Pondering or Wandering?Continue building a bridge between your practice, your action research and what you are learning. Muse about anything that inspires you, observations, reflections, experiences, connections, dilemmas....what’s innovative about what you’re planning to do this semester? How are you thinking “outside the box”?
It has taken longer than I expected for all the pieces and new learnings to begin to fall into a place where I can begin to see the connections and make sense of it all. I am thankfully edging closer to that with each class, reading, video, discussion, along with a whole lot of thinking. Like others, I have found the Baggio readings to be easiest and most enjoyable and have enjoyed looking at my work with a more critical eye as well as creating new products with a focus on balancing contrast, repetition, alignment and proximity in mind. I think I have intuitively created products with many of those elements in place because it’s pleasing to my eye but now I will be much more mindful of how those elements impact the learner since that is the ultimate goal. The video, Smart Failure for a Fast Changing World with Eddie Obeng was fast paced, much like the world he is trying to describe. I think it’s both fascinating and overwhelming that we are trying to prepare our students to be successful in an ever changing world and one in which so many of the jobs needed haven’t even been conceptualized yet. I liked the WHY HOW ladder exercise and it has led me to a slightly different question than what I started with. I like the new question but feel the need to do more thinking and pondering of it as well as discussing it with others to see if it will take me where I wish to go.
3 Comments
Dana Hand
11/12/2016 08:41:43 pm
Your creative title made me laugh out loud! I think we can all relate. This process has definitely been an uncomfortable mental journey at times because the answers do not come easily. I am glad that your ideas are beginning to take shape. I believe Hattie's Visible Learning for Teachers might give you even more ideas to ponder as you wander down your path!
Reply
Kristin Pruitt
11/16/2016 05:41:23 pm
I feel like I've been wandering too!! It has taken we a long time to try and figure out where I'm going with my driving question. I'm not sure I'm totally settled yet, still pondering....
Reply
Joe Madigan
11/28/2016 08:19:41 pm
I agree with your sentiments, I feel like we've accomplished a lot, and yet I still feel confused and lost about where we're heading to. I think things will fall together one week at a time.
Reply
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. Archives
April 2017
Categories |