Monday, March 16, 2009

Testing Information Confidence


Information Confidence:

Ability to find -- and use -- the right information.


What my teenager knew – midnight, Saturday:

(1) He’d left calculator under Oakland school desk after SATs - not his school
(2) Classroom number
(3) Teacher’s name on blackboard – not proctor
(4) Guy next to him played on school's basketball team, recognized proctor

Within minutes my son emailed teacher and principal, and identified basketball player (alas, no Facebook address)

Sunday, Principal emails “you can look” 8am Monday meeting offer.

Result: Calculator found, still under the desk.

How did you leverage your Information Confidence to solve a problem today?

1 comment:

ELLOUISESTORY said...

Good example of pro-active problem solving. Something we can all use.