Lesson 15 Today we tested our ability to interpret instructions from images and verbally work as a team to build a mini block animal. After the activity, I realised how hard things can be without words! Especially for visually impaired people, constructing things and applying instructions can be really hard. With two people, one person … Continue reading Instructor vs Constructor
My School Made Me Do Something Illegal…
So for the last ten years I've been at school, my teachers and staff around me have been 'encouraging' and 'praising' all the work and presentations I've made. But recently I have just discovered that what I've been doing (aka, my homework!) could have landed me sued if I were an adult! Logbook - FL … Continue reading My School Made Me Do Something Illegal…
Uncommon Eating Disorders
An eating disorder is a very complex mental illness, in which one has disturbed eating behaviours, distorted beliefs and extreme concerns about eating, food and body image Eating disorders can be associated with major medical complications which can affect every organ in the body. They are not a lifestyle choice or about vanity. No one … Continue reading Uncommon Eating Disorders
School Strike 4 Climate
On March 15th, myself and 30,000 other students and adults around Sydney went to Town Hall to protest about the government's inaction on climate change. We got to watch people perform, chant and march down the city. Many people were angry and upset that we were protesting. A lady stormed pass myself and other students … Continue reading School Strike 4 Climate
Curating Communication
Futures Learning - Lesson 10 Communication is a very multi-layered, confusing and tricky skill we deal with everyday. From greeting the bus driver, to delivering your life-changing speech at work that may or may not cause the biggest talk in the office. When people come together to branch out their ideas and thoughts, it can … Continue reading Curating Communication
Futures Learning – Lesson 3
How can we represent FL in a logo? Activity: Class Coat of ArmsPurpose: Team BondingIn small teams, we created the Futures Learning class coat of arms. In three spaces, we drew something that represents a recent achievement, something that reflects your class values and something that represents where we saw the class going in the … Continue reading Futures Learning – Lesson 3
Why Is Futures Learning Important?
Lesson 2 Logbook: Second lesson of the year, doing my now-favourite subject. We watched a TEDTalk about the education system and all the flaws within it. Sir Ken Robinson's 'Bring On the Revolution' raised ideas and problems we all face at school. It was upsetting, seeing how little the education system has revolved, but knowing … Continue reading Why Is Futures Learning Important?
Responsibility in Individuality
Doing futures learning as a subject comes a lot of independence and responsibility. As part of individual and personalised learning, my class and I are writing out self assessments for ourselves for this year. This is mine: Ms Welsh's Expectations in Futures Learning Participation in class discussion and activitiesOpen to new ideas and conceptsWork in … Continue reading Responsibility in Individuality
Am I Just Annoying?
Attention-seeking, over-dramatic, shallow - did you just think of that one person everybody dislikes? But this is more than just being annoying, there is a personality disorder - Histrionic Personality Disorder. It is characterised by a pattern of excessive attention-seeking emotions and excessive need for approval. Histrionic people are lively, dramatic, vivacious, enthusiastic and flirtatious. … Continue reading Am I Just Annoying?
Reshaping Education
Following my blog post on the revolution of education, I've been working on acting upon the actual issue. Some students from my school and I were invited to a conference - 'leadership advisory board' where we discussed issues within the curriculum on a national level, and how we've influenced design thinking, human centred design and … Continue reading Reshaping Education
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