ICT Project for Social Change

ICT Project for Social Change

Creating a Concept Paper

  Before starting your project, your group should be able to do the necessary paperwork. This allows experts to see if your project is doable over time frame that was given and if it is significant enough to be made into reality.

  A concept paper is a document used to convince a panel of potential funders to help a product, program, or service become a reality. Your teacher will play the role of the sponsor and you have to convince him or her that your project is worth your time and effort.

Five elements of a concept paper:

1.Introduction – includes your group’s mission and vision and a brief introduction of your project

2.Purpose – includes the reasons why this project is worth your group and your sponsor’s time, effort, and money.

3.Description – includes all the necessary information about the project. In ICT, it involves the sites you are going to produce and the purpose of each and how they work in unison.

4.Support – contains the budget needed for the project. Some concept papers do not specify any amount requested from the sponsor.

5.Contact Information – includes information on how the group can be contacted

Sample Concept Paper

  For years, many students depend on the school’s drinking fountain. Aside from saving them money, the school’s drinking fountain contains filters that make the water safe enough to drink. But according to our research, the last time the water was tested was about three years ago and by using the drinking fountains around school, it is highly questionable that the water is still safe for drinking. Our group has theorized that the natural wear-and-tear of the drinking fountain has led to the water’s unpleasant taste. Our group, The Mosaic Alliance, aims to create several online sources that will help promote the awareness of people involved  about this problem and create an online petition with the goal of improving our drinking fountains here in school.

  Our group aims to create Change.org petition, a Facebook group and a blog to help achieve our goals. We will be creating infographics and other related information connected to the dangers of drinking unsafe water specially at a young age. The scope of our project is to be able to reach the school’s administration, parents, teachers, and students to sign our petition.

  We will be requiring a week to develop this project and we will start our promotion right after we gave uploaded the website. We will also be using our own resources so the funding for this project will be close to none . Our expenses may only include the printing of campaign materials and the Internet and computer shop rentals in case we need more time outside school hours. We will also be using free services already offered by Facebook, Bloggers, and Change.org.

  Should you have any questions about our project feel free to contact us at mosaicalliance@email.com

Simplified ICT Project Process Overview 

1.Planning -  involves the following tasks (but not limited to):

A.Conceptualizing your project

B.Researching on available data about your topic

C.Setting deadlines and meetings

D.Assigning people to various tasks

E.Finding a web or lo blog host

F.Creating a site map for your website

G.Listing down all applications that you need including web apps

H.Funding (if applicable)

2.Development – involves the actual creation of the website(s); involves the production of images, infographics, etc.

3.Release and Promotion -  involves the actual release of the website for public view and promoting it. Promotion typically starts before the actual release.

4.Maintenance -  involves responding to feedback of your site visitors and continuing to improve the website.

Exploration 12.1. Planning a Social Campaign

  Your group’s goal over the course of two weeks is to create a legitimate change.org campaign and accompany it with a website that will promote the campaign and supply more information about the campaign. Create a concept paper about this social campaign.

Once approved by your teacher, the following will be required for this project:

A website or blog that will promote and explain what the campaign is all about

Pictures that will accompany the website or blog

At least one infographic posted on the website (requires research either through simple surveys or through the use of secondary data)

A Facebook fan page about the event that will help your audience meet and collaborate

Optional:

A Photobucket account to host your images

Another social media account like Twitter to reach a broader audience 

Key Terms

•Concept Paper – a document used to convince a panel of potential funders to help a product, program, or service become a reality

•Planning – involves the conceptualize of your project.

•Development – involves the actual creation of a website or blog

•Release and Promotion – involves the actual release of the website or blog and its promotion

•Maintenance – involves responding to feedback and the continuing improvement of the website