Thought Vectors and Nuggets
I chose PATCH THIRTY FIVE – THE GHOST OF QUESTIONS NOT ASKED
The paragraph that resonated with me was
“I’m going way over 25 sentences by digging in to that anecdote. My point is that I did not anticipate, at all, that this idea of learning via a game would resonate so poorly with these students. I didn’t ask the right, or enough questions in my front-end analysis. JR Dingwall’s post in which he did ask the right questions to help bring about a great result, is what got me thinking about what questions to ask in the beginning.”
This is because I am an anxious person. This can be challenging as an instructor because it is often about anticipating problems. Every year is different. All students bring something unique to their studies and have unique group dynamics. This means that some activities will work for one group but another sometimes. We must learn how to note these differences and see what is important when designing an activity. Once we know students and groups are different, we can investigate with probing questions to what can engage them. We all have activities that don’t work as well as we wanted and it feels bad. We can involve the students in these decisions and it’ll help make it more engaging. Sometimes we think we know better making an activity in isolation but it is risky! It can be an unpleasant surprise.
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