TEL400: Innovation in Education Endeavors

Lesson 7: Signature Assignment Presentation Planning Tool

Trina Jhunjhnuwala

MultiMedia Presentation Outline

Your video will be 3-5 minutes in length. Your outline will include the
following topics, which are also listed in the rubric and instructions.
A. The community.
Summarize what you uncovered about the community you are focused on for this project.
This should include pertinent data from your community scan, meaningful portions of the
interview(s), and a description of how you uncovered this information and built empathy
for your user group.

- Demographics on ethnic breakdown

- Demographic breakdown of age groups
- My community scan showed me that we have multiple resources for teens, at risk
populations and the elderly.
- However what was missing? I found lacking rights for refugees, homelessness issue
rising as well as deep rooted lacking rights of equality for individuals with special
needs
- Lack of Universal Design in Hong Kong
- Mother’s choice interview as well as personal experiences, showed me that infants and
young children are separated into special needs section and non special needs. No
inclusion here. I have built a deep empathy as I believe children should be grouped
together, not separately.
- Further more there is only capacity for 12 children in special needs section, these
children can only be adopted by families abroad as Hong Kong families have negative
cultural stigmas and have concerns of supporting resources for special needs in Hong
Kong.

B. Define the problem.

Clearly define the problem in the community your innovation will address. The
description must be compelling and help the audience build empathy for your end user.
What policy/ policies supports, exacerbates or impedes the work? What community
perceptions support or impede the work? How are you connected to this community
challenge?
 - The Disability Discrimination Ordinance 24 of Hong Kong states that “It is unlawful for
an educational establishment to discriminate against a person with a disability—
(a)by refusing or failing to accept that person’s application for admission as a student;
or
(b)in the terms or conditions on which it is prepared to admit that person as a student”
(Disability Discrimination Ordinance, 2013). This policy enables the right to education
for all
- However further local state policies cause limitations to the type of access.
- Hong Kong policy has focused on giving every student education however, “children
with more than one special needs or disabilities” are forced “to go to special needs
schools”, separated from the general educational classroom.
- Hong Kong has shown that we focus on the weaknesses as opposed to strengths of
special needs individuals by separating them from the general population… starting
from early education.
- As a result of the marginalized educational policies, Hong Kong has formed cultural
misconceptions and a stigma against individuals with special needs. “Sometimes
family members may feel ashamed and discourage social interaction” (End The Cycle
CBM, 2013, 00:33).
- I am a member of Hong Kong as a future educator, mother, and overall global citizen.
I aim to see inclusion in all my environments.

C. Possibilities
Describe your possible solutions (innovation) and the tests you completed. What other
innovations are out there to address the problem? How is your solution unique? Consider
the feedback you received from your end users, mentors, and your colleagues in this
course that shaped revision. How did their feedback impact your final innovation?

- Incorporate my ideation design phases

- other countries use children’s literature, educational support for educators, USA has
active inclusion under IDEA and Australia/New Zealand have universal design
recreational centers.
- Hong Kong has never incorporated universal design and an agenda of inclusion in a
recreational center
- Feedback helped me elaborate on what HongClusion actually looks like! I will elaborate
in my video so the Activities, Universal design, assistance from specialists, are all
explained and can help make my innovation become a reality.

D. Professional Identity
Who are you in this problem and innovative solution? How has uncovering the problem
and creating an innovation become part of your professional identity? Share your
professional purpose statement. Why should we invest in the innovation you are
proposing?

- I am a compassionate, positively hopeful and passionate person.

 - The skills learned and the knowledge gained from Human Centered Design, combine these
personality traits outwards to become an effective innovator.
- I have learned to always understand and identify the needs of the other, so my actions are
tailor made and appropriate/effective to benefit the other.
- When thinking about the future, I am determined to leave a positive mark on my world, this
world, the world of others.
- I can foresee and am extremely grateful that this approach has influenced the course of my
future actions forever, it has become a part of my personal and professional identity. This helped
me form my professional purpose statement.
- My purpose as an educator is to give each and every child an equal chance of happiness. I
will use my passion to ensure that my Hong Kong community is inclusive, so my demonstrated
students experiences can extend to outside environments compassionately to build a better
humanity.
- Members of the Hong Kong society as well as global citizens around the world who believe
in granting equal rights for all individuals, have the opportunity to invest in my innovation
HongClusion.
- In doing so, you will know that you are contributing to the well being, happiness, and equal
opportunities for children who do not find inclusion in their daily interactions.
- “Understand how well being is created. How we’re connected to one another and how
another person’s happiness is so do deeply tied to our own” (Skoll World Forum, 2013, 05:42).
- In being good global citizens we care not only about ourselves but also about those around
us.

E. The Proposal
What are you asking viewers to do? How can they contribute to and support your
innovation? What will they get in return? What will your end users get and how will they
be better off and how will the world be a different, better place when your innovation is
enacted? How will you be different when this innovative idea becomes reality?

- Viewers can invest through crowdsouring/funding, volunteering or signing up for full

time positions, spreading awareness and removing negative cultural stigmas, and
participating! If they have a child or are a student themselves, HongClusions success
depends on active participation to the center. All contributions are valuable.
- “The people who write the songs in the culture of the day are going to change society”
(Skoll World Forum, 2013, 07:38). Knowing that your contributions (whatever that may
look like) are providing equal opportunities for both children with and without
disabilities through fun and engaging hands on learning whilst building new
friendships, is knowing that you are helping our community as a whole.
- Students of Hong Kong finally have a chance of an inclusive environment.
HongClusion is more than a center, it builds a community. when our students attend
they will build confidence, grow through their endless capabilities, and accept one
another no matter the different abilities and strengths we all posses.
- Strengthen Hong Kong’s community as a whole. Be the change you want to see!
Presentation Script
(use the outline/content guide above to draft a script)
A. The community.
Script here

My home Hong Kong, once part of the British colony, our slogan is under China’s ‘One
Country Two systems’.
Our residents and citizens come from all over the world. Although with majority at 92% of
Chinese background and 8% foreign, we all are united in identifying ourselves as ‘Hong
Kongers’. With 7.5 million inhabitants. Here is our population breakdown by age, with 7.8% and
8% of the population made up of birth to nine, and 10 to 19 years old respectively. As you can
see it is fairly equally distributed. My Community scan helped me find resources found for teens,
at risk populations, elderly and universal health care coverage for all.
Quality of Education as well as living seems high right? But who is missing? Further
research propelled me to look into the lacking rights of refugees, the homelessness issue rising
from Covid, and the lack of basic equal rights and resources granted to individuals with special
needs. Within my community scan I often came upon limitations from various support resources,
an inability to easily cater to individuals with physical disabilities “Disabled visitors should
contact us in advance in case extra assistance is needed, such as wheelchair access” (Leisure and
Cultural Services Department, 2020). This emphasized a lack of Universal Design.
My empathy for individuals with special needs has been a culmination of local experiences as
well as comparing the IDEA rights granted in the United states compared to lacking rights in
Hong Kong. When I was 16 I volunteered at a “child care home, Mother’s choice” (Mother’s
Choice, 2021). Here I worked in the special needs section known as “wee care” (Mother’s
choice, 2021). I was shocked that an adoption home had separated babies and young children
with special needs and disabilities from their peers without. Through my conducted interview
with a Wee Care specialist, I was shocked to learn that the special needs ‘Wee Care’ section only
“has capacity for 12 children” (anonymous, personal communication, February 4, 2021) at a
given time, and children with special needs can only be adopted by families abroad.

B. Define the problem.

Script here

I learned that lack of inclusion wasn’t limited to Mother’s Choice, rather it was a result of
our community limitations. Lack of inclusion for individuals with special needs and disabilities
has been an ongoing issue as followed by enacted policy.
The Disability Discrimination Ordinance 24 of Hong Kong states that “It is unlawful for
an educational establishment to discriminate against a person with a disability—
(a)by refusing or failing to accept that person’s application for admission as a student; or
(b)in the terms or conditions on which it is prepared to admit that person as a student” (Disability
Discrimination Ordinance, 2013). Whilst this first policy, enables the right to education for all,
further local state policies cause limitations to the type of access. Hong Kong policy has focused
on giving every student education however, “children with more than one special needs or
disabilities” are forced “to go to special needs schools”, separated from the general educational
classroom. Hong Kong has shown that we focus on the weaknesses as opposed to strengths of
special needs individuals by separating them from the general population… starting from early
education.
“So much of life depends on our social bonds going to schools forming relationships,
earning an income, taking part in recreational activities and contributing to our community and
culture. When people with a disability are excluded from all this, it’s much harder to escape from
poverty” (End The Cycle CBM, 2013, 00:04). How will you learn to interact, engage and
become a part of the entire community if you are marginalized based on perceived weaknesses?
Would you feel you are being given an equal chance of a fulfilled and happy life?
As a result of the marginalized educational policies, Hong Kong has formed cultural
misconceptions and a stigma against individuals with special needs. “Sometimes family
members may feel ashamed and discourage social interaction” (End The Cycle CBM, 2013,
00:33). Why don’t we shape the community from the ground up, and change stigmas through
positive practices of inclusion? “Communities that include with disability also gain huge
benefits of the active and valuable contribution of these people and their families” (End The
Cycle CBM, 2013, 01:39).
All children regardless of with or without disability should have a real portrayal of the big
picture. Children without disabilities also gain from inclusion as they build new friendships and
understand one another. As a future educator, mother, and global citizen, I believe lack of
inclusion is doing a terrible disservice to many members of our society. From a compassionate
stand point, the needs of all children to feel confident, accepted and integrated into our society is
a basic human need. Our Hong Kong community can be strengthened as a whole, when we unite
all of our members.

C. Possibilities
Script here

Participating in the “Human Design Centered Approach of Innovation” has helped me

understand that my intrinsic motivation is and always should be serving the needs of others. The
basic needs of this marginalized group - students with disabilities, is to be accepted and
integrated into society. Here you can see how I focused on these needs through the innovation
process, and altered down to a final and most suitable innovation. All my best ideas focused on
inclusion innovations. Since active Hong Kong policy makers have been turned down from
inclusion in schools, my innovation is a recreational community center which is inclusive at core,
and invites all students to partake. Other innovations around the world which enhance inclusion
for children with and without special needs include: children’s books about disabilities, brail or
sign language children literature, educational support for educators such as “in India, Lesotho,
Morocco and the Philippines” (Anderson, 2020), as well as after school centers similar to my
own. Australia and New Zealand incorporate universal design in many centers so students with
disabilities can participate. One of the most successful frameworks for inclusion is in the United
States, under the IDEA act where inclusion is a guaranteed right in general educational
institutions.
I found that there are no recreational centers with an agenda of inclusion in Hong Kong,
making it the first of it’s type! I was inspired by peer and instructor feedback, which pushed me
to further elaborate on what my innovation center ‘Hong Clusion’ would look like. It has evolved
to become a reality. Hongclusion has activities in the humanities, sciences, arts as well as sports
and games. It is created using universal design with the help of engineers, architects, educators
and interior designers. The infrastructure has ramps and elevators. There are spacial concepts
such as natural light into rooms, plants and natural materials to give it an outdoor fresh feeling,
and bright colors to broaden all minds. The learning environment is catered to be inspiring and a
positive space for educators, specialists and students of all abilities. The center activities are led
by assistive educators who are specialized in their respective fields, as well as permanent and
volunteering special needs support. Each activity has a mandatory special needs assistant who
works closely and cohesively with the activity educator. Hong Clusion is a place of hands on
learning and a space providing opportunities for children to get to know one another and build a
loving community.

D. Professional Identity

I am a future educator, social entrepreneur and global citizen looking to strengthen and unite
my Hong Kong community through leading and building an inclusive student recreational center.
Uncovering this problem has made me aware of all the community actions that still need to be
done to enrich the lives of others in Hong Kong. I am a compassionate, positively hopeful and
passionate person, the skills learned and the knowledge gained from Human Centered Design,
combine these personality traits outwards to become an effective innovator. I have learned to
always understand and identify the needs of the other, so my actions are tailor made and
appropriate/effective to benefit the other. When thinking about the future, I am determined to
leave a positive mark on my world, this world, the world of others. I can foresee and am
extremely grateful that this approach has influenced the course of my future actions forever, it
has become a part of my personal and professional identity. This helped me form my
professional purpose statement.
My purpose as an educator is to give each and every child an equal chance of happiness. I will
use my passion to ensure that my Hong Kong community is inclusive, so my demonstrated
students experiences can extend to outside environments compassionately to build a better
humanity.

Members of the Hong Kong society as well as global citizens around the world who believe in
granting equal rights for all individuals, have the opportunity to invest in my innovation
HongClusion. In doing so, you will know that you are contributing to the well being, happiness,
and equal opportunities for children who do not find inclusion in their daily interactions.
“understand how well being is created. How we’re connected to one another and how another
person’s happiness is so do deeply tied to our own” (Skoll World Forum, 2013, 05:42). In being
good global citizens we care not only about ourselves but also about those around us.
HongClusion has the potential to also change commonly held Asian collectivist stigmas against
individuals with disabilities. Sometimes seeing is believing. “Education is the most powerful
weapon which you can use to change the world” (Mandela, 1990). Remember how education
comes in many forms.

E. The Proposal
 Script here

Investment and involvement comes in many shapes and forms. You can invest through
crowdsourcing and funding which goes towards the initial building and continuous development
of the center. You can sign up to be a paid activity leader or special needs assistant. You can
volunteer your time towards being a helper in our center. You can you can simply spread
awareness throughout your community of the valuable center and what it means for positive
change. Finally, if you have a child or you yourself are a student living in Hong Kong, you are
welcomed and encouraged to actively participate and join our center. Our center can only live
out it’s vision with your active participation! Each and every action is equally valued, no matter
who you are, you know you are leading your life with love of those around you.
“The people who write the songs in the culture of the day are going to change society”
(Skoll World Forum, 2013, 07:38). Knowing that your contributions (whatever that may look
like) are providing equal opportunities for both children with and without disabilities through fun
and engaging hands on learning whilst building new friendships, is knowing that you are helping
our community as a whole. Students of Hong Kong finally have a chance of an inclusive
environment. HongClusion is more than a center, it builds a community. when our students
attend they will build confidence, grow through their endless capabilities, and accept one another
no matter the different abilities and strengths we all posses. Through this meaningful innovaton, I
will know that I have enriched the lives of others, and you can too! We will know that we are
leaving a world that is better than the one we entered.

Reference List
Anderson, B. B. (2020, October 26). Five innovations to support inclusive education for children

with disabilities in low-resource contexts. All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for

Development. https://allchildrenreading.org/news/five-innovations-to-support-inclusive-

education-for-children-with-disabilities-in-low-resource-contexts/

Anonymous (2021, February 4). Mother’s Choice [Personal interview].

Education Bureau. (2021). Special Educational Needs. https://www.edb.gov.hk/en/curriculum-

development/curriculum-area/special-educational-needs/index.html
End The Cycle CBM. (2013, March 26). InDepth: SOCIAL INCLUSION and Disability [Video].

YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=sZCYYMeVHNw&ab_channel=EndTheCycleCBM

GovHK. (2017). Educational Characteristics of Hong Kong Population. 2016 Population by

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Kwok, J. (2015). Estimating Population with Disabilities in Hong Kong:For What and Whose

Purposes? Disability Information Resources.

https://www.dinf.ne.jp/doc/english/asia/resource/z00ap/vol5no1/population.html

Leisure and Cultural Services Department. (2020). Other Facilities & Venues. List of Facilities

and Venues. https://www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/facilities/facilitieslist/otherfacilities.html

Mandela, N. (1990). speech. Madison Park High School, Boston; reported in various forms

Mother’s Choice. (2018). Guide to International Adoption from Hong Kong. Guide to

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https://www.motherschoice.org/app/uploads/2016/10/Mothers-Choice-Guide-to-

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Materials/Resources needed for presentation

(e.g. iPhone for videotaping, pictures from previous tasks, notes, drawings, Prezi,
editing software, etc.)

 Discussion posts notes

 Feedback from peers and instructor
 Reflection notes
 Interview notes
 Community scan notes
 Laptop and Powtoon
 Pictures from Ideation assignment and design process

Additional documents/notes/etc (optional)

 Pictures from the internet with references

 Video screenshots from the internet with references
 Further quotes from prominent figures with references