off the couch” (Scott, 2010). b. To influence the fitness habits of middle-school students: i. “Targeting middle-school students is especially important when trying to change fitness habits [because] ‘research has shown that it is an age that is still open to learn about exercise and nutrition and is open to incentives’” (Scott, 2010) according to Renee Hunt of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona. c. To improve students’ academic achievement: i. “‘Healthy, active kids are more likely to do better in school, are more motivated, alert and successful’ [according to] Dr. Grant Padley, a sports-medicine specialist at Banner Estrella Medical Center” (Scott, 2010).

2) In light of the increase in programs such as //Let’s Move// (launched by first lady Michelle Obama)//, Walk On!// (sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona)//, Getting Kids to Eat Well & Be Active// (sponsored by Weight Watchers International and the American Health Foundation), and //Healthy People 2010// (managed by the [|Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion] and the [|U.S. Department of Health and Human Services] ), we believe the learners will perceive high utility in this workshop and will find the information provided to be useful to them in meeting their goals.

3) The target audience will include the local county's public school officials who have the authority to approve the allocation of budgetary funds for purchasing the technological equipment needed to implement the Wii Fit Plus program in the elementary and middle-school aftercare program. The learners' perception of accountability for learning the content of this workshop is dependent on the local county's public school culture relative to its committment to embracing technology-based programs coupled with the local economic climate. These are two factors over which the presenters have no influence.

The analysis of the instructional environment is based on my knowledge of how my County’s School Board and public schools operate: 1) The presenters need to determine when the monthly School Board meeting is scheduled and get put on the meeting’s agenda to present the purpose of the workshop to the Board. 2) The School Board will take a vote on whether or not to allow the workshop to be given to the schools. If the vote is affirmative, the presenter will be assigned to a County Coordinator. 3) The County Coordinator will determine which school location(s) across the County will be utilized for the workshop based on having a facility that has adequate provision for the audience and who the decision-makers for allocating funds are. 4) The venue will provide television, projector and screen along with IT personnel to help set-up the Wii Fit Plus so that all participants can see the demonstration. 5) The County Coordinator will also be responsible for scheduling the workshop based on the audience’s work schedule and existing training schedule.
 * __Instructional Context:__**

**__Transfer Context:__** The main factor that can potentially inhibit transfer of knowledge from this workshop is support. This workshop is promoting a program that requires a financial investment in technology. Although my County in particular responds very favorably to programs that are technology-based, the reality is that in today’s economic climate, the schools, which are individually responsible for their own budgets, are facing tremendous cut backs from the State level. The upside of this is that there are two potential opportunities for additional workshops. The first would be a workshop on the grants that are available that could fund this program. The second opportunity is that, should transfer occur and the program implementation is approved, training of the aftercare, media and/or IT personnel on the use of the Wii Fit Plus would be recommended.

REFERENCES:

Scott, E. (2010, March 21). Programs push fitness to kick childhood obesity. azcentral.com News. Retrieved March 21, 2010, from []

// Unit Goals: //

> > ** Team Member I: Karl ** > // Task Analysis= (topic analysis + procedural analysis) // > > > // Topic analysis: //
 * 1) The primary goal is to have the Wii Fit Plus technology approved for use in the public schools' elementary and middle-school aftercare programs.
 * 2) The secondary goal is to have the Wii Fit Plus technology purchased for implementation in the aftercare programs.
 * 3) The third goal is to provide training for the schools' aftercare, media and IT personnel on the use of the Wii Fit Plus technology.
 * 4) To achieve the first three goals, the target audience must understand critical impact of childhood obesity as a national epidemic and be able to recognize how the increase in a child's physical activity level can directly reduce its risk for obesity and improve overall health.

The learners must understand basics of calorie burning exercises of the Wii Fit Plus. The learners must correlate the exercise with calories burned and weight lost. The learners must understand the difference of individual weight affects the calories burned. Learners must be able to measure the BMI and the calories lost for the student.

Example of calories burned verse individual’s body weight.
 * The Activity Profile: || (1 Hour) Activity || 130lbs || 155lbs || 190lbs ||
 * || Aerobics, general || 354 || 422 || 518 ||
 * || Aerobics, high impact || 413 || 493 || 604 ||
 * || Badminton, social || 266 || 317 || 388 ||
 * || Bicycling, stationary || 354 || 422 || 518 ||
 * || Golf, general || 236 || 281 || 345 ||
 * || Running, general || 207 || 246 || 302 ||


 * Team Member E: Usha **

// Procedural analysis: What the learner will do // 1.The participants will view a video on changing life style, reduce activity and increasing obesity. 2.Discuss initiatives to reduce obesity nationally and locally. Discuss different methods of participation at grass root level: at middle school level. Use of technology to facilitate the process. 3. Watch Wi Fit demonstration. 4. Power Point presentation on Wi Fit the tool for success.(easy operation, cost, long term benifits of utilizing this tool for the after school exercise plan to achieve the goal). What the learner needs to know? 1. The participants (district co ordinators, school district board members, department heads, Head of PTA) need to know the seriousness of the probelm of obesity. 2. The participants must know how the Wi Fit program operates, what it offers and how this impacts the goal of reducing obesity. 3. The particpants must know the cost of unit, number of units required and availability of resources. 4. The particpants must have data to justify expenditure. What cues are provided? 1. The current national initiatives as the cue for need to particpate in this mission. 2. Current data on prevelance of obesity in the community. 3.The particpants can tap into special funds through national initiative, availability of grant for resources. For each topic to be taught, answer each of the follow 3 questions as stated on page 83: What does the learner do? What does the learner need to know to do this step? What cues inform the learner that there is a problem, the step is done, or a different step is needed? If helpful, you may communicate your analysis using a chart, table, or other annotated illustration.

// Instructional objectives: // Chapter 5 will prepare you to complete your instructional objectives. Keeping in mind the unit goals, look at each task to be learned and identify each specific instructional domain (cognitive, psychomotor, affective, or mixed). Using the format modeled in Ch. 5, write an instructional objective for each task based on the appropriate domain. Two-to-three objectives should be identified for your instructional module. Remember to keep your instructional objectives: do-able, measurable, and needed. The final question to ask is: Once all instructional objectives have been met, has the need for instruction been satisfied?

(pasted here by Eileen ~ needs to be completed per above instructions by Usha)

1. Participants will explain how an extra hour of exercise a week improves overall health. 2. Participants will utilize the Wii Fit Plus to determine their current BMI and what is ideal for their age. 3. Participants will utilize the Wii Fit Plus to identify what their “Real” age is. 4. Participants will utilize the Wii Fit Plus to create and record their weight loss goals. 5. Participants will utilize the Wii Fit Plus to demonstrate at least 3 ways that physical activity can be added to a child’s daily life.