Facilitating learning can be a difficul topic. There is never one way better than another, especially with the mix of styles between students. The word web for being an effective facilitator was awesome though! Everyone had great ideas and all of them would be great as guidelines to anyone as a leader. A few of them included honesty, enthusiasm, inclusiveness, patience, follow-up, and many, many more! Thanks for all your cooperation with the activity! You all came up with so many more than I could on my own. It's awesome getting the chance to learn and grow together. It's a great thing to start and build on now, as I think it will geatly benefit us in the future.
Heath and Allie also had us think and jot about metacognition. I really think it's important to challenge yourself and the reasoning behind your thoughts. I find myself in the situation more than I care to admit, where I am biased with my thinking and don't see a situation as viewed from an outsider. I am working on taking a step back and looking at situations I come across as they are, rather than just how I may feel about them at the time. I think it's an invaluble asset that can greatly benefit me in the future when I work with others. My goal is to be slower to judge and quicker to forgive. It's only fair to everyone I come in contact with and myself.
I thought the lesson was great! Good job Kelly :)
ReplyDeleteI thought you and Anthony did a great job as well! When we broke up into groups I thought it was hard thinking of some way to being an effective facilitator, and not just copy what was out of our book. As we went around the room and discussed as a group different ways, my mind kept coming up with more and more. I feel we all help each other out.
ReplyDeleteThe way you and Anthony ran the discussion was great! The class really got involved and sprouted some great feedback.
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