Week 5 Wrap Up
This week Professor Weir assigned a few readings and via video for us to watch. The video we watched was about the power of believing you can improve which I thought was pretty cool. The first article that we read on Tuesday was about feedback, and lastly the article of Thursday that was about “can we stop talking about learning loss.” My favorite article of this week was the one about learning loss. The reason why it’s because I feel like it was a very important topic to talk about because I think every single student in the room went through the same situation and could relate and find the article very interesting.
In the article called: “Can We Stop PleaseTalking about Learning Loss” by Jo Boaler talks about what students had to go through during the pandemic Covid in 2020. It also mentions things like, students who struggled because their families were low income and they couldn't afford a computer, teachers putting a lot of effort and other things. An interesting point about this article is when it talked about how students were basically dealing with a lot of stuff at once.
When Jo Boaler states: “We should also consider the learning gains that our students achieved during the pandemic. Young people learned to manage complex family situations, they learned to navigate online learning and they developed new levels of maturity as they sought their own understanding of a once-in-a-century global emergency.” I agree with this because I am one of those students who learned a lot of things, like how to use resources on the internet, how to use a computer in a proper way, and a lot of things that didn't even have to do with school.
Before the pandemic started, I didn't even have a computer because of the fact that everything was in person and my school provided me with the resources in case I needed them. When the pandemic became even stricter, I had to buy a computer immediately because the whole system was new and different. Another thing is when we were all stuck in our houses. When I was stuck in my house with my whole family, at the beginning it was cool, but after it became monotonous it was very hard not to get depressed, anxious or bored. I had to learn how to deal not only with my emotions but with my family’s too, because since it was a very hard time and we were all going through the same, none of us knew how to react to it.
Overall, I think this article is in my list of one of the favorites because it took me back to the old times and it made me realize how hard students, teachers, professors, parents, etc had to work through a screen and also having to adapt into a whole new system. I also like how on Thursday we got to discuss our own opinions with our group because we all come from different places and it was nice to hear how everyone else’s experiences were. I learned a lot of new things and again, so far this is one of the best articles I’ve read in this class.
Final Questions:
1. What are ways to keep you motivated even when you feel like there’s no escape?
2. Do people learn more from success or failure?
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