Taking a Pulse

I, like many of my, classmates were really struck by the Reflection Article. My student teaching placement here at Bank Street has enabled me to see this in progress first hand. Many of my subjects/content with 6th graders use a reflective component. What is amazingly surprising that subjects were it seems less likely to have a reflective component like Math & Science. Right now, we do a reflection on the weekly quiz and we are setting up a Math book that look at artifacts - things they have learned from their assignments or projects and the students reflect on their process, their habits, what they learned or discovered about themselves, the skills, etc. Even during humanities, I try in poetry to incorporate a reflective piece on how a poem makes you feel or how or if an assignment was challenging. I really enjoyed the description of reflection being the "glue" that makes concepts, new ideas, learner strengths stick. Just think, how different our lives would be now if we were taught with this more sensitive side in mind and could reflect, truly think about what this concept means to me, what I learned and why and what I need to learn about. Maybe there would be no more war, no more conflicts in the world?

Reflection is about taking that internal pulse, consciously and subconsciously - it is good for all!

The digital storytelling is also very interesting. I was curious to see if this should be/is more appropriate for specific age groups or grade levels. It seemed too simplistic for High School students and that most would/should be at a level of making mini-movies or animation pieces that uses multimedia more fully. I truly enjoyed the website that shared the resources of videos and the types of activities that teachers can do with technology. I was confused by their labels but I am checking out the source that is going