Chapter 9: Observant

With so much information and many opportunities to learn, how do we focus on being observant? How do we design learning opportunities that empower our learners without being overwhelmed with the amount of information available? In this chapter, you will learn strategizes that will help you slow down, listen, find great information and make deep connections.

Further Reading

• Why We Have Our Best Ideas in the Shower: The Science of Creativity
• The 13-year-old who built a best-selling lemonade brand

Further Viewing

• Me and the Bees Lemonade
• Pomodoro Technique For Productivity

Questions for Discussion

1. How will you allow students to co-design a lesson with you using their powers of observation?
2. Try the vocabulary activity yourself! Observe the world around you today and identify five words that you’re unsure of. What are they? Share them with us at #InnovateInsideTheBox or with a group of your peers/colleagues.
3. How can you empower your students to build their powers of observation to identify resources that will help them meet their goals?