{"id":6401,"date":"2018-11-14T09:24:20","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T17:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/?p=6401"},"modified":"2018-11-14T09:24:20","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T17:24:20","slug":"catalyst-of-curiosity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/2018\/11\/catalyst-of-curiosity\/","title":{"rendered":"Catalyst of Curiosity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/files\/2018\/11\/CURIOSITY.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6407 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/files\/2018\/11\/CURIOSITY-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/files\/2018\/11\/CURIOSITY-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/files\/2018\/11\/CURIOSITY-155x108.jpg 155w, https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/files\/2018\/11\/CURIOSITY.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Ever wonder how ideas move from a tiny germ to something purposefully actionable? It starts with curiosity, or maybe perhaps a niggle or a conversation walking down a hallway. The trick is to balance what we&#8217;ve come to understand through experience and the notion of &#8220;what if&#8230;&#8221;. One needs curiosity to activate our &#8220;what if&#8230;&#8221; For some, this may be uncomfortable as it implies a lack of knowledge. However, I would suggest that this might be a catalyst for exciting new discoveries in learning. And perhaps discoveries about oneself along the way. When faced with a process that involve technology, <em>what if<\/em> I didn&#8217;t start my thinking by saying &#8220;I&#8217;m not very techie&#8221;. When faced with a group of students who haven&#8217;t had a lot of practice in self reflection, <em>what if<\/em> I embraced the opportunity to create small steps and recorded my efforts. When I hear someone doing something extraordinarily different, <em>what if<\/em> I asked to be invited into a collaborative conversation. And in the midst of the current process of reviewing assessment and reporting practices, perhaps one might also invite curiosity as a step towards openly dabbling in alternatives. The beauty of this process is in reflecting to move forward. Each opportunity can be a catalyst of the next steps.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please feel free to email us if you would like some support along the learning.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever wonder how ideas move from a tiny germ to something purposefully actionable? It starts with curiosity, or maybe perhaps a niggle or a conversation walking down a hallway. The trick is to balance what we&#8217;ve come to understand through experience and the notion of &#8220;what if&#8230;&#8221;. One needs curiosity to activate our &#8220;what if&#8230;&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4644,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,135],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6401"}],"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=6401"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6408,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6401\/revisions\/6408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}