What's For Dinner? by Nicole Robb https://padlet.com/nrobb1/imcufeawp2hqxmqu Nicole Robb's 4th. grade class at Douglas Elementary School worked together with The Southerner restaurant to answer the driving question, "How might The Southerner attract customers midweek during the offseason?" en-us 2023-03-05 16:40:24 UTC 2026-01-27 17:15:08 UTC hello@padlet.com nrobb1 https://padlet.com/nrobb1/imcufeawp2hqxmqu/wish/2504045662 Students went on a field trip to The Southerner as an entry event. The learned about both the front and back of "house" and jobs involved. After many questions for two managers, they were introduced to the driving question, "How might The Southerner attract more customers M-Th. during the offseason?"]]> 2023-03-05 16:48:23 UTC https://padlet.com/nrobb1/imcufeawp2hqxmqu/wish/2504045662 nrobb1 https://padlet.com/nrobb1/imcufeawp2hqxmqu/wish/2504046163 Stakeholder map: Who will be affected by the driving question/solution?
-Southerner owners
-Southerner employees
-Southerner customers 
-People who don’t already eat at the Southerner
-Other local restaurant owners

]]> 2023-03-05 16:49:17 UTC https://padlet.com/nrobb1/imcufeawp2hqxmqu/wish/2504046163 nrobb1 https://padlet.com/nrobb1/imcufeawp2hqxmqu/wish/2504046501 -KWL chart: What makes people want to go out to dinner during the week? 
- What research might we need to do?

]]> 2023-03-05 16:49:46 UTC https://padlet.com/nrobb1/imcufeawp2hqxmqu/wish/2504046501 nrobb1 https://padlet.com/nrobb1/imcufeawp2hqxmqu/wish/2504047838 Students decided to interview parents with a question. We sent a Google survey to all of Saugatuck Public Schools' staff and a member of Saugatuck's Fire Deptartment also sent out the survey. Teams analyzed results. What new questions did they have for The Southerner? We sent an email to the manager with our new questions.

]]> 2023-03-05 16:51:49 UTC https://padlet.com/nrobb1/imcufeawp2hqxmqu/wish/2504047838 nrobb1 https://padlet.com/nrobb1/imcufeawp2hqxmqu/wish/2504048674 -Idea quota: 100 ideas in 10 minutes...see how long they can go, any idea is a good idea 
-If students are stuck with ideas.  Stop and ask these questions.  
-How would _______ solve this?  Amazon, book character (Mia Tang?), Elon Musk, Mr. Cochran, Lionel Messi
-Subtract Something What if we couldn’t...? 
-Added limitations 
-Saturate and Group: students organize ideas into categories and name the categories combine like ideas 
NUF test as they work


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Gallery walk of your team’s posters
-Dot voting: assign meaning to each dot
Yellow - meets Southerner hopes
Pink- meets customer’s hopes
Green- overall favorite
Focus on one color sticker at a time
-hallway voting for privacy

]]> 2023-03-05 16:55:07 UTC https://padlet.com/nrobb1/imcufeawp2hqxmqu/wish/2504049752 nrobb1 https://padlet.com/nrobb1/imcufeawp2hqxmqu/wish/2504050109 -What did we learn from dot voting? What parts of the “winners” do we want to make sure stays in our final plan? Is it feasible? Make list of what will make it to final plan for your team. Kids had to work on how to compromise!]]> 2023-03-05 16:55:47 UTC https://padlet.com/nrobb1/imcufeawp2hqxmqu/wish/2504050109 nrobb1 https://padlet.com/nrobb1/imcufeawp2hqxmqu/wish/2509219932 NUF test with tentative ideas. FOCUS ON NEW AND USEFUL NOW!!! Will their idea actually attract customers midweek or is it simply a nice addition to the restaurant? 

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