1. Warming up with inspiration from the Tinkering School; post on today's class blog one takeaway
"Success is in the doing, and failures are celebrated and analyzed. Problems become puzzles, and obstacles disappear." -- Gever Tulley
2. Generating questions about your research topic on sticky notes:
- What are curious about? What do you want to know?
- What are you wondering?
- What's confusing?
- What do you need to find out more about?
- What are some connections you're hoping to make?
- What do you hope to learn by the end of this project?
- What audiences might be interesting in your findings? Who else (besides your teacher) might want to read your writing?
3. Clustering and coding your questions to focus your research; form a Google doc for your questions and sources
Click HERE for the project overview if you start losing sight of what this project is.
4. Researching your topic professionally to find answers for your questions
- Where should we look for quality research?
- How do we know if a website is reliable? Are you familiar the C.R.A.P. test?
- Try listing websites underneath the questions they answer.
5. Starting to develop an annotated bibliography to gather and assess research
HW:
1. Continue working on answering your sticky note questions by researching and keeping an annotated bibliography; the window for this step is August 29-Sep 1.
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2. If it's in your budget or on your bookshelf, please acquire your own copy of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer.
3. BRING IN STICKY NOTES. We shall hoard them like they're going out of style.
3. BRING IN STICKY NOTES. We shall hoard them like they're going out of style.
you can figure things out by fooling around. starting from doodles and sketches. success is in the doing and failure is analyzed.
ReplyDelete"Success is in the doing, and failure is celebrated and analysed"
ReplyDeleteTime is in short supply in our over scheduled lives.
ReplyDeleteFooling around and letting kids do what they want can create something spectacular
ReplyDeleteMy Take Away:
ReplyDeleteWith the right education and opportunities, kids can do almost anything
People learn in different ways, and with this school they are able to learn life lessons with hands on learning.
ReplyDeleteYou can go far in life by finding what you love to do and practicing it everyday.
ReplyDeleteYou're not always gonna get it right the first time you do something.
ReplyDeleteEven though it may seem like a set back or an obstacle, it could turn out to be a brea through.
ReplyDeleteWe use words to build sentences. We use sentences to build essays. We build essays to influence the way people think about everything. WE ARE ALL MAKERS.
ReplyDeleteThese kids are learning what we would learn as young adults.
ReplyDelete"Nothing ever turns out as planned ... ever."
ReplyDeleteMy take-away from this video is that there are many ways to learn other than the traditional educational system.
ReplyDeleteA school like this is one where the students actually enjoy attending, something that is crucial to learning.
ReplyDeleteTinkering School teaches kids what modern public education can't teach them. Important life skills and lessons instead of book-work and tests.
ReplyDeleteKids learn that they can figure things out just by trying diffrent things.
ReplyDeleteThe kids were able to build working structures. They built a fully functioning roller coaster and they learned how to make one while doing it. They didn't come in knowing how to make a roller coaster, but came out building a successful one.
ReplyDeleteYou don't have to succeed if you are really trying to have fun and figure how things work. Go deep into it and figure out how you can enjoy what you are doing all the time.
ReplyDeleteSomething that I took away from this is that no matter how old or young you are, you can always put something together with your imagination.
ReplyDeleteThe idea of danger teaches them to respect the tools they are using
ReplyDeleteExploring and testing is a big part of life. It's better to find your way around problems and learn how to fix them instead of giving up.
ReplyDeleteTinkering School teaches kids what modern public education can't teach them. Important life skills and lessons instead of book-work and tests.
ReplyDeleteFailure can lead to success.
ReplyDeleteYou're not always gonna get it right the first time you do something.
ReplyDeleteKids can make and do amazing things if they aren't told otherwise.
ReplyDeleteone thing that I thought was interesting was that they didn't put rules, regulations, or guidelines on anything for these kids, they just let them create and it paid off in amazing ways in the end.
ReplyDeleteWhat I took away from this video is that when kids are given tools they figure out what to do and learn through experience.
ReplyDeleteMy personal take away is that these kids get to learn at a young age that failure is not ideal but it is a step in the right direction. I think that we learn incorrectly that failure is bad and should never happen but these kids get to learn that it is more helpful than anything and failure is a step in the right direction not the wrong
ReplyDeleteRegardless of age, everyone is capable of doing bigger things.
ReplyDeleteThese kids are learning what we would learn as young adults.
ReplyDeleteTinkering schools teaches kids the importance of failing but having fun while re trying and figuring it out.
ReplyDeleteTinkering school offers kids the opportunity to build things and be trusted with potentially dangerous tools. This may not be completely safe but it increases creativity and ingenuity in kids' developing brains
ReplyDeleteThe kids learn that success is in what they do and failure is what we learn from
ReplyDeleteThe learning is hands on and teaches kids how to actively solve problems
ReplyDeleteThese kids are learning lessons now that they would usually learn much later on in life, this gives them better skills to handle tough situations when they need too.
ReplyDeletethe school teaches the kids to deal with problems first hand and how to use your imagination as they go through the struggles.
ReplyDeleteNot everything needs to be learned in the rigidly organized format we're so accustomed to
ReplyDeleteTinkering school gives kids the opportunity to focus themselves and create something they never thought they could. With the direction of adults to help them understand that even though something might be difficult and a foreign idea, with the right tools you can accomplish it.
ReplyDeletewithout lots of rules and being put in a box like society tends to the mind can work in amazing ways. Such as the seven year olds building a roller coaster
ReplyDeleteFailures can be celebrated not discouraged.
ReplyDeleteI think it shows young kids that they are capable to do more than they may believe.
ReplyDeleteAlthough the kids may have failed in the times before, they always managed to figure it out through fun engaging activities.
ReplyDeleteThe kids are learning to problem solve and deal with more realistic tasks than what they learn at school.
ReplyDeleteThese kids didn't have any rules on what they could do, they just used their imagination and I think that is really neat
ReplyDeleteThe hands on thinking that these kids are using will help them progress in their life with ease - whether it's with social status, relationships, or job life, their ability to work with their hands and in groups helps every aspect. Their failures will lead to their successes.
ReplyDeleteI like that he teaches how to turn mistakes into learning opportunities. The tinkering school allows kids to learn through experience
ReplyDeleteThe kids are learning things way sooner than most people would which will help them later in life
ReplyDeleteThese kids are learning that you can do anything even if it takes multiple tries.
ReplyDeleteTinkering school teaches kids and others that if you put your mind to it and try it then you CAN do it
ReplyDeleteIt interesting to see how people think when we don't give them rules or try to influence there thinking in anyway. It simply just pure thought and ideas.
ReplyDeleteIt is better to try and fail than to never have tried at all.
ReplyDeleteTinkering teaches kids how to have fun while learning/ working.
ReplyDeleteI think that these kids learned that they had hidden talents
ReplyDeleteI think it shows young kids that they are capable to do more than they may believe.
ReplyDeleteTinkering school, gives kids the opportunity to build things with dangerous tools and be trusted that they won't hurt themselves or others
ReplyDeleteThis school teaches children that rather than being discouraged by their failures, the failures are celebrated and are used to learn from.
ReplyDeleteThe school allows the kids to learn by their mistakes and create something bigger
ReplyDeleteThe Tinkering School teaches kids that failure is a part of life and that its ok to fail and even more important to learn from that and find a new approach to solve your problem. Also that collaborating with others is an important part of problem solving.
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