Taking the Lead in my Learning

I first started learning about passion based learning this past week on sites like edutopia.org and edweek.org. I started to understand and grasp the invisible yet very much alive entity we know as passion.

While learning about this ‘Hot Topic’ I kept going back to how I would address my own Independent Learning Project in my Digital Literature class.

Here are the creative ways I will spend 4 hours each week for the next 7 weeks in pursuit of discovering more on Passion Based Learning.

• I would like to have a Sailing 101 Lesson
• I would like to experience life inside of a Muslim Mosque
• Learn how to build a rock retaining wall (landscape)
• Study 1-2 separate stories that are in the bible
• Visit 2 museum’s any that are in my location
• Spend 4 hours learning about horse racing
• Leave 2 weeks open to learn about a new discovery I have made while on this journey.

These are not in order and I would like to also leave room for adjustments due to weather or health.

The activities I have selected for this project are both new and revisited. I think I gravitate toward the topics in my list because of the social aspects of them.  Currently I am an undergraduate in Chardon State College’s Education K-8 program.  My major is Social Studies, I really like to call myself a “a person who enjoys learning  about people”.  My hope for this project is that in the end I have learned more about my future students and the community in which I live.

In order to enhance this project it is important for me to share some of these experiences with children.  I want to understand their perspectives and learn from them.  I plan to learn with children when possible to show my Vulnerability and the Inner Geek as discussed by Ainnisia Rameriz in her blog post centered in Passion-Based Learning.

I hope during the upcoming weeks I am able to share some exciting things with you.