{"id":5181,"date":"2016-11-14T09:09:21","date_gmt":"2016-11-14T17:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/?p=5181"},"modified":"2016-11-15T05:02:36","modified_gmt":"2016-11-15T13:02:36","slug":"know-your-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/2016\/11\/know-your-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Know Your &#8220;Why&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently we had session 2 of our Communicating Learning via ePortfolios Team. When I wrote up this session to post for the team, it struck me that anyone should be able to see this especially at a time when we&#8217;re all focused on assessment, report cards and all the things that come with the process.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What do you think about these statements regarding \u2018learning\u2019?&nbsp;<a class=\"fancybox image\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/files\/2016\/11\/puzzle_640.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5158\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/files\/2016\/11\/puzzle_640-300x225.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/files\/2016\/11\/puzzle_640-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/files\/2016\/11\/puzzle_640-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/files\/2016\/11\/puzzle_640-144x108.jpg 144w, http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/files\/2016\/11\/puzzle_640.jpg 640w\" alt=\"puzzle_640\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learning is doing<\/li>\n<li>Learning starts with the learner\u2019s own ideas<\/li>\n<li>Learning involves getting personally involved<\/li>\n<li>Questions drive learning and are also outcomes of learning<\/li>\n<li>Learning involves uncovering complexity<\/li>\n<li>Learning can be a group process and a group outcome<\/li>\n<li>Learning and thinking can be made visible<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>How might these ideas affect the way you approach a learning environment, an assessment environment or what this means to think well (critically, creatively)? If you know your &#8220;why&#8221;, I wonder if it isn&#8217;t easier to frame the assessment. I&#8217;m especially captivated by &#8220;questions drive learning and are also outcomes of learning&#8221;. Not the teacher&#8217;s questions but student&#8217;s questions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;d love to have your thoughts on this through the comment feature here.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently we had session 2 of our Communicating Learning via ePortfolios Team. When I wrote up this session to post for the team, it struck me that anyone should be able to see this especially at a time when we&#8217;re all focused on assessment, report cards and all the things that come with the process.&nbsp;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4644,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[150,135],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5181"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4644"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5181"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5191,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5181\/revisions\/5191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}