As we watch Kathy Sierra's video and read Ta-Nehisi Coates' article, pay attention to both presenters' assumptions about your agency as a learner. What new ideas do they introduce about 1) your awareness of your learning experience, 2) the efficacy of your learning experience, 3) and your overall mindset as a learner?
Do something fun with your group...your choice!
Together, we'll watch Kathy Sierra's keynote from Fluent Conf 2015. You should take notes!
Read Ta-Nehisi Coates' article, "Getting Better at Difficult Things".
In the context of these presenters' ideas, reflect on the following questions.
- What efforts do you make to manage your learning process? Are these efforts successful? What challenges have inhibited your ability to manage your learning process effectively?
- How do Sierra's and Coate's material relate to your current process for learning?
- What role does your emotional state of mind play in your learning? How do your successes and failures at learning affect your emotional state?
As a group, discuss your answers to the questions above.
What can and will you do to use these ideas to improve your experience as a learner here at Turing?
Share out key ideas with the entire group
Please have students complete the Gear Up reflection in their personal Gear Up gist, answering these questions:
- What are you left thinking about from today's session?
- How do you think the concepts covered in Gear Up today will impact you as a software developer? 3-5 sentences
- Any additional thoughts on the session today?
These reflections will take the place of Gear Up Surveys, and students should continue using that same gist to reflect throughout the module.