Over Vacation we had two DI meetings. It was a great time where we focused on set building. Prior to this I had done little to build anything so I was a bit rusty with a hammer. As a team up to this point it was hard to get together, but I made sure to go to every meeting I could. At this meeting we got all of the materials and started building our set. I was placed in charge of building the cannon. I had an idea of what I wanted to do, but I had never built a pinball-like hammer before. My plan did work after I did a little research on the internet and made some modifications. It was a hard process, and more than once I wanted to just put the thing down and go back to my relaxing, but I stuck with it and made sure that I made sure the launcher works. Now that I do have the launcher completed I can begin building the rest of the cannon.
On Monday we had a meeting after school. Unlike the other, it was not as productive and it was very trying with our tempers flaring do to our return to school. While I did not have any ill will to direct it was hard for me to keep my cool and not make things worse the way that we all did last year. The meeting ended abruptly, but we did get a small amount of set work done.
Outcomes and Questions
C.A.S. Learning Outcomes
1. Increased awareness of your own strengths and areas for growth
2. Undertaken new challenges
3. Planned and initiated activities
4. Worked collaboratively with others
5. Shown perseverance and commitment in your activities
6. Engaged with issues of global importance
7. Considered the ethical implications of your actions
8. Developed new skills
Reflective Questions
Here are some guiding questions to answer when writing journal entries. If you answer these fully while keeping an ongoing journal you will not need to write a final reflection. Not all questions need to be answered every time. Most entries will answer one or two questions. They will add up over time.
- How did you feel about a particular aspect of the activity?
- How did you interact with others?
- What did you perceive?
- What did you think about activity?
- What did the activity mean to you?
- What was the value of the activity?
- How did activity benefit others?How did activity measure up to the the eight learning outcomes?
- Were the goals set too low, too high or just right? Why?
- If difficulties existed how did you overcome them?
- What did you learn from the activity and how might this new knowledge be applied more widely elsewhere in your life? (For example, a change of perspective).
- How - specifically - did you interact with others?
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