Hi Everyone —

I’m attaching my presentation from today, Models for Living and Doing.

ENG1101–Models for Living and Doing

Also, here is the TED Talk we didn’t get to today about the ikigai. Check it out!

The Our Stories Project: Part 1 (Due 9/18)

• Create an OpenLab account if you haven’t already done this.
• Join the FYLC OpenLab project.
• Write a post in response to the reflective writing prompt on the FYLC site (link here).
• Read and write comments on at least two peer’s posts from across the FYLC courses.
• Email your professor (me) letting me know you have completed this portion of Our Stories.

Hey, guess what? Your instructor takes notes too! Here is an example of the first page of notes I took on the article, Why Good Students Do Bad in College. Let’s compare that to the set of notes I typed up and showed you that I used for our discussion.

Example of a Page Annotation

• You might think that this is unnecessary work at first glance, but this is how knowledge is created! We will look at a model in two weeks that shows us exactly that process. But here’s a recap:
• First, I read and “talk back” to the text (in the notes below).
• Then I take that “conversation” and type it up, deleting things that don’t matter and adding ideas that do.
• Then I share these with you and “talk” about them, which forces me to reorganize and evaluate my thoughts again while I incorporate your feedback and ideas.
• Then I add ideas from another source (the TED Talk) and integrate these together.
• Then, after the class, I let them sit for a bit, and decide what to change, alter, or do again to expand my own knowledge on the subject and share that with new people!

This is how expertise is created. Right?