Brain Storming

[I'm not sure what the problem is or what caused it, my fingers, my brain, or my age. I was trying to type the title of this entry and it took me five tries to be able to spell “Storming” correctly. I wrote “stroming” instead each time. Perhaps that is what brain storming is really about, trial and error. The difference is that during a brain storming session, we say something and our peers may help us whenever we get stuck.]

One of the best sections of the class on Thursday, October 14, was the brain storming session. The Kolb test was relevant, but I believe that I personally benefited most from exchanging ideas with my classmates on the possible subtopics for our papers. In my opinion, the exchange of ideas for a paper usually happens before or after class. Just by listening to my classmates, I learned that I need to narrow my own topic, and that I need to deal with methods, models, and -isms of teaching, instead of policies and their celebrities. I usually take a blank piece of paper and write down an outline and some words, before I proceed to search for information, then I write the paper. In other words,

idea + blank paper + outline + research + writing + editing = paper

But this time, the formula looks different:

have an idea + search for information + brain storm + research + outline + writing + editing + review = paper

Although the process seems longer, I believe that from the second week of October to the last week of November, the final paper can be done.

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After Thought

I went with my family to Target in Williamsburg, and we saw a lot of white paint on the parking lot. To me, it looks like a brain. Now, I see brains everywhere! Here is a photo of the paint.

A splash of white paint on asphalt at the Williamsburg Target's parking lot.