Sunday, October 11, 2015

Clues to a Good Story

Reading #1

Three things I learned about storytelling are like your main character, create anticipation, and use what you know, but the most important thing I learned is to make your audience care.

Reading #2

"Some of the best project-based learning assignments using media and technology give students a combination of structure and freedom, where they can develop communication skills and exercise their creativity but have some constraints that limit and shape their work."

I love this explanation of project-based learning, especially when it discusses them having freedom, but within constraints that help shape it.  I think that, when not given guidelines, students mostly have no idea what to do with the task they're given.  If directions are vague, they become confused.  In some circumstances, having too much freedom can be challenging and confusing.  Even as a college student, I've encountered assignments that were confusing because there weren't guidelines or explanations given.  Some of us don't enjoy that much freedom.


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