https://padlet.com/duber9/kujvlgjn0yy1i6b8 en-us 2022-05-24 12:33:36 UTC 2025-11-11 02:15:27 UTC hello@padlet.com duber9 https://padlet.com/duber9/kujvlgjn0yy1i6b8/wish/2197631317 I think interactions where the Acorn students really got into it or competed with each other like the tower making competition were very meaningful. They worked very hard and were visibly very engaged. ]]> 2022-05-24 12:43:59 UTC https://padlet.com/duber9/kujvlgjn0yy1i6b8/wish/2197631317 duber9 https://padlet.com/duber9/kujvlgjn0yy1i6b8/wish/2197634155 I think communication with the students was a challenge. In the end they understood all the activities with the aid of the coordinators, but it is still something we can improve on. To overcome this, we could send the plans to the staff that is actually in the center because Ms. Prutha is not actually at the center, and I am not sure if she forwards the plans to the on-site staff.]]> 2022-05-24 12:46:07 UTC https://padlet.com/duber9/kujvlgjn0yy1i6b8/wish/2197634155 duber9 https://padlet.com/duber9/kujvlgjn0yy1i6b8/wish/2197640916 For me as a person, a big takeaway was being able to communicate with the students in Hindi. My hindi skills are not good, but it was nice to be able to interact with them in Hindi.

Another takeaway was being very excited about continuing to work with Acorn next year (hopefully in person!).]]> 2022-05-24 12:50:17 UTC https://padlet.com/duber9/kujvlgjn0yy1i6b8/wish/2197640916 duber9 https://padlet.com/duber9/kujvlgjn0yy1i6b8/wish/2197654501 I think we can try to make our critical thinking activities more problem-solving-based instead of knowledge-based. Maybe pose some deep/unknowable/ToK type question just to get them to think a lot and articulate their thoughts.

Another thing Mr. Vinod talked about at the beginning of the year was academic support. He mentioned that Acorn has 5-10 high-ability students that are unable to reach their full potential because of the schools they go to. We could work with them/tutor them to help them out (also could be all acorn students— doesn't have to be just them). 

 We could also work on fundraising a little bit more. This year we just had the chess competition and maybe we would benefit from doing some more fundraising.]]> 2022-05-24 12:58:40 UTC https://padlet.com/duber9/kujvlgjn0yy1i6b8/wish/2197654501