Journal #7

This week in class we talked about talents.  I think that this will be an exciting subject to cover in my classrooms once I can get a grasp on what each talent is about.  Right now this is my interpretation of each talent and a possible good lesson to go along with it.  The productive thinking talent means someone can generate a variety of ideas and add details to something simple.  This is like the activity we did yesterday with the zigzag line.  We each had a variety of ideas as to what the line could be made into.  The decision making talent is being able to weigh and easily make final judgments.  A good project for this could be doing the pros and cons for deciding on one research project over another.  The planning talent is designing and implementing an idea effectively through outlining.  A good project for this could be having students design a survey for the entire school about what types of lunch room foods they prefer. The next step would be having them pitch it to the administration to implement it.  The forecasting talent is about making predictions about causes/ effects certain events may have.  A good project may be to have students contemplate weather patterns and have them decide how it would affect the rest of the day.  The communication talent is using and interpreting communication written and verbal.  A good project for this would be having students analyze poetry to determine the authors underlying meaning.  Together all these lessons can help our students better learn and understand how best to problem solve.  I believe as we further explore talents I will be able to get a firmer grasp on each concept so that I can convey them to my future students.