Wishing

My project went well, I would like to go back and include more of the writings into my reflections. I feel the biggest strength of my project is the practicality of it. I will continue this inquiry even after the project. . . . motherhood, working, and grad school may make the inquiry a slower process than I would like, but it was nice to get started. I feel overwhelmed with all the class reading and like my focus is divided into a lot of different directions. I am thankful for the push to get started on my book . . .

Reading

I never thought of this blog as creative until I read,"whenever you are investing your own personal ideas or putting on your own personal stamp, you are being creative." Cullison. I also thought about this blog and relating this assignment to students, Cullison says that, "critical thinkers seek the best or most reasonable solution from available options to solving a problem. Creative thinkers raise alternatives that lead to new or unique solutions." Do I give my students creative options? How exciting would it be to have students complete a mini publishing investigation, maybe listen to a guest speaker, and send out work of their own. Tilley and Callison talk about gender issues and reading. How could I make the reading and writing of this publishing project appeal to boys. I was very discouraged to read how far boys were behind in regards to literacy.

Callion listed some strategies to aid in metacognition and the "thinking journal" would be a wonderful tool for my students to record thier ideas during the publishing investigation--just like I am during this blog.

Frustration

https://oncourse.iu.edu/access/content/user/wdechert/Book%20Little%20Miracles.doc

Let's give this a try--all of this was supposed to be in my last post--but I lost it all.

Wrapping/Waving
The above link is my first draft of my book. I have found the more people I talk to, the more research I do etc. etc. Write--send is always the message. It seems like an oxymoron that my final project is a draft--but there it is. I first will have friends and family look at it and give me their criticism etc. I have already started sending it to the list of publishers I am accumulating. You never know . . .

Weaving--I have created a bubble chart to organize my ideas in one place--all my lists, charts etc. in one place--maybe this will help me keep organized and focused.

Click below (or copy and paste into your browser's address box):
» http://bubbl.us/view.php?sid=42207&pw=yaVWC.w6Lr12UMjhhbi95LlRtMHVCWQ

Reflection

I am overwhelmed today. How do I put in all the elements of the rubric into my blog. How many blogs have I responded too? I can't even remember. Oh boy--I think I have a lot of work to do today. I wish I would have really read the Project 1 description before I completed any of the trail blazers then I could have incorporated more of the reading into my regular blogs.