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An Introduction to Our Learning Process
The learning process of this semester involved a mix of many subject areas, taught in an experiential and communicative process. Students were given many skills with which to create, an overarching mission, and general guidelines about hoped for output. Throughout the process, we kept the goal of spreading information and helping homeless animals as the prime directive.
Learning was scaffolded with each step increasing in complexity, difficulty, and detail. Work followed the design process and involved multiple iterations. Responsibilities were sometimes personal, sometimes paired, and sometimes team-based in nature. Throughout the whole process, students and teachers collaboratively discussed progression and output of the project, jointly made decisions and adjustments, and shared critical and constructive feedback.
The skills that the students learned and practiced will be useful to them throughout their lives in academic, professional, and personal settings. The thinking challenges they faced have helped them contemplate and establish their values, personality, and individuality. From this experience the students have hopefully understood the importance of being a responsible and contributing member of society, and have realized that their actions, even as young students, can have a positive and real effect on the world in which they live.