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by Chikeluba Izugha
Shauna Shapiro tells us of how she began her journey into mindfulness, when she was 17 she had spinal fusion surgery, she expressed how she went from a very active teenager to lying in the hospital. After many months of rehabilitation, she found it very difficult to cope with a body that could not allow her to do what she normally did before. Because she did not have what she needed to cope with the new change to her life she began searching and stumbled across a monastery in Thailand, where she tried to do meditation but after a short time her mind wandered away and kept wandering away each time she tried to meditate. Because our mind wanders, on average 47% of the time (Shauna, 2017, 2:47), she expressed how we miss out on almost half of our lives because of this constant wandering away of our minds, she describes mindfulness as simply training the mind on how to be here in order words, how to keep your mind focused and attentive at whatever your are doing at that particular time. After trying and trying again she became frustrated and a monk came to meet her and told her five words she never forgot which were what you practice grows stronger (Shauna, 2017, 4:30) furthermore, repetition helps even to shape our brain.

After watching the video, I was surprised to hear about how much our minds wander throughout our lives, and how this wandering of our mind makes us miss out on a lot of things in our lives. Also, nobody is born perfect and we can never attain perfection, but to be good at any thing we do we need to constantly practice. The popular saying goes that “practice makes perfect”, nobody said that during your time of practice things will be easy which is why we also need determination and focus so that discouragement and mind wandering will not be hindrances to attaining success.
Citation:
Shauna Shapiro(2017, March 18) .The power of mindfulness what you practice makes you grow stronger with Shauna Shapiro
The Power of Mindfulness: What You Practice Grows Stronger | Shauna Shapiro | TEDxWashingtonSquare - YouTube

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The Power of Mindfulness: What You Practice Grows Stronger | Shauna Shapiro | TEDxWashingtonSquare

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Applying Past Knowledge to New Situations:
Catherine Volinski
Having applying past knowledge can be used in a successful way in the classroom by trying to solve a problem and thinking back. This habit has been one of the ways that are being taught in school and students are saying that learning that way has made them successful. Making connections and understand the relationship between new and old ideas.
Costa, A. L., & Kallick, B. (2008). Describing the Habits of Mind. ASCD.org. http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/108008/chapters/Describing-the-Habits-of- Mind.aspx#:~:text=A%20Habit%20of%20Mind%20is,that%20leads%20to%20productive%20act ions.&text=It%20means%20that%20we%20value,use%20at%20a%20certain%20time.

Listening with Understanding and Empathy
By Katelin Morrison:

As Proverbs 1:5 points out, in order to gain insight and understanding, we must first know how to listen. This habit of mind is very essential to success in the classroom, because instead of rehearsing what we want to say next when a student is talking, we should invest ourselves into another person’s ideas. (Costa & Kallick, 2008) I liked how the author says, “students need to hold in abeyance their own values, judgements, and thoughts, so they can listen to and entertain another person’s thoughts.” (Costa & Kallick, 2008) This quote shows us that by momentarily pausing our train of thought, and opening our mind to what someone else is saying,  we can not just listen, but also gain the true meaning. When we do this we will have a more enriched and successful learning experience.

Citation

Costa, A. L., & Kallick, B. (2008). Describing the Habits of Mind. ASCD.org. http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/108008/chapters/Describing-the-Habits-of- Mind.aspx#:~:text=A%20Habit%20of%20Mind%20is,that%20leads%20to%20productive%20act ions.&text=It%20means%20that%20we%20value,use%20at%20a%20certain%20time.

Persistence
by
Chikeluba Izugha
Persistence means not giving up and striving to the end. because nothing ever comes easy and we have to struggle and put in hard work in order to be successful, sometimes we may fail but persistence is what allows us to learn from our failure and not let it get us down. also, persistence encourages us to learn and work toward achieving our set goals as individuals.
Leon Ho. (2020). The Habits of the mind that make you smarter.
The 16 Habits Of Mind That Make You Smarter (lifehack.org)

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by Catherine Volinski

Tyler Waye he has went all around the world talked to people. Mainly about leadership and explaining growth mindsets to young teens and even adults. Tyler explains that he was an athlete and ended up braking his bones , was in a wheelchair for months and had said that's when things went down bad. He needed to turn everything upside and make it right. (Tyler,2013,2:30) he explains that his friend which is his mentor , the decisions that you are making will be the best thing that will happen to you because that hard work will pay off and give you what you have been working for.

After watching this video, it made me understand even when things are rough not to  turn down those other things. To always push your self and to be a better person! To do those things you need to have a plan always and just prepare yourself for what is coming up. One of my goals are to help others have a better thought process and to achieve that growth mindset.

citation:
Tyer W.
(2013,March 18).Developing a  Growth Mindset-leadership motivation with Tyler Waye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppqWKQNdr6s

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Developing a Growth Mindset - LEADERSHIP MOTIVATION with Tyler Waye

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By Katelin Morrison

Dr. Saundra McGuire is a well known professor and author. Throughout her career she taught thousands of students the importance of using metacognitive learning techniques in a classroom setting, and beyond. In the video she sits down to an interview with Hunter Chapman to discuss what metacognition is. She initially describes metacognition as the ability to think about your own thinking. Or as if you have a brain outside of your brain that is analyzing the activities of your brain. (McGuire, 2013, 0:43) She emphasized the importance of planning, and recognizing exactly what techniques work for you and your learning style, instead of just going through study techniques blindly. (McGuire, 2013, 1:57)

After watching this video, I was able to have enhanced clarity on what metacognition actually is. The video gave some good metacognitive study techniques that I hope to implement into my own routine. Dr. McGuire mentioned that one method students have used, is the act of teaching the material to someone else. (McGuire, 2013, 3:34) I plan to use this technique, because if I study with the intent to teach someone else, this will help me to really think carefully about the information. Additionally she mentioned that some students use illustrations, or concept maps, to help to visually lay out the material. (McGuire, 2013, 3:55) I definitely think this technique will work for me since I am a visual learner. These and other techniques are something that I plan to keep in mind so that I can have better understanding of future course work, and ultimately have success in college, and in my future career.

Citation:

McGuire, S., & Chapman, H. (2013, March 26). Think About Thinking - It's Metacognition! https://youtu.be/P_b44JaBQ-Q.

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Think About Thinking - It's Metacognition!