As a learning support specialist, I appreciate the time and effort it takes to grow. There is definitely something to Malcolm Gladwell’s “10,000 hours rule,” which states that it takes approximately 10, 000 hours to achieve mastery in a particular activity. I have watched Coco put intense focus and energy into making small objects: tiny coconut people, small animal habitats, or tiny food replicas. It seems that there were no plans. Her objects would just appear, but as I watched her, I realized that she were very significant organizational processes going on silently in her imagination.
Tag: Design Thinking
Working in the Wonder Studio: Creative Spirit
I have noticed in the last few years that the 5th grade students love to fabricate small intricate items during their final Wonder Studio sessions. I’m not sure if it’s because they want to be able to quickly complete projects that they can take home as mementoes of their Primary School years, or that they are working on a math PBL unit on Tiny Houses, so their minds just naturally go to the miniature. However, most of the students are making objects other than items for their tiny houses, even though I bought materials that would allow them to construct tiny furniture and other accoutrements.
Sketchnoting: Making Thinking Visible
Sketchnoting - I love to doodle. Whenever I am sitting and people are talking, I am drawing. It is the only way I can still myself and really listen to what was being said. Instead of tuning out, I tuned in. Making pictures helps me to remember.
Word Dancer: Literature, the Arts, & Education 