{"id":10921,"date":"2016-10-27T10:34:44","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T14:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/?p=10921"},"modified":"2018-12-07T11:17:59","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T15:17:59","slug":"visualization-exercises-for-proficiency-based-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/visualization-exercises-for-proficiency-based-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"3 visualization exercises for proficiency-based learning"},"content":{"rendered":"

Outcomes, process and automaticity<\/h1>\n

\"proficiency-basedI worked with a group of teachers this summer to re-think goal-setting with their students. We know it’s a key component to developing Personalized Learning Plans (PLP), but students reported little engagement in following through on and reflecting about their goals.<\/p>\n

In our attempts to think differently about goal-setting and reflection, we decided to approach goal-setting as a visualization exercise. Each of us set a learning goal for ourselves and experimented with visualizing the end result of those goals.<\/p>\n

So how can this work for students?<\/p>\n

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An outcome-focused visualization exercise<\/h2>\n

As a first exercise, I asked teachers to close their eyes and envision themselves having successfully completed their goal. Each teacher then searched the web to find an image representing what it would look like if they met their goal. Finally, they uploaded their image to Thinglink<\/a> and added links out to resources they might tap into to help them succeed.<\/p>\n

Check out Stowe Middle School educator Jenn Anthony’s Goal Thinglink below — learning to play the mandolin.\u00a0 Be sure to hover your cursor over the image to see resources Anthony anticipated using to help her reach her goal.<\/p>\n