Ah, delayed reflection reaps the
greatest reward, at least for me through this week's vlog post. I struggled with what
to do with my learners’ apparent lack of ability in the area of making
connections earlier this week. Of course, I was quick to interpret this as a
problem of theirs that I would need to support them with. However,
after taping my reflection, walking home from school, I considered this
whole connecting thing further. What did I do wrong? Why, after watching a video
they all seemed completely intrigued by, was it so difficult to draw out some connections?
What role did I play in this struggle?
Watch this week’s vlog post, beginning with my
embarrassingly early and quick resolve as I explain my “what”, followed by a later reflective post sharing my own more significant learning.
The big reveal. Here it is!
Thanks for watching! As usual, I’d love to hear back from
you! Questions, comments, criticisms, cheers,
or chit chat—all feedback is welcome and appreciated!
So, hands-on-collaborate-create-make-and-maybe-even-bake, seems like one big undertaking to me. I've done some reading, some viewing, and some consulting to try to figure out this whole maker movement thing. Inspired last year by Sylvia Martinez's visit to our #tiegrad cohort (thank you to Alec Couros for setting that up), I made sure this year's class supplies included a MakeyMakey and a Raspberry Pi. I know very little about either, but it seems like a good starting point. We are barebones in terms of our SPARK Maker Space otherwise. Please view this week's #sparKtalK5 vlog to hear my what-so-what-now-what explanation!
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