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I watched the Grit video. I agree that it is succeeding. Many times out students come from different places and have never had anyone encourage them to push on and persevere. It is a skill that is needed to make it in life. I hope that I can influence my students in this way to persevere and have grit to achieve their dreams.

Padlet and Affinity Spaces would allow my students to journal about their student teaching experiences and give them a way to share with each other. It would also give them a way to connect with other students and share ideas for classroom teaching.

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I watched "Why some of us don't have one true calling", which I connected to a lot. I've never had one area of giftedness, I've always been the kid good at every subject, and when I started thinking about college, I went from biomedical engineer to speech pathologist to Spanish major to finally early childhood education. One thing outside education I am passionate about is environmentalism, which I've been interested in since elementary school. As such, my affinity space playlist is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfDrD7RQashBiOyUbk-jNWPlmGRuXYDQZ

I already use affinity spaces in the sense of creating playlists over subjects for my students to learn about in my toddler classroom. If I were in an older classroom, I could also have students make their own playlists to showcase their learning or as a way to study before a test. Finally, in an older classroom, students could post on Padlet to discuss topics.

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I am passionate about teaching, of course, but one thing outside of school about which I am passionate is music composition and, as a prerequisite for that, music theory.  I watched the "Be an Artist Right Now" video to match this area of passion.
Three Examples of How I Could Use Padlet or Affinity Spaces
1) At our school, most teachers choose something about which they are interested to teach as a semester-long elective for students.  I could use the idea of affinity spaces to create a community of learners about a unique topic such as music theory & composition in the form of an elective classroom as the "home base" and using many online sites as other spaces for this community of learners.
2)  I could use padlet to post curriculum ideas for my teacherspayteachers.com store, keeping a log of progress on each one on its "pad" and eventually linking its product page to the pad when the product is completed.
3) I could use the idea of affinity spaces to deliberately build my own networks for community & support after I graduate from OSU in May.  Being in this program has given me a natural place to "talk shop" with like-minded educators, but I can make a conscious effort to seek out the spaces where we gather and carve out time to spend in those places to continue improving my teaching and be a lifelong learner.

Here is my playlist:

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My passion is teaching but it's not so much about teaching any particular subject; instead my passion is teaching students to think - to really think an issue through. Grit serves me well as I navigate teaching multiple grade and subjects. It also serves me when I get that blank stare from a student I'm trying to force out of their comfort zone and into the thinking zone.

Updated: After watching several videos I've come up with methods for teaching critical thinking while teaching other subjects, such as writing, science, etc... I also found suggested practices for teaching critical thinking as part of a 21st Century Skils course.

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I agree with the video that grit is one of the most determining factors of success.  I also think hope is also a vital component.  If a student who is failing has no hope to improve their grade or can not help themselves get out of the failure, they will give up on the class. This has led me to completely rethink my teaching.  First, students have to believe the teacher is more concerned with them learning than giving them a bad grade.  If my students miss a step on a project, leave something off, or just half way do it, they know, they have the opportunity to correct their mistakes and I will regrade it.  My students are beginning language learners. They are going to make mistakes.  If you do not give a student a chance to fix their mistakes, why should they?  I have weak students turn in a project several times until they get it right.  They are not afraid to ask me what they did wrong.  In the long run, they show more learning than if I just recorded the failing grade and went on with life.  It makes teaching large classes difficult, but in the end, I think it goes a long way toward greater success than with traditional methods.

I like the thought of an affinity space for my classes. I could see using it for students to post questions, for help with misunderstandings and with brainstorming ideas.

Here is my playlist.

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I watched the Grit video.  The idea that Grit is what is the driving factor in success is why I started teaching.
I love to travel and have led educational trips with students for several years now.  I teach in a school which has a relatively high (70-80%) free and reduced lunch rate population.  Most of these students are convinced they will never have the opportunity or the ability to see the world beyond where they live.  When a student finds out that through hard word and self-discipline that they can go on a two week trip to a location they believed was completely out of reach for them, I see a level of dedication I rarely see.

1. Padlet could easily be used as a community discussion board on a topic of my choosing.  Much like you have done here with the passion topic.
2. Affinity spaces is a different way for a student to show me and their classmates something they are passionate about which their classmates may be surprised to know, making the class seem as connected as possible. (Especially in an online environment)
3.  Padlet again could be used to create a place of expanding on any given topic. If my mandated curriculum for example, contains very little about a certain topic, I could create a Padlet about that topic and have the students complete the Padlet as a resource for one another.

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I watched the Grit video.  I like how he described grit as succeeding. My passion is to teach students to love and understand math. It is interesting how some students understand it so quickly and how some don't.  Students really struggle with math and I feel that it is a skill students need to build upon to learn more complex math and function in society as an adult.
Some ways I could use Padlet and Affinity Squares:
1. Students could use padlets to be work as groups on a math problem and be able to post their ideas of how to solve the equation.
2. Students could post helpful math videos on padlet as a resource page for other students to use.
3.Students could use affinity squares to find math problems that interest them.

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I watched "Why some of us don't have one true calling". I fit the definition of her FIRST SENTENCE. I am currently a teacher, but I did not think I would ever be a teacher until about two months before I walked into my first Algebra 1 classroom. I enjoy this career, but I did not see it coming or know if it will be the career I retire from.Thinking about my future job....it can be a bit scary, intimidating, and stressful....if I let it. Or, I could embrace the season I'm in and look forward to the future and where my passions lead me. I really enjoyed this video, and wish I had heard it in high school.

Three examples of how I could use these resources:
1. Padlet: To build community in an online course by having a specific topic discussion..I liked how we can see everyone's responses.
2. Affinity spaces could be used as a neat way to have all the links together for a topic.
3. Padlet could be used as a teacher resource by having main topics for a course in different boxes, but all on one screen students can easily scroll through.

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Between watching, “Be an artists, right now” from the TedTalks playlist and reading the affinity spaces article, I actually drew out my own spaces. I’m part of fan communities that bleed over into writing communities that bleed into science theories and new inventions. It’s fun, it’s educational, and it helps me analyze or do what I love in new ways. You see, my passion has and probably always will be writing creatively. I enjoy the fantastical, I grew up devouring stories of gods and myths and villains. But there was a time where I stopped, cold turkey. Why? Because someone told me it was childish, unless you’re the likes of JRR Tolkien or Douglas Adams of course. The video “Be an artist, right now” takes on that idea in a forthright manner and I think an affinity space could help make people feel more at ease knowing that somewhere out there, there are others willing to be resources and post their writing for critique.

To encourage that mentality to share and grow among students that share similar passions, I could:

1. Use a Padlet to compile responses to writing prompts. There are these great prompts that call for three sentence stories that would fit nicely.

2. I’d encourage them to read and watch anything and everything about what interests them. They want to write science fiction horror? Start with Alien and then look up critiques on YouTube of similar movies and shows. Try to use what’s already there.

3. Encourage the students to apply the ideas that they’ve learned investigating their ‘fun’ to other things. Can world building for a novel work for a D&D campaign? Absolutely. Can it work to help them build an idea for a new creative project for school? What about for a new outreach program at work? Actually, yes. It’s all world building, it’s just some of the worlds happen to be real.

- Laura Z.

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I also watched the Grit video. I'm about half way through the book Grit (and Mindset, actually) so I was excited to see the video in the play list. I am passionate about a lot of things, but one thing I've been passionate about my whole life is science, and how science works. I remember when I was little my dad would ask me questions about things we saw and ask me to explain what I thought was happening. It's fascinating to me how we know about our world and how we use science to figure it all out.

Three ways I could use Padlet and Affinity Spaces:
1. I have students do a Bio-poem at the beginning of the class. I think Affinity Spaces would be a neat way to learn more about what my students are passionate about before we start learning together.
2. Padlet could be used for students to share images/information in some of my classes - Environmental Science especially.
3. Students could possibly collaborate on a project more easily using Padlet.

Nature of Science Affinity Space:

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I watched the "Grit" video. This was an interesting video that provided many points and ideas that I can relate to. One thing that I can say I am passionate about is learning and developing oneself to be the best that they can, both as a person and professionally. I believe this can be achieved through the use and familiarity of technology in whatever area or field. Three ways Padlet could be used include:
1. Providing substantial and thought-provoking resources for student use that can cover any number of topics.
2. Ability to provide an area for collaboration and insight for class assignments
3. A means of getting students to use technology and figure out how platforms and software work.

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The video that I watched was called, Flow, the secret to happiness by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.  In his presentation he asked, “What makes a life worth living?”  Being that I’ve worked with Suicide Prevention grants at my institution and participated in Sources of Strength training, I wanted to see how he answered that question.  I’ve personally been a mentor to individuals who contemplate suicide and it’s a challenging position, even with training.  Therefore, I am extremely passionate about promoting mental health awareness and suicide prevention.

Ways to use Padlet and Affinity Space:
1. Create an Affinity Space to save Suicide Prevention resources and motivational videos

2. Create a Padlet wall and add students and/or faculty and Health and Wellness case managers

3. Start an engagement activity on Padlet between students, faculty, and case managers and add the Affinity Space link as a reference for discussion

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I watched Grit: The power of passion and perseverance.  One thing that I am passionate about for myself is life long learning.  I really enjoy learning and I think it helps me keep an open mind about life.
I could use affinity space to connect student with speakers and they could collaborate and  get ideas on different techniques to use.
I could use Padlet for students to share ideas with each other and quickly share information.
I could also use affinity space to create playlist for conferences where we create lists that need to be shown during presentations.

Robotics Affinity Space

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I watched the last video titled What if I don't have one true calling. This spoke to me on a deep level. I have held many careers through my life and am truly a multipotentialite. I don't have just one passion, I am passionate about law enforcement, about politics, about education, about technology, about animals, about families. There is no one job that encompasses all of these, but I have served in many different capacities that fulfilled each of these needs.
Ways to use Padlet and Affinity Spaces
1. I could incorporate Padlet in a Hyperdoc
2. I could incorporate Affinity Spaces in my current science class by partnering with local businesses that are associated with science
3. I could use Padlet as an icebreaker for my beginning of term
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Animal Production Affinity Space - YouTube

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