Think about something you’ve always wanted to add to your life and try it for 14 days.  In choosing your challenge, you want to make sure to set a goal that is challenging, meaningful, and doable.  You will use a brainstorming document to find, narrow, and solidify your challenge.  Next, you will document this challenge via field notes and a daily blog (on your DP).  While we work on our challenge as homework, we will use class time to learn about metacognition and growth mindset, hold socratic seminars about our day-to-day practice as it relates to readings, and take time to continually update our blogs.  

 

Requirements:

• Challenge Brainstorming and Planning Document

• 5 days of field notes

• Notes on 4 sources of research for strategies on individual challenge

• Daily Blog

• Photos of Challenge

• Graph of Challenge

 

Blog Requirements:

• Stated Challenge

• Description of Purpose

• Overall Plan

 

Daily posts that include:

• A detailed description of deliberate practice/strategies for the day

• Reflections on progress

• Connections to research on strategies for challenge

• Photos

• Graphs

 

Readings:

Excerpts from Carol Dweck’s Mindset

Excerpts from Tim Feriss’ Tools of Titans

Research on goal setting and deliberate practice, growth vs. fixed mindset, zones of regulation, and brain anatomy

Ted Talks by Matt Cutts, Carol Dweck, and Briceno