One of my graduate courses required a group project as part of a block about the Learning Design Studio. Our project developed a Google Site for our work. This is a copy of my contributions to the group effort, reformatted for this website. The project starts here.
Museum visitor persona: Alicia Nguyen-Gonzales
Swinging good time by Aleckoh is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
- Gender: Female
- Age: 8 1/2
- Lives in Houston with her mother, but her father (also in Houston) has visitation on Wednesday evenings and alternate weekends.
- Likes school, riding her bike, Girl Scouts activities.
Education and experience
Alicia is in third grade in the US.
Role and responsibilities
Alicia’s main responsibilities are to work hard in school and to have enjoyable and fun experiences in and out of school .
Her main classes are:
- Reading, including newspapers and websites
- Math (she learns multiplication and division this year)
- Social studies, which is learning about other cultures but also this year includes learning about modes of travel and forms of communication throughout history
- Science, with a special focus this year on states of matter, weather, the solar system and time, and the food chain
- She also has classes in art, music, and physical education.
This is her last year in the Brownies level of Scouting. In Brownies, she enjoys working toward badges. Next year, in the Juniors level of Girl Scouts, she will be allowed to go to overnight camp for a whole week!
Technical skills
Alicia has used mobile phone apps for almost half her life.
Subject domain skills and knowledge
Alicia has very little knowledge about aviation. She has never been on a plane before and she has limited knowledge about history in general.
Motivation and desires
Alicia is very curious about the world around her.She would be thrilled to be able to share something with her classmates during Show and Tell, or even to be able to earn a Girl Scout badge!
Goals and expectations
Alicia expects museums to have items of interest to her, and items that are physically and intellectually accessible to her.
Obstacles to success
She does not yet have a large knowledgebase to draw upon. She also does not have a very long attention span.
Unique assets
Alicia has tremendous enthusiasm almost everything.
Next: Hector Gonzales