Journal #1:100 Things That Make Me Happy

1. GOD

2. My daughters: Alyssa & Allyson
3. Spending time w/my husband
4. Chocolate
5. My dog: Ozzy
6. Brownies
7. Swimming
8. Playing w/Alyssa & Allyson
9. Baking
10. Manicures/Pedicures
11. Singing
12. Disneyland
13. Music
14. Coffee
15.Walking
16. Eating Healthy
17. Dancing w/Alyssa & Allyson
18. Yogurtland Pistachio ice cream
19. Massages
20. Listening to K-love radio
21. Beaches
22. Family
23. Fall/Autumn
24. Riding Roller coasters
25. Fuzzy socks
26. Toe socks
27. Yoga
28. Sleeping
29. New clothes
30. Listening to Alyssa & Allyson sing
31. Reading Alyssa & Allyson story books
32. Coloring
33. Christmas
34. Thanksgiving
35. Birthdays
36. Swinging on a swing
37. Working in the church nursery
38. Nailpolish
39. New haircuts
40. Visiting w/ grandparents
41. My husband, Alyssa, Allyson's smiles
42. Camping
43. Alyssa & Allyson's laugh
44. Alyssa/Allyson's art work from school
45. A+ grades
46. Chapstick
47. Calla Lilies
48. Snow
49. Watching Alyssa/Allyson at dance class
50. Scarves
51. Sweaters
52. Dr. Pepper
53. Saving Money
54. Sunshine
55. Pumpkin pie
56. Euker
57. Snuggling
58. Hot cocoa
59. Cinnamon/Banana Bread
60. Seeing old friends
61. Soft pillows & blankets
62. A clean house
63. My husband's cooking
64. My family
65. Eating out at restaurants
66. Facials
67. Comfy shoes
68. Polka dots
69. Waterfalls
70. Rainbows
71. Tea & Crumpets
72. Traveling overseas
73. Kittens
74. Horseback riding
75. Raw Honey
76. Crafts
77. My mom's incorrectly pronounced words
78. The color Blue
79. Puzzles
80. Tangrams
81. Stargazing
82. Fireworks
83. Trips to Julian
84. Cherry Blossoms
85. Clear skin
86. Perfume
87. Sunsets
88. When Alyssa & Allyson are good
89. The smell of rain
90. Hugs
91. Bubble bathes
92. Cheese fondues
93. My fork, spoon, knife wall decor in kitchen
94. Helping others
95. Compliments
96. Friends
97. Getting a college education
98. Taking Alyssa & Allyson to the park
99. Growing our own vegetable garden
100. Making someone else happy

School 2.0-NETS Awareness

This video, and its content, meets NETS 2: Design and Develop Digital Age Learning Experiences and Assessments.

                                                                      

       I watched the YouTube video Why You Need to Fail by Derek Sivers. I believe it relates to the NETS module #2: Design and Develop Digital Age Learning Experiences and Assessments. I was intrigued right away by the title of the video because I have always been one who was “afraid to fail”, so I wanted to know why failing is necessary. The perception of failure I believe is varied for each individual. At the beginning of my EDUC 422 class Professor J. Heil said that he “expected” or “wanted” us “to make a mistake”. After I watched Derek Sivers’ video I understood his comment to a greater scale.
        Sivers breaks up his reasons into three: #l: learning, #2: growth mindset, #3: experiments. He made a statement “if you’re not failing, you’re not learning”. It makes sense because we all learn from the mistakes that we make. For instance, when I make mistakes on my Spanish homework, I am more apt to remember my mistakes and learn from it; my mistake was mentally embedded. The growth mindset basically says that anyone can do whatever they want because when someone practices they get better at what he/she wants to do; not everyone is a “born” artist or athlete. Sivers shows the progress of a painting done by Picasso and it shows that Picasso changed his mind a few times of how he wanted a bull fighter and bull to be portrayed. Picasso’s “mistakes” was just a change of his mind and not a mistake, and ultimately it created a masterpiece. The third reason is to develop different experiments. All the things that someone tries may not be perfect in their eyes, but it will eventually result in success rather than just focusing on one skill or experiment.
        I believe that module 2 will enable us to give different “learning experiences” for children. They are able to grow outside of their comfort zone and develop these new ideas. Allowing students to try new experiments and grow from their so called “failures/mistakes” allow them to enhance their skills mentally or physically. We need to give children experiences to be able to fail and assess their failures. I encourage my daughters to keep trying and not allow them to just give up and say they can’t do it, but they need to keep trying and maybe try a different way. Failing is a stepping stone to success.