Congratulations! Exhibitions of Learning are an intense and remarkable experience for us as individuals and as a community. We will take an entire week to reflect meaningfully on the experience.
DO NOW: Quick Write
In your studio journal for Project Block or in another designated place for reflection, spend 5 minutes writing out your responses to the Think. Puzzle. Explore. below. (Give more time, if needed.)
- THINK > Describe a project exhibition that you think embodies what IDEAS Block is all about. Explain your choice.
- PUZZLE > Describe a project exhibition that raised important academic, creative, or other questions for you personally. Explain your choice.
- EXPLORE > Describe a project exhibition that makes you want to explore something new about an idea, an art form, or something else. Explain your choice.
Share out in rounds. Everyone share thinks, first. Then everyone share puzzles. Then explores.
DEBRIEF: What patterns to you notice? What do we as a group value in projects?
HEADLINE: Relative to the previous discussion about patterns and values, create a headline that represents your own project and exhibition. Remember that headlines include action verbs and meaningful subjects; they often communicate the plain truth even when that truth is complex. Students are encourage to admit and recognize where there were obstacles or weaknesses in the project or Exhibition.
Example: "Johnson's passion for sustainability leaves audience wanting more out of design"
- Take several minutes to generate
- Share out in pairs, explaining reasoning behind headline
- Revise headline
- Share out to group
GENERATE QUESTIONS: Use the headline to generate 10-15 personal reflection questions.
Example:
- What about the exhibition showed my passion? How do I know that they saw it?
- What was the weakness of the design?
- How could I have made it stronger?
- What prevented me from doing so?
- Was design the right art form for this project?
- How did the audience respond?
- What should I have said that I didn't say? Why didn't I say it?
PERSONAL REFLECTION
Each individual student will engage in a formal reflection about their own project and habits this semester. This process has three distinct parts that will occur over the next 5 days:
- Review the feedback sheets completed by your peers and the rubrics completed by staff members. In doing this, use three colors to highlight what you see: Use one color to highlight areas that you CONNECT with or agree with. Use another color to highlight areas that EXTEND your thinking about your project or yourself. Use a third color to high light areas that CHALLENGE your thinking about your project. Write your own notes on these feedback forms, so that you can keep track of your thinking. (NOTE: While not required, it is recommended that you do this prior to the other steps.)
- Write the formal reflection essay for this semester. Please take time to review the assignment on the language arts website, organize your thinking, be honest with yourself, and write the essay.
- Conference with your advisor to review the details and annotations on your rubrics, to discuss opportunities for and experiences of growth, to expose and distill all that you accomplished through your project and exhibition.
