It is important that this project incorporates five concepts: opportunity for failure, includes aspects of prior knowledge, play, can be useful for future use, and making a final product.
I have decided to do book binding. It has always been an interest of mine to be able to take my poetry and and other writings, and put them all together in a book (final product). I feel that this would be a craft I can learn and then recreate every year as a teacher so that I have a memento of the students that I have had (future use). I enjoy being able to use my hands and my mind, as well as being able to incorporate aspects of my writing into what I am making (play). I already know the basics of sewing, and from what I imagine will happen, this knowledge will be useful, and I have also formatted books on Word (prior knowledge). I am very much aware that this project may end in total disaster. I often imagine something greater in my head, and strive to achieve it, but when what I create falls flat when compared to my expectations, I often become discouraged and feel defeated. My goals will have to include a desire to maintain a positive outlook (opportunity of failure).
I have decided to do book binding. It has always been an interest of mine to be able to take my poetry and and other writings, and put them all together in a book (final product). I feel that this would be a craft I can learn and then recreate every year as a teacher so that I have a memento of the students that I have had (future use). I enjoy being able to use my hands and my mind, as well as being able to incorporate aspects of my writing into what I am making (play). I already know the basics of sewing, and from what I imagine will happen, this knowledge will be useful, and I have also formatted books on Word (prior knowledge). I am very much aware that this project may end in total disaster. I often imagine something greater in my head, and strive to achieve it, but when what I create falls flat when compared to my expectations, I often become discouraged and feel defeated. My goals will have to include a desire to maintain a positive outlook (opportunity of failure).