"Procrastination is the Art of Keeping up with Yesterday"
Some thoughts:
- When answering the weekly question, you only leave a comment under the post; you do not create a separate post on your blog. . .and answering the question is important for me to know that you are receiving the information I am trying to communicate to you.
- In the reading reflections, I would like to see some more thoughtful responses to the 3-2-1 format. This should not simply be a list, but a complete thought as to why you wrote/feel/abhorred what you read. . .Also, ensure you have completed the response before the next class session (even if we do not meet in person!!)
- Use Twitter to not only post your thoughts, but to learn something. . .you can also reply to your peers to let them know that someone has a modicum of interest in what they wrote!!
- Don't forget that I am requiring two posts per week, but you are welcome to do more!!
Tonight:
- I want to discuss your chapter presentations and answer any question about posting/assessing, etc. . .It is also important that you know how to leave feedback for your peers' groups
- We will discuss your thoughts on Disrupting Class/30-Second Video Demonstration
- The Broken Circle Activity
- Discuss Ethnography Assignment/Expectations for next week
- Competitive/Non-Competitive Gaming (if time permits)
Week 4 Question: Discuss something that you have learned well outside of school without little or no help from a teacher. How did you learn? Why do you think you were successful? (suggestion: could be gaming, sports, knitting, etc. . .)
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I learned to cross-stitch when I was younger because it was something my grandmother used to do. I just learned by reading the directions in the package and, with a little help from my mom, I was able to finish one by myself. I have done quite a few since then and I think it was an interesting skill to learn.
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ReplyDeleteI learned that I do not know how to play video gambling. I became successful at learning this because my money was soon gone.
ReplyDeleteI learned how to use a laithe to make acrylic pens. I learned through trial and error and messing around with different parts of the machine and seeing what they changed. The more I have tried different things and made more pens the better I have gotten.
ReplyDeleteI learned to kayak when I was younger by watching other people kayak & then checking out a book from the library about the subject. From there, I went on kayak trips with my friends and learned some techniques from them.
ReplyDeleteI learned how to cook on my own. I would look up recipes and do my best to cook them. I was successful because I didn't give up. Often times, things didn't turn out the way I wanted them to, but I didn't give up.
ReplyDeleteI learned how to work on my quad on my own. I would read the manual or just take things apart and put it back together when it would quit working. I learned how to do this so I did not have to stay in the house with my grandparents. Where we were quads could be ridden on the streets so my quad was my main mode of transportation when I was 12.
ReplyDeleteI learned how to artistically be a good drawer on my own. Through having drawing as a hobby at a earlier age, it made be became talented just by practicing and challenging myself.
ReplyDeleteI learned how to knit one day randomly. I went to a fabric market and found some yarn. Then I went home and used youtube to figure it out. It was easy. I made a scarf. That's about as far as I've gotten with it though. I think community is big part of learning something though. Becoming part of a knitting community would allow me to take knitting to the next level, guerrilla knitting. Knitah please! http://deputy-dog.com/2008/11/urban-knitting-worlds-most-inoffensive.html
ReplyDeleteWhen I was younger, I learned how to rollerblade from watching my friends and falling a lot. I think I was successful because I really wanted to play roller-hockey with the rest of the neighborhood, and If I didn't learn how to to roller-blade, I would be left out!
ReplyDeleteI learned how to mountain bike mostly from trial and error and by watching how my husband did it. I started out too afraid to go down steep hills or over rocks, but the more I did it the more confident I became.
ReplyDeleteI learned how to eat healthy/bodybuild/lift weights on my own. Technically I got started in 8th grade in school, but those PE teachers are really qualified (IMO) to teach you how to be a better athlete, just a heathier teenager. I learned it all but trial and error, and internet research (bodybuilding.com). I also learned how to install laminate floors, baseboards, sprinklers and a timer, etc., etc. basically how to be a handyman by internet research and simply doing these things to my house I bought in 2007.
ReplyDeleteI learned how to fly fish, this took a long time to master and a lot of painful hooks in my skin. But it was worth the effort
ReplyDeleteI learned how to surf on my own. I learned by when I was a youngster by going out and doing it and watching other people. It's been a slow process over the years, maybe a teacher would of helped.
ReplyDeleteThe most important thing I learned on my own was how to stand up for myself. When I was little, my parents would take me to the park and saw that other kids would cut in front of me in the line for the slide. When I was in elementary school, I never really got picked on, but I could see how others were teased and I would think about what I would have done if I were in that situation. In middle school, I stood up to the school bully. Since then, I've felt that I will not be exploited and can live life with confidence.
ReplyDeleteI learned flower arranging on my own. I got a job at a small florist where I was alone most of the time, so through trial and error I learned how to put arrangements together. I knew I was improving when customers started tipping!
ReplyDeleteI learned how to play black jack. I learned in Las Vegas and followed up at Pala and Perchanga. I must be good at it since I only recall the times I won.
ReplyDeleteI learned how to play golf. I have never taken a lesson and have done everything by feel and trying to mimic great swings. I currently have a 5 handicap, so I think I have done alright.
ReplyDeleteI learned how to walk and talk, breate, eat, sleep, surf, snowboard, play games, open a business, fail, and try something new, I learned how to use this computer, I learned how to hurt when others are hurting, and be happy all on my own. I learned to travel in countries where I don't speak the language all by myself, I learned that people are willing to help if you really need it everywhere you go. I have learned how to paddle a canoe from Catalina to Newport Beach, and when, around hour four you want to give up, I learned that there is a place deeper into which you can tap into. This is just the tip of what I have learned outside the classroom walls, but it is within those walls that I learned how to learn.
ReplyDeleteI learned how to read a daily racing form and pick winning ponies daily. Not really, but my uncle used to take me to the track all the time when I was little and I learned a lot about the game on my own even though I can't pick a winner if my life depeneded on it these days.
ReplyDeleteI learned how to play bridge (the card game) by watching a lot of my friends in university play. I saw 4 people very interested and intense in their gaming, and found what they were doing to be interesting. I just watched for about a week straight at an hour session at a time. One day, they were short a 4th player, asked if I wanted to play, and pretty much jumped right in. I didn't tell them I had no idea what I was doing, I pretty much faked it till I made it. It was deathly terrifying and exciting at the same time the first time I sat down and played.
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