Tuesday, June 30, 2009
service project
It has been fun working with one of my kids on this project. I'm trying to lead her to questions that are broad and then more narrow for the unit question without telling her what to do. She seems to like the ideas to be hers, so I am dressing it up just a little. All the ideas do belong to Alexis. She seems to be interested in how different species of animals will take on traits of another species with which they are in contact. I will try to get her to think deeply about this and not just search for an easy concrete answer. For example, do animals get lonely enough that they will be friends with something they would normally kill. What would cause an animal to put aside it's natural instinct to kill. What level of thinking is this for an animal? Is it just an adaptation to their surroundings and constant contact with each other that breaks down the walls? I hope my student enjoys the assignment. Getting a blog started also means the need an e-mail. All that part is a pain in the but because she is under 18. We have some notes on how we started in this google doc. You can view Lexi's blog from my dashboard or on the link.
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where u supposed to post a blog now r wait until the end of the project. I not sure but u seem to got i going down the right track.
ReplyDeleteI liked that you let your daughter pick her own question to do the project on, that way she's more interested. I really like the question y'all picked too, that seems like a cool one to do. I agree about the whole kid signing up for email and all that to do the blog, huge hassle.
ReplyDeleteYour approach is awesome. No one worded answers and letting the student have the choice. I feel it gives them a sense of accountability and responsibility rather then normal textbook teaching. Awesome!
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