Week 1: Model/Diagram

This picture basically illustrates what I see as learning. A student is introduced to a new idea and that turns into them thinking and figuring out what this new idea is. I see learning as something clicking inside a person’s mind and them processing it. That is why I chose the picture of the gears turning in the person's head because when I see kids thinking and processing basically anything, the way their faces look makes me think they have gears, pulls, and levers working in their brain. I work at a daycare and I've had children ask me all kinds of questions. This summer, a girl asked me why it was hot in the summer and cold in the winter. When I explained the tides, seasons, and the earth's position to the sun, her eyes squinted, her brow furrowed, and her lips pursed while concentrating so hard to understand what I was saying. All the while, I could mentally see the mechanics moving inside her head. In my future classroom, I want all of my students to look like this girl did. I want them to be so focused and concentrated on what they are learning that they show it on their faces. I love to see things just click with someone when they are learning a new idea, as I called it before. That light bulb, click, or whatever you may call it that turns someone on when presented with a new idea is what I see as learning and what I hope to have for each student of mine in the future.