Uploaded October 2022 | Updated September 2026, 8 minutes ago
This session was a follow up to the launch where students would learn more about the moon, mars, and in transit habitats. The goal of this session is to provide more context for the learning, spark new ideas to already ideas in existence, and to further move students along to identify a problem they want to solve.
Authentic learning is not just for students, but for the educators. We don't lose sight of the deep levels of learning we want to reach nor the standards required of us. However, we are on this learning journey right along with the students.
This session with Steven was a perfect example where as we listened to his words AND listened to students we realized
They have a lot of curiosities even if they are not willing to share......yet
They need some basic foundation understanding of the world and space(which is awesome)
Many don't trust themselves enough yet internally to give permission to wonder and question
As the call ended we had to pivot on the spot. We realized processing time was needed for everyone. So that is what we did. We paused, processed as a class, and then gave them individual think time to draft questions they had around one of the topics of interest to them(food, water, energy, transportation, communication, public health). After they drafted questions they have we moved them into topic groups to discuss their questions and ideas and to add more ideas to their sketchnotes.
This was much needed. They needed time to process, to talk through concepts and ideas, and to simply have a minute to think through things.
As we move into the next day we know have them grounded in questions worthy of their time(they will modify and be enhanced with new learning) as we dive into research to really gain a better understanding of things.
This session was a follow up to the launch where students would learn more about the moon, mars, and in transit habitats. The goal of this session is to provide more context for the learning, spark new ideas to already ideas in existence, and to further move students along to identify a problem they want to solve.
Authentic learning is not just for students, but for the educators. We don't lose sight of the deep levels of learning we want to reach nor the standards required of us. However, we are on this learning journey right along with the students.
This session with Steven was a perfect example where as we listened to his words AND listened to students we realized
They have a lot of curiosities even if they are not willing to share......yet
They need some basic foundation understanding of the world and space(which is awesome)
Many don't trust themselves enough yet internally to give permission to wonder and question
As the call ended we had to pivot on the spot. We realized processing time was needed for everyone. So that is what we did. We paused, processed as a class, and then gave them individual think time to draft questions they had around one of the topics of interest to them(food, water, energy, transportation, communication, public health). After they drafted questions they have we moved them into topic groups to discuss their questions and ideas and to add more ideas to their sketchnotes.
This was much needed. They needed time to process, to talk through concepts and ideas, and to simply have a minute to think through things.
As we move into the next day we know have them grounded in questions worthy of their time(they will modify and be enhanced with new learning) as we dive into research to really gain a better understanding of things.
