Sunday, April 1, 2012

Sorry for the delay! I am back post workshop with some things to ruminate on-

Kate and I spent most of the 6 weeks with two students that showed up for every class and were very engaged with occasional random showing of some of our other students. By the end we had three and another OSA high school student that just started showing up for the last couple of classes which was dedicated to zine making. This was a very fun and interesting collaborative process in which the students made pages, decided the order of the zine and titled it. Another interesting part of these zine sessions was the conversations that took place. The students spent a lot of time around identity, race, gender and sexuality. Kate and I mostly just listened perhaps jumping in with a question or anecdote. It was exciting to listen in on these conversations, see the students willingness to articulate the complexities of identity. It spoke to the environment of the class, the space we had created collaboratively as students and facilitaters. I found it refreshing and exciting!

1 comment:

  1. Just listening is sometimes more powerful than any lecture or prepared lesson plan will ever be -- especially at the high school level where so few students feel like anyone is listening. I'm so happy that the two of you are so in tune with what your participants need.

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