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Before I chose a career in education, I was on the path to be a mechanical engineer. I had taken numerous Detroit Area Pre College Engineering Program (DAPCEP) classes focusing on engineering. I had attended summer engineering programs at Michigan State University, University of Michigan, and Kettering University. I was engulfed in STEM and so no place for the arts. This carried over into my pre-service training when I was an undergrad at Michigan State working towards my mat

I’ve seen the following picture floating around on Pinterest and really wanted to incorporate this into the first week of school an ice breaker and introduction into learning and growth mindset. The way school is set up, there is only one correct answer, there are very few ways to get to this correct answer, and students are penalized for failing. The way education is set up now, we are telling students that they shouldn’t fail and if they do, it’s a bad thing. However, failu

A More Beautiful Question discussed how questions drive us to solve problems. We start with why questions which move us to what if and leads us to how. I found this though process to be very effective when thinking through problems. When working on my Wicked Problem project, it was a help thought process to work through a wicked problem. This process can even work for complex problems too. This process is helpful when moving from broad to complex. There are always going to be

As an educator it is important to know what it means to learn a topic versus understanding the same topic. There is a difference between learning and understanding. Understanding, is taking learning and being able to apply the knowledge to other contexts. Learning is moving from preconceptions or misconceptions to an understanding of concepts and ideas. Students need the space to work through ideas. Sometimes this requires they have the space to make mistakes and learn from t