Connecting the Dots: Day 1 Reflection

Day 1 Reflection

Today, was a great start to the week. I feel as though my group set a great pace filled with information and action that we can keep up throughout the week. I enjoyed hearing the responses from the scholars and giving them the encouraging nudge to show them that regardless of their response they should say them with confidence. I have a lot of experience with expounding upon others ideas and helping them see the bigger picture. The scholars have really great insights on the importance of being a global citizen and I want them to continue down the path to see why that's important. 

Below are my pros, cons, and solutions for today:

Pros

• Being over prepared with material
• Having high levels of energy
• Engaging and motivating all students to participate
• Adapting to the situation

Cons

• After lunch lag and sleepiness
• Being more clear with our messages

Solutions

• Give the students more opportunities to stand and move around
• Be precise with what we want to say and not include too much narration unless it directly pertains to the message and is relatable to the students
• Speak slower and confirm understanding of material

Overall, today was a success for me. Fingers crossed that we will receive the rest of the supplies tomorrow. Hopefully, they are just in another room waiting for meeeeeee.

Help! I can't access your lesson plans

Hey Loves,

I attempted to check out the Daily Lesson Plans for Groups 2 and 3 but I could not access them. There seems to be an issue with permissions to access the documents. After speaking with Shareef and Amy, I wanted to see if you all could change your access settings to allow everyone in the facilitators group to comment?

I tagged all of our groups on here so we can all be aware of this issue, so we can all have access. I know you guys all love me and didn't intentionally leave me out of the lesson plan fun!

Thankkksss

Issue with Commenting

Hey Loves,

I'm not sure if you all ran into this issue but I was having a problem submitting comments on here. Below is the response to my issue from Shareef:

"After poking around for a while, it looks like blogger has problems with the embedded comment forms. In the blog settings, the default for posting comments is to make a comment box appear while you're viewing the page (embedded). This is apparently known to have issues. In fact, I was not able to make comments either. Fortunately, however, it appears that switching to a different commenting method fixes the issue. 

So now when you go to add a comment, it will take you to a new page where you can submit your comment. It's a bit less convenient, but it works."

I hope this helps!

First Meeting Notes

1.  DETERMINE GOALS OF SESSION

List out reasons to acknowledge NGOs and Nonprofit 

A.    What is it ?

B.    Why are they important?

C.    Who’s impacted by these organizations?

D.   Who can make an impact? Where do you fit in? 

E.    How is everything connected?

2.  DETERMINE COURSE NAME

Choose the name

A.    Potential Course Names

                i.        Connecting the Dots: Exploring Socio-Global Issues through Visual and Performing Arts

3.  DETERMINE COURSE DESCRIPTION

How would we describe this course?

A.    What is it about?

                i.        Overview of the topic

              ii.        Information to be Gained

             iii.        As a way of connecting the dots we will cover blank…..

             iv.        How art will be included

B.    Draft

                i.        Theme: Exploring Interconnectedness of Socio-Global Issues

              ii.        Description: How do you define where you stand on global issues? Our suggestion is to think about progressive sustainable world goals focusing on health, education, and institutional structures world-wide. Becoming a global citizen is a constant and conscious adaptation of the way we see, understand and interact with the world. ​ Our journey to global citizenship, will occur through visiting countries in the Mediterranean to draw connections between differing perspectives.  We will be expressing this using visual and performing arts to create an enthralling performance. Without delay, join us on our journey to connect the dots.

4.  DETERMINE ACTIVITIES

What are the three activities that we would do?

A.    Spoken Word

                i.        Students will create poems to perform

1.    Monday: Brainstorming on their topic and direction of poem

2.    Tuesday: Write poem

3.    Wednesday: Edit and Practice

4.    Thursday: Practice Performance

B.    Canvas Backdrop

                i.        Students will create a backdrop for the performance

1.    Monday: Brainstorming on what they would do

2.    Tuesday: Draft what the design of the canvas will be 

3.    Wednesday: Sketch the design

4.    Thursday: Paint the canvas

C.    Photography for Pamphlet

                i.        Students will take pictures of what they love on the first day

1.    Monday: Brainstorming on what to take pictures of that connects them to other countries. Find something similar to what you love from 

2.    Tuesday: Take the pictures

3.    Wednesday: Draft the Pamphlet with the pictures and writing

4.    Thursday: Finalize pamphlet design

4 the Love of Balfour

Group 4 came in here and made the world a better place.

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