Research Questions

Media

How does visual storytelling change educational outcomes?

Questions

a. What stories can be told better visually? (Test storytelling with K-12 Students)

b.  How do visual stories change information retention?

c.  How do visual stories affect mood, emotional, and social learning?

e. How do visual stories negatively affect mood, emotional, and social learning?

Communication  

How well do you use communication to express thoughts, feelings, and needs at school?

questions:

a. How do you communicate when you feel upset?

b. Do you believe your feelings and needs will be met if you communicate what you need?

c.  Do you feel comfortable communicating in ways that promote positive relationships?

Social Connectedness 

What does it mean to be a human?

questions:

a. What do we owe to each other?

b. How well can you put yourself in someone else's shoes?

c. Do you prefer to solve problems as a group or alone?

d. Would you give something up for someone else? What?

Emotional

What role do feelings play in a student's life, and how can emotional learning be fostered in education?

questions:

a. What is your relationship with your feelings?

b. What feelings do you suppress?

c. What do you do with those feelings?

Environmental 

Do you see yourself as planetary? 

questions:

a. Do you feel responsible for our plant? 

b. Do you feel responsible for animals?

c. Do you feel responsible for the next generation?

Environmental 

Society is producing a large amount of waste. Do the students understand how resources are gathered and how they are disposed of?

questions:

a. Do you know how companies get fabric to make clothing and shoes?

b. Do you know where clothing and shoes go when you throw them away?

c. Do you know how long it takes for clothing and shoes to biodegrade?

Plastic is dangerous but convenient? How do we keep producing more with no plans to stop or recycle more?

community outreach question:

a. Do you know how plastic is made?

b. Do you know where the materials to make plastic are sourced?

c. Do you know where plastic goes when it is disposed of?

d. Do you know how long plastic takes to biodegrade?

e. Do you know the health dangers of the plastic life cycle?

f. If you did, would you stop buying plastic?

g. Can you think of other products to use besides plastic?

Emotional and mental health

Do you think there is a correlation between screen time and poor mental and emotional health? 

community outreach questions:

a. How much time do you spend on a screen a day?

b. Do you limit your screen time?

c. Do you feel rested after scrolling on your phone?

d. Do you use your phone to go to sleep?

e. Do you look at your phone first thing in the morning?

Critical Thinking data-driven decision making

Critical thinking isn’t just one skill—it’s a collection of habits, mindsets, and abilities that help a person evaluate information, question assumptions, and make reasoned judgments. To build it, people need to learn several foundations

Scientific thinking

Science and Technology

What happens in a society that is run on technology, but very few people understand the science behind technology?

community outreach questions:

a. Do you know how AI works?

b. Do you know how computers work?

c. Do you know how electronics work?

Do you have a desire to learn about science and technology?

community research questions:

a. Do you feel prepared for the AI culture?

b. Do you think AI won't affect your life?

c. Do you think children should learn how AI works in school?

d. What will happen if people don't know how AI works?

What preparation should schools or the government provide the community about AI scams?

a. Do you think people should learn about AI's ability to create scams?

b. Do you know what a deepfake is?

c. Do you think deepfakes will change the news, politics, social norms, or information dissemination?