| Session Title: We See With More Than Our Eyes: Gathering Data in Migrant and Native American Communities |
| Skill-Building Workshop 115 to be held in Sebastian Section I4 on Wednesday, Nov 11, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM |
| Sponsored by the Multiethnic Issues in Evaluation TIG |
| Presenter(s): |
| David Sul, Sul & Associates LLC, dsul@sulandassociates.com |
| Charlene Sul, Sul & Associates LLC, csul@sulandassociates.com |
| Abstract: The story telling tradition is strong in Migrant and Native American communities. Expert story tellers use more than their voices to transport the listener to a distant time and place. The techniques presented in this workshop remain true to that tradition. Incorporating modern technologies, the evaluators attempt to share the program participant experience and in so doing, add even more context to the evaluation. The evaluators will present findings from a collection of methods - the family portrait, digital stories, photo mosaic and word clouds. These techniques are used to draw out hidden messages in the lives of program participants. Additionally, they can be used to monitor individual or group progress both instantaneously and over time. Workshop participants will participate in a live deployment of selected techniques. A debriefing of the experience will focus on the impact such techniques may have as critical reports are being created. Further, participants will be left to consider how to substantiate the evidence created in summary reports with prior work and a credible framework for analysis. |