Since my last post I have been reading Tricia’s recommended A Guide to Documenting Learning. From this text, I have plotted out reflective prompts for the students, as well as content for my Internship/World of Learning blog.
Reference materials to use:
- Learning examples (p.6)
- Documentation OF, FOR, AS Learning (p.13)
- Guide to documenting learning (pp.16-17)
- Documentation phases (pp 84-118)
- History Mapping
- The Art of Asking Questions
Blog entries to document the journey for the students:
- A mood board or visual representation of their internship/World of Learning experience goals = VISUALIZE and OWN it.
- I imagine the company I’d work for will look like…
- I imagine the activities I will engage in will look like…
- I imagine the learning I will gain along the way will look like…
- Collection of Resources – to be updated regulary
- People I will approach
- Companies I will reach out to
- Writing a letter
- Using Ms Wiseman’s template
- Making the letter “my own”
- Getting peer/parent/teacher feedback
- Final edit
- Send and annotate responses
- Document experience on-site
- Evidence of actualisation – what of my mood board has become a reality?
- Evidence of work experience – how have I contributed to the company or the industry?
- Reflection in school
- How much have I accomplished from visualisation to actualisation?
- Unintended learning – things I discovered about myself, the company, the industry
- Learning from mistakes – types of mistakes I made along the way and how this has shaped my learning
- Connect with other learners, comment and share
- Writing your thank you letter to employer
- How to exit from work gracefully
- How to keep contacts/networking
- Crafting a letter of thanks using the portfolio materials
Contents of my Internship/World of Learning Blog:
- Why Internship/World of Learning is important
- Immediate real-world application
- Lifelong process
- Adds to your resume
- Creative job search
- How to write an application letter
- How to document on-site experience
- How to do final reflections
- How to say “thanks”
Next steps:
- Talk to Tricia about creating an Internship/World of Learning Blog
- Create content for my blog
- Create prompts for student blogs