Monday, December 29, 2014
Spring 2015_Adventure Five: Looking Back, Leaning into Now, Moving Forward
Reflection is a particularly important component to Service Learning, so let's do a little bit of that now. After watching the above videos, follow these steps:
Step One: Take a few moments to think (or reflect) back on your spring semester.
Step Two: Have you had a powerful learning experience that you encountered throughout the Better Place Project? Think back to "what happened" in those moments where you learned something. If you did not have a learning experience, how can you create a "take away" with this experience in mind?
Step Three: Now place yourself in the position of the other people who shared the experience with you (the observers or other LC members) and imagine how they might describe it.
Step Four: Having reflected on the experience and the differing perspectives of the people who shared it with you, describe what you learned from trying to view the experience from multiple perspectives. Share those descriptions below.
Step Five: Simon Sinek asks the question, "can you be your own observer?" How would you respond to that?
Step Six: Courtney Spence states, "life lessons don't happen in the moment. They happen when you take the time to reflect on that moment." How can you reflect on your "moments"?
Answers to this prompt are due by the beginning of Adventure Six.
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The powerful learning experience from my service learning site is being able to help the poor children, but at the same time growing closer to those who I am volunteering with at my service site. I am going to take away from this that a friend can be found anywhere. I think they would describe it in a similar way that I would, enjoyable time to bond with those around me. It is different trying to explain it from multiple perspectives because I only have the capabilities of seeing it from one perspective. This is a good reflection tool because it gives a chance to see how you will impact others while serving them. It is possible by trying to think how you acted or what you did. This can also be done by trying to see yourself from multiple perspectives. The way to reflect on these moments is taking a little time to write down our thoughts on this activity or service that we are doing.
ReplyDelete1. viewing experiences from different perspectives show you really what is going on and how to make things better for everyone involved including yourself.
ReplyDelete2.I can say that if you take a step back and really try to evaluate your own actions you can be your own observer but it may be more difficult for some people more than others.
3. I definitely agree that you learn from life after things have occurred. I have had several moments where I look back and think why did I do this or I really should change that action next time I'm in this situation.
What I learned from trying to view experiences from multiple perspectives is that different people will take different aspects out of a situation and that depends on the kind of person and where that person is in their life. I believe you can be your own observer because you can step back and examine your life and the choices you have made and reflect upon how that changed you as a person and the road of your life. I reflect on the good and bad moments of my life and from the bad I take away lessons and from the good I take away happy memories and experiences.
ReplyDeleteSome people may have just as good of an experience but for a different reason than your own. Others may have a less than desirable experience for the same reason that you had a good one. It all depends on that single person's preferences for what makes them feel proud of what they've done.
ReplyDeleteI think you can be your own observer to a certain extent but not as properly as if you actually have someone else separate observing your actions. It'stoo biased against yourself.
You roll through the steps. What happened? What did I do in response? Was that the correct course of action for the sake of those involved? Stuff like that.
By reflecting on what other people's perspectives are, I learned that everyone has their own unique difficulties and challenges to overcome. By overcoming these obstacles, others find joy in what they do for community service.
ReplyDeleteI cannot be my own observer. I need another set of eyes looking over me. Their observations of my actions are more accurate than what I perceive myself doing.
I can reflect on my moments by taking quiet time everyday to just relax. Relaxing my mind helps me focus on what I have accomplished every day and helps me appreciate the little things in life.
1. After viewing the experience from someone else's perspective I have learned that each person's experience is different, whether it be positive or negative. This allowed me to reflect more on my own personal experience, and really think about what I got out of it.
ReplyDelete2. I think you can be your own observer and that it's important to be your own observer. This will allow you to be more cognitive of your experiences and perhaps you can learn from them as well.
3. You can reflect on your moments by replaying the events in your head and thinking about how you felt and how it changed you. This can be a great learning experience, for you learn more about yourself.
It's hard trying to view the service learning experience from multiple perspectives because me and one other person are volunteering at Arlitt so we don't have that many perspectives. However, I think we're both having fun and learning a lot. I totally believe that you can be your own observer. After each test or each big event in my life, I always evaluate what went wrong and what went right so I can continue to better myself each day. I can reflect on my moments by either writing in a journal about my day or talking with a friend to get their opinion and their support.
ReplyDeleteBy trying to view an experience from multiple perspectives, you can have different interpretations of an experience. You can be yout own observer. You have to seperate yourself from your own situation and approach it as if you are someone else. I can reflect positively and negatively on my moments, depending on how and what I look back at.
ReplyDeleteViewing the same experiences you are having from a different perspective to see how others are doing with the same experience, not only how you are doing. It is good to take a step back and just see how everyone is doing to not only better yourself but others as well.
ReplyDeleteIf you take a step back and really just think about your life and what you have done in it, I believe you can be your own observer. You just have to take the time to think about what is going on in life.
You can reflect on your life, just by taking the time to take a step back and think about what is going on in your life, by just letting other things go and thinking about life. You could write a journal or just sit and think about what is happening there are many ways to reflect.
1) Experiencing things from multiple perspectives helps to see what we and others can do .
ReplyDelete2) I think you can be your observer when it comes to deciding if your are capable of something or not.
3) All the things that happen to you is when you reflect on them.
1. I learned that although some of us volunteer at the same place, we each have our own experiences, thoughts and opinions about where we do our service project.
ReplyDelete2. I think you can be your own observer. You can do this by reflecting on your personal life and the defining moments.
3. I think we can take some time to reflect by either writing things down in a journal, or simply taking some time to step back and reflect.
Step Two: I think I had a great learning experience at Good Sam. I learned a lot about myself and learned a great deal about communication and understanding of others while also increasing my ability to be a professional. I think the Better Place project additionally helped my compassion for others as well.
ReplyDeleteStep Three: I think many of my peers had a similar experience that greatly influenced their professionalism and understanding of others.
Step Four: From putting myself in my peer’s shoes, I realized that everyone has a different experience and everyone is affected differently but we can all relate to the same things making us able to share and communicate in a special way.
Step Five: Yes, you can. Sometimes, I believe you can step back from yourself and see the impact of what you’re doing and how it’s affecting you and those around you, which is truly amazing.
Step Six: While I agree with Ms. Spence, I think that it’s easy to tell which moments are going to affect you the most. Then it is easy to go back and think about those moments and discover the even deeper meanings behind those events.