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Imagineit Timeline
Imagineit Timeline
Imagineit Timeline
Timeline
Description:
As I head into the spring semester, my Imagine It will be taking a new direction.
Originally, my Imagine It was the focused on the idea that engineering students would make
more progress if they could embrace the idea that failure is a necessary part of success. While I
still strongly believe failure is a key to success, I now believe that acknowledging failure in a
classroom setting is too challenging for students. Throughout my investigations in the fall
semester I was shown my original Imagine It requires students to go against cultural norms.
Students would have to face the stereotype threat, personal and social intrinsic biases, and
become comfortable with depending on others for help. It is scary. Thus, my reframed Imagine
It is:
Knowing when you have been helped AND identifying when you have shifted your thinking.
Trying to embrace failure is scary but a smaller part of that is getting help or changing ones
thinking. This two steps are both required to complete complex projects; however,
acknowledging someones help is more of a thank you to someone else as opposed to an
acknowledgement of your shortcomings. Identifying a shift in thinking is a more abstract
concept but is a start to seeing the process of success; being able to state what you first thought
and then how that lead you to your next step. This is not acknowledging you had a failure just a
shift in thought. My hopes are that students leave my class with the ability to:
1. Actively seek help from all sources (peers, teachers, etc.).
2. Challenge and question initial beliefs about a problem.
3. See work as a process with multiple iterations.
Timeline:
Date
Activity
Benchmark
Mid February
Mid March
Mid April
Mid May
Learning Steps:
The following diagram shows the progression from acknowledging help, requesting help,
changing behavior, modifying designs and documenting work. Teaching/ re-teaching activities/
strategies have been highlighted in purple.