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Waves of light, Waves of sound

12/3/2014

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"It feels like the ocean over here."

The November workshop was designed to interact with light. 

Light tables, projectors, translucent and transparent materials, and reflective materials, were available for messing about. 

During the square phase (discussion phase) of the workshop we discovered we were talking about sound: 

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We wondered why a workshop about light would lead us to a conversation about sound. One participant offered: 
"It felt so quiet this time."


"I noticed that when I started to do something a little louder, I felt almost bad that I would disturb people."

"In my classroom I notice that I am so careful to honor the children who need quiet."


"Can we think about shaping the environment to honor the children who need loud as well?"

"As I was driving over, I was pondering light and that it is made of waves. 
Sound is waves as well - different lengths of waves."

"A wave can be described as a disturbance that travels through a medium from one location to another location. 
A Wave Transports Energy and Not Matter" - the Physics Classroom

How can we explore this connection between waves of light and waves and sound as teachers? In the classroom? What other types of waves can we explore? How can we use light waves and sound waves to transport energy in the classroom?

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What have you taught your parents: Reflections on the Boulder Journey School Summer Conference

6/30/2014

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#Galactickeys made by Boulder Artist Sai. Sai worked with an infant class at Boulder Journey School in their investigation in mathematics.
This past Thursday and Friday, June 26 and June 27, Boulder Journey School hosted their annual Summer Conference. 

Over the course of these two days, we messed about with materials, engaged in exciting conversations with participants from 15 states and 4 different countries, and were invited to share in the journeys taken by children and teachers steeped in inspiration from Frances and David Hawkins and Reggio Emilia, Italy. 


We were sent home with multiple questions to explore, engage with, reflect on, and Mess About with:


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We heard from Jen, an infant teacher, who in the face of a colder-than-usual winter, found a way to offer nature through the window. By adding ribbons to the playground, the invisible wind became visible.

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A New Adventure...

4/6/2014

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This past fall, we offered a four-part workshop series to accompany the exhibit's Denver stay. Each Saturday focused on a different big idea from the exhibit. We had seven core members who attended each workshop, and a few people who attended one or two. 


Each workshop allowed us time to participate in all three phases of messing about... 
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And time to collaborate, find shared interests, and develop an It for our I's and Thou's....
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And as we grew and learned as teachers, we laughed together, and sometimes cried together. We challenged each other and complemented each other. 
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Each workshop offered us time to explore the resources around us - materials and interests (eolithism)....
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And when the workshops were all done we realized we missed each other. 

So we decided to do it again...


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Workshop in Laramie Wyoming

6/19/2013

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“Children can’t be educated until they are 
engrossed in subject matter and 
teachers can’t well create conditions for engrossment without sharing in it.”
Teacher from Laramie, Wyoming joined us to mess about with natural materials that are native to their region. The excitement of collaboration took over and before their very eyes a village came to life and took over table after table of the classroom.

David and Frances talked about the power of eolithism - the use of resources, both physical and intellectual that are already in place. As a group, we discovered the natural resources and interests and relished in the joy of having time and space to explore them.
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An Evening of Professional Development: The Language of Recycled Materials

5/10/2012

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Teachers from Boulder and Denver joined us at Boulder Journey School to find a buffet of recycled materials waiting for them.
After a brief introduction to Frances and David Hawkins' ideas of the three phases of Messing About, the teachers were invited to mess about with recycled materials, with the invitation to choose from the following three possibilities:
  • Make up a story and use recycled materials to either illustrate it or act it out.  Write your story to share with others.
  • Create a 2 or 3 dimensional composition from recycled materials that conveys an emotion.
  • Create a plan for a simple machine you would like to build, and construct it out of recycled materials. 
As participants worked, the faciliators took notes on the interactions and observed to see where support was needed or where further provocation would be valued.

We finished the evening with dialogue to discover the a-has we had uncovered about ourselves as teachers, ourselves as learners, and the properties and affordances of recycled materials.


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