2b Exploratorium

1. Contains a title using the format listed above .25 points

~ 2b Exploratorium

2. Contains the sources you used with links to these sources .25 points

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/

3. Contains a brief paragraph how it connects to your study of humanities. 1 point

~This relates to my study of humanities because this museum is all about learning from doing. It is also about learning by interacting with others. Quite a few exhibits require more than one person to work right. Freire's beliefs included learning through interaction with others.

4. Contains the following "analytical elements":

a. Observation: What did you choose? What do you see or hear or feel or think of in the choice you made? What is the subject of the work? If you chose a 'thing' what is the work made of and what techniques (colors, lines, shapes, textures)does the creator use? Be specific in your description. If you chose a place, be specific in your description of what you see or hear. Talk to your reader as though they cannot see the item but somehow must draw a painting of what you see or hear. 1 point

~For this assignment, I chose the museum, The Exploratorium. I'm glad that I chose this museum because I have always loved going to the museum, but by researching it, I found out that their website has exhibits on it. When you go to the museum, you see a rather plain building, but inside, you find many exciting, interactive, and creative exhibits. Also, there is the Palace of Fine Arts building with a lake behind the Exploratorium building.

b. Interpretation: What is your choice about? Give specific examples to support this statement in 2 sentences; do so in a way that teaches us something about your choice. Make Paulo Freire proud! .75 point

~The Exploratorium is all about learning something new in a fun and creative way. When you actually get to be involved in a science project, you tend to remember more of what you did, than if you only watched.

c. Judgment: What led you to your choice? What do you think or feel about this choice? Why do you feel this way? Support your thoughts with specific observations. .5 point

~The reason that I chose this museum is because it is one of my favorite museums of all time, and it is right here close to home. The museum website stated that the museum have over 500,000 visitors a year, so it seems that others feel the same way about the museum that I do.

d. Questioning: What else would you like to know about this choice? When completing the question section, lead your audience into the question by stating a fact you do know, yet you still have the related question. This way, both your audience and you will have an educational experience. Example: I learned that John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath was based on his personal experience working with farm workers. I would like to know if the characters he used in that book are fictitious or are they people he met? .5 point

~I have learned that The Exploratorium's website has exhibits online, but I would like to know how often they put up new experiments on the website and at the facility.

5. Using your classmates work from last week, tell us one thing you learned from 1 student. Is this one thing some common experience you share or some experience that is completely different than what you experienced? Is this one thing related to our class theoretical foundation and if so, how? Is that one thing related to historical or cultural context of this country or a different one? Link that persons blog to this entry (eg cut paste that blog entry here) . .5 point

~From Rachael I learned that the Santa Cruz Boardwalk is California's oldest surviving amusement park. This is completely different from my research because the town I chose did not have an amusement park. San Luis Obispo is a small town and Santa Cruz in a big town. Santa Cruz is related to history of California because it shows that Californians are trill seekers and that we have been that way for a long time.

http://rachaelcourt.blogspot.com/2008/09/2a-santa-cruz.html

2a San Luis Obispo, California

1. Contains a title using the format listed above .25 points

~ 2a San Luis Obispo, California

2. Contains the sources you used with links to these sources .25 points

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Luis_Obispo,_California
http://www.slocity.org/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4JquA_klCo&feature=related

3. Contains a brief paragraph how it connects to your study of humanities. 1 point

~ The town of San Luis Obispo (SLO) relates to my study of humanities because the towns people of SLO are very into their culture. They have a very active night life in a very small town, so there is a lot of interaction and learning between people. They also have a higher learning facility, California Polytechnic Institute SLO.

4. Contains the following "analytical elements":

a. Observation: What did you choose? What do you see or hear or feel or think of in the choice you made? What is the subject of the work? If you chose a 'thing' what is the work made of and what techniques (colors, lines, shapes, textures)does the creator use? Be specific in your description. If you chose a place, be specific in your description of what you see or hear. Talk to your reader as though they cannot see the item but somehow must draw a painting of what you see or hear. 1 point

~ The town that i chose was San Luis Obispo. I think that I choose a very interesting town. Even though they are a small town, they are full of activity. As I looked at videos and websites, I saw that the town has a very busy night life. Every Thursday they have a farmers market from 6pm to 9pm. The bars and pubs often have live entertainment. There is a high population of college students (about 20,000) and yet there seems to be a good mix of all age groups at any given time.

b. Interpretation: What is your choice about? Give specific examples to support this statement in 2 sentences; do so in a way that teaches us something about your choice. Make Paulo Freire proud! .75 point

~ My choice of town is centered around having pride for your town. Not only because of their highly sought after college, but also because of their love of community.

c. Judgment: What led you to your choice? What do you think or feel about this choice? Why do you feel this way? Support your thoughts with specific observations. .5 point

~ I chose this city because I am planning to transfer to Cal Poly next fall and I wanted to learn more about the city I will soon be living in. I am glad with my choice of researching this city because now I am even more in love with the coast line, the people and the college.

d. Questioning: What else would you like to know about this choice? When completing the question section, lead your audience into the question by stating a fact you do know, yet you still have the related question. This way, both your audience and you will have an educational experience. Example: I learned that John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath was based on his personal experience working with farm workers. I would like to know if the characters he used in that book are fictitious or are they people he met? .5 point

~ I have learned that the town of San Luis Obispo offers a farmers market once a week and has many pubs, but I would like to know if they offer anything else like night clubs or other hang outs for college students.

5. Using your classmates work from last week, tell us one thing you learned from 1 student. Is this one thing some common experience you share or some experience that is completely different than what you experienced? Is this one thing related to our class theoretical foundation and if so, how? Is that one thing related to historical or cultural context of this country or a different one? Link that persons blog to this entry (eg cut paste that blog entry here) . 5 point

~ One thing that I learned from Colleen was that he did not believe in the idea of education "banking", which is only one sided. He believed that education was a two way street between educator and pupil. This is a common experience for me. I have been in many situations where I was explaining something to someone and they showed me a different way of interpreting the same information that I never realized it could have been. This is related to our classes theoretical foundation because that type of learning is what we are trying to experience. We are giving our thoughts and ideas, but we are also learning from our classmates and teacher. I believe that this idea relates to our country because a majority of lower education does not use this idea. They are all about trying to cram information into the children's heads and they do not give them the chance to critically analyze anything.
http://learnings-of-rae.blogspot.com/2008/09/1b-paulo-freire.html

Assignment 1c

Christina
1. Christina believes that she has a very positive view of California. She believe that this differs from the view of non-Californians.
2. a. The first thing that I learned abut Paulo Freire from Christina's post is that his five educational focuses were: dialogue, praxis, conscientization, experience, and metaphors. He also liked not working with a curriculum. He felt that people learned better in different settings.
b. The second thing that I learned was that he took the many things he learned from his many travels and used those new found ideas in his book Pedagogy of the Oppressed. I also learned that he wrote another book, but Pedagogy of the Oppressed was the most famous.
3. This informaion relates to our study of humanities because we are studying the human nature and culture. Education, whether big or small, is still an important part of every culture.


Linda
1. Linda lives 8.4 miles from the SRJC campus and has never created a blog before.
2. a. The first thing that I learned from Linda's post was that one of the teaching methods Freire highly encouraged was the dialogue between teacher and student. Through this, both the teacher and the student would be learning.
b. The second thing that I learned was that another idea of his was "Critical Conscientiousness". This is explained as realizing the correlation between ones problems and experiences and the "social contexts in which they're imbedded".
3. This information relates to our study of humanities because as we are learning, we are in dialogue with each other, so we are actually using one of Freire's ideas in our class time and assignments.

Assignment 1b

1. Paulo Freire was born on September 19, 1921. His first career was that of a lawyer. He then began teaching Portuguese in schools from 1941-1947. After that, he became involved in adult education and workers training. From 1961-1964 he served as the first Director of the Department of Cultural Extension of the University of Recife.


2. Freire wrote a book entitled, Pedagogy of the Oppressed. This book is one of the most quoted "educational texts" today. It was about his ideas on bringing liberation and education together. He made many great impacts on today's educational system and is still doing so even after his passing.


3. On March 31, 1964, there was a coup d'etat in his country, Brazil. The military was in rule for twenty years. During this time Freire was arrested twice and in political exile for 15 years. He returned to Brazil in 1979.



http://www.education.miami.edu/ep/contemporaryed/Paulo_Freire/paulo_freire.html
http://www.infed.org/thinkers/et-freir.htm
http://www.paulofreireinstitute.org/