Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Expeditionary Learning schools.
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Experiential Education in Law
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Final Project
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Dewey 4-6
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Educative & Miseducative
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Experience and Education Chapters 1-3
Monday, October 24, 2011
Personal Learning Project
(I'm so sorry this write-up is late, I have been doing my project, I forgot this part)
For my personal learning project I will be learning how to crochet. My mother has always crocheted very well and I have always sort of wanted to learn how. I will be spending time with her to learn the basic principles of crocheting and hopefully, at the end of the semester, be able to present a finished item. I hope this will challenge me (not too much hopefully) to stretch myself and learn a new craft-hobby that I can use in the future. The only practical application I can think of is to be able to make wonderful (depending on how good I get) homemade gifts for my friends and family for the holidays. I also want to do this because I think it’s a good idea to learn how to make things for yourself, I feel in a way it’s a lost art in our society. I hope that through learning the basics of crocheting, I will later be able to cultivate my new talent and try at some point in my life to make a homemade sweater. That’s a little ambitious for our class, so I’m aiming a little lower for the purpose of this project.
Facilitation Self Assesment
Facilitation Activity Write Up
Toxic Waste
Objective: Place the container of toxic waste into the neutralization zone within a time limit.
Materials: Cup of waste, Container for neutralization zone, one bungee loop, rope, 8 chords
Procedure: The team must find a way to move the waste to the neutralization zone within the time limit without getting too close to the waste.
Rules: The game has a 20-minute time limit, none of the participants are allowed to get within the rope’s distance of the toxic waste, if any part of their body gets too close to the waste, that part of their body will be unusable for the duration of the game. If the waste is spilled the game either ends, of the must start over from the beginning
Variations: give handicaps freely, instead of the loop, try giving them just a bungee chord and let them figure out the loop, try dumping the toxic waste instead of placing it into the container
Safety Considerations: Watch out if you make people blind, take time to analyze if people get frustrated