Google guidance by SENTHIL BALAJI https://padlet.com/senthilbalaji/wxfi8gao1ce5r3v3 On your computer or phone, pull up a directions application such as Google Maps. Choose any destination that is further than 10 miles/kilometers away and no further than 200 mi/km. Identify the total possible number of ways (routes) that you can be “guided” to your destination (you may have to check/uncheck) tolls, highways, etc. or move the route line manually. How did your route guidance change as a result of your choices? What are some of the learning “take-aways” from this exercise? Review the posts of at least two of your colleagues. Post at least one question or connection as a result of reading your colleagues’ findings. Type your name before you post your comments or question. en-us 2022-02-10 01:24:29 UTC 2022-03-07 13:46:09 UTC hello@padlet.com The destination I selected was one of the KFC branches in a mountain, which is around 11 Km. away from my house. Since it's a mountain road, there is only two routes suggested by google. Since its branch is on a highway. However, when enlarging the map and checking cross roads occurring, up to 5 different ways to reach this Yum Yum KFC. A learning take-away that we always remind ourselves of is, there is never one way to achieve our goals. We may have several tracks so that we attain our goals. Each has its cost, more energy to burn, more problems to solve, and complications to unlock, or vice versa. The more we research for options, the more doors will open with different routes. There is always a way out if not more. https://padlet.com/senthilbalaji/wxfi8gao1ce5r3v3/wish/2039877565 2022-02-10 09:52:16 UTC https://padlet.com/senthilbalaji/wxfi8gao1ce5r3v3/wish/2039877565 https://padlet.com/senthilbalaji/wxfi8gao1ce5r3v3/wish/2040039107 Grace Chan:
The destination is a wetland park about 38 km away. Upon inputting the destination, several travel options were presented – car, walking, public transport (bus, train/subway), bicycle or taxi. By car, 3 options were suggested at the beginning, but if tolls are to avoided, 2 different routes were given. Similarly, if motorways were unchecked, 2 other options appeared instead. After trying different combinations, there were 9 possible routes to the destination.
If public transportation is selected, even more ways are available to choose from, and these would depend on the mode such as bus, underground and light rail, suburban rail and ferry, as well as on personal preferences for recommended routes, faster trips, fewer transfers and less walking. 
In changing my choices or preferences, the routes or ways that I can be “guided” changes too. For example, the routes to avoid tolls and motorways might take longer as there is more traffic and are more prone to congestion. 
The learning take-away here is that the destination can be compared to what we want our students to achieve at the end of a programme. The route guidance is equivalent to the ways or methods used to achieve these goals. The choices or preferences can then be seen as the prerequisites or requirements for these methods employed. 
]]> 2022-02-10 11:43:10 UTC https://padlet.com/senthilbalaji/wxfi8gao1ce5r3v3/wish/2040039107 Yining Geng https://padlet.com/senthilbalaji/wxfi8gao1ce5r3v3/wish/2040407809 The destination I chose is Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station, which is 82km far from my house in Suzhou. By car, there are 3 recommended options, but the time I pulled up the navigation is the rush hour,  I chose to avoid the traffic jam, then another 3 different options showed up. These options are the same as avoiding the highways. The time is all around 1 hour. I can also choose to go by train, and there are more route options for me to go to the Suzhou station first, and more train scheduled for me to go to Shanghai. but the time would be about 30 minutes longer than going by car. 

I cannot manually choose my way because it’s on my phone. But I was suggested by my friend who is always driving from Suzhou to Shanghai, there’s a shortcut I can drive, but it’s not showed up on my phone at all. 

The destination keeps the same, but with different “requirements” made by the user, the guidance changed. And we also can learn from others experience, combined with the guidance to reach the destination. This is what I learnt from this exercise. 

]]> 2022-02-10 14:49:16 UTC https://padlet.com/senthilbalaji/wxfi8gao1ce5r3v3/wish/2040407809 https://padlet.com/senthilbalaji/wxfi8gao1ce5r3v3/wish/2040851559 The destination I chose is 15km from where I live. Nairobi, the city  where I am is currently experiencing  infrastructural improvement  and  so when i logged into maps I expected several options in terms of routes.In addition I had to choose between  using a car and a motorbike.
Three route options were given considering
how heavy traffic would be.I chose the one with least traffic and opted for a motorbike since it can manoeuvre faster and easily.

I made this choices to make me reach Consolata shrine in Westlands in good time and with much ease.

This compares in my view to the teaching/learning process and with regard to ATLs.The destination is the skills,the routes are the methods.Depending on the capacity of the learners and preference of the teacher, the methods keep changing.

I have found this a simple yet very effective analogy.]]> 2022-02-10 17:59:44 UTC https://padlet.com/senthilbalaji/wxfi8gao1ce5r3v3/wish/2040851559 Ryan Abul https://padlet.com/senthilbalaji/wxfi8gao1ce5r3v3/wish/2041765684 Destination I chose is Xuntang Ancient town in Wuxi which is 38 kl away from my place. The moment I chose my destination from my phone, it shows 4 route and this route depends on ways of transportation choices such as car, bike, subway, bus.  
 Going to this Xuntang Ancient Town, choosing this route
varies depending on traffic situation, weather condition, reason of travel, health
condition, current pandemic situation, and road construction.

 My take-away from this exercise is that” 
'If there is a will, there is a way". You just need to search for possible ways to fulfill your aim. In addition, in traveling, you are more capable than you thought, teaches you confidence, independence and freedom, boost your self-awareness and your problem-solving skills to overcome difficult situation.

]]> 2022-02-11 05:24:47 UTC https://padlet.com/senthilbalaji/wxfi8gao1ce5r3v3/wish/2041765684 Brandy Mowatt bmowatt1 https://padlet.com/senthilbalaji/wxfi8gao1ce5r3v3/wish/2041921723 Google Guidance from Waterloo, Belgium to Antwerp, Belgium departing at 6:00pm

1.       Personal vehicle / 64 km / 1hr
2.       Walking / 62 km / 12hrs 40 min
3.       Cycling / 69 km / 3 hrs 36 min
4.       6 variations of public transit which incorporate, walking, biking, driving, metro train, intercity trains / ranging from 1hr 25 min to 2hrs 14 mins

The only way I can manipulate the route is by interspersing a stop, in which case the number of routes are infinite!  I know that using the GPS in my car I can manipulate the route in a more nuanced way. 

A funny story: when my partner and I first bought our car when we moved to Belgium we drove to Leuven which is about 25 minutes away (driving). This day it took us just over an hour. Our car guided us through the most obscure route. Turns out, the setting was set to "avoid major thoroughfares". We literally thought, "there must be a lot of roadwork being done today to re-route us like this"!  Didn't even think to check the filters on the GPS until we arrived. At any rate, we got to know the area a lot better and discovered villages we didn't even know existed! Plus, now I always check the settings when I use the GPS and Google maps.

My learning take-away is that filters can make your life easier but can also make it more difficult if you do not understand they are there and how they work. Thinking about our first exercise: skills vs knowledge based learning, I can see how both of these apply as we navigate our way through life.
]]> 2022-02-11 07:55:08 UTC https://padlet.com/senthilbalaji/wxfi8gao1ce5r3v3/wish/2041921723 Grace Pu：The destination I choose is Qinglonghu Wetland Park which is 8.1 km away from where I live. After I type "Qinglonghu Wetland Park" on my "Maps". It pops out "driving", "walking", "subway/buy" and "biking" four route options there. Also, it lists how much time in terms of which ways of transportation I will choose. https://padlet.com/senthilbalaji/wxfi8gao1ce5r3v3/wish/2042079395  I choose to take the subway route. It takes me five minutes to walk to the subway station. I would be at the park after 25 minutes' trip. During my 25 minutes' trip, I can only manipulate the speed of walking to the subway station. 
There are reasons for me to choose public transportation. Saving energy, avoiding traffic/ pollution, time consuming, and plus I am living close to the subway station. 

My learning take-away from this learning activity is that there are always ways to get to your destination. But, you need to have a goal first. If one way doesn't work, and there must be another way. Therefore, when we make plans, it's better to have plan A, plan B and so on.

]]> 2022-02-11 09:54:47 UTC https://padlet.com/senthilbalaji/wxfi8gao1ce5r3v3/wish/2042079395 Angela Norman https://padlet.com/senthilbalaji/wxfi8gao1ce5r3v3/wish/2043663651 Hello! I chose my school as the destination. It is 12km from my flat, but there are numerous routes and modes of transport. I could simply get a taxi which is the quickest at 12-15 minutes minutes door to door, or I could walk and take the MRT (metro), with two different line options, then walk again which is nearly 45 minutes. Another option is to take the bus which can be a direct route or require a change, depending on the time of day. It also includes a short walk. I take a taxi each morning, to save on time, and then typically take the MRT home because I like the little walk to the station which helps clear my head a bit. 

My learning take-away from this exercise is that it's not always about the final product, but often times about the learning journey you go on to get there. We reach our destinations in different ways, but that doesn't make one way necessarily better or more correct than another way. I might take a longer route home because I enjoy the walk to have some me time. I still get to where I am going. As this relates to students and their learning, I think about all the valuable skills that are gained in the process of reaching the end goal (destination). Perhaps a variety of skills are developed depending on the path a student takes, and while their journey may be longer or shorter, it is no less valuable. Having said that, maybe some students will discover how to develop their time-management skills, and learn more efficient and effective ways of working. ]]> 2022-02-12 12:29:14 UTC https://padlet.com/senthilbalaji/wxfi8gao1ce5r3v3/wish/2043663651 I chose Changi Int'l Airport as my destination. From my school it is approximately 35km when traveling by car. jennineballew2 https://padlet.com/senthilbalaji/wxfi8gao1ce5r3v3/wish/2049895397 There are a variety of ways I can manipulate the route to travel to Changi.  First, I looked into traveling by car.  If traveling by car, there are three different ways I can go. One has tolls, and two are toll-free.  The time varies by about 10 minutes depending on which way I choose (and how traffic is flowing).  Time to travel by car is between 35-47 minutes. Secondly, I chose to look into traveling by MRT.  When starting at school, I can take the East/West line all the way to Changi.  The fee is only 1.95$ but the time increases to 1 hour and 15 minutes.  Additionally, I could take the MRT part of the way then switch to bus transport.  That route does not change my fee much, but increases the time to 1 hour and 33 minutes.  The most environmentally conscious route is the MRT, so that is the way I would choose if I had planned ahead enough to allow the appropriate travel time.

The learning take away from this is that there are multiple ways to get to a destination. Different students will prefer different paths to this destination. A certain path might end up being a mistake or cause additional challenges. However, each choice that we make is all part of the self-discovery process. As a counselor, I try to encourage students to look at all the paths and decide which one would be the most advantageous to their individual journey. After trying out their choice, it is beneficial to reflect on the choice / path taken to see if they would change anything moving forward.

]]> 2022-02-16 01:50:51 UTC https://padlet.com/senthilbalaji/wxfi8gao1ce5r3v3/wish/2049895397 Lisa Crofts https://padlet.com/senthilbalaji/wxfi8gao1ce5r3v3/wish/2057943814 I chose Dwellingup. It is a place i go to often to spend time crafting with friends. To get to Dwellingup from Perth there are a couple of different ways and of course there are even more ways if extend the choices to modes of transport. One way is to go down the freeway and then to turn onto Karnup road thus bypassing the nearby town of Pinjarra and surrounds. There are no lights on this route and very few stop signs and there are also high speeds available in this area. the other 2 ways access Dwellingup via Del Park road but get there 2 different ways. However there is a fourth way that does go through Pinjarra takes just as long and gives you access to shops and infrastructure along the way as well as a safer driving experience. However this only comes up if you add Dwellingup into the search. 

My takeaway from this is there are many ways to do things and the most obvious way is not always the best. Sometimes you have to do a little digging and find the best way for you which may also be the best solution for everyone. 

]]> 2022-02-21 03:03:14 UTC https://padlet.com/senthilbalaji/wxfi8gao1ce5r3v3/wish/2057943814 Odalis Castillo https://padlet.com/senthilbalaji/wxfi8gao1ce5r3v3/wish/2081662288 The destination I chose is Deyang, China. It is approximately 90 km away. Three main roads lead to the goal. According to Google maps, the fastest will take 1hr and 12 minutes. The other two routes take about 1hr and 18 minutes. All of these roads have tolls. If I select no tolls options, the time to the destination is approximately 2hrs and 48 minutes. These routes are a significant time difference. I suspect that more people take the toll roads, saving drivers 90 minutes. Also, drivers who stay on the roads longer are likely to stop for gas or bathroom breaks. When I think of this scenario, I think about students' different learning approaches. Some have a more direct path to their destination or goal. Other students may take longer because they have an indirect or different way of viewing the objective. Students learn at the pace they feel most comfortable. 

Take-away
When I teach math, I tell my students that the answer is not as important as the journey. When I see students show me just the answers, I ask them how do I know that they know how to solve the problem? I also like to use math as an example because often, there are multiple ways of solving a math problem. I want to see students' mental processes when solving problems in unique ways. The process or journey that students take is how I know if students understand the information.   ]]> 2022-03-07 13:46:09 UTC https://padlet.com/senthilbalaji/wxfi8gao1ce5r3v3/wish/2081662288