Saturday, March 14, 2015
Behaving Intelligently-Habits of Mind
I am going to focus on trying to learn something new everyday. The new thing that I am trying to learn about now is my kiln. Being that one of the coils, I now know is called an element has sprung outside of the brick casing. Apparently this is bad. So, now I am researching and investigating the alternatives of fixing this problem. I am working with the maintenance men in my building and the Principal to come to a solution. We will see what we come up with as a result. It has been interesting to get different perspective with the men I have been working with.
After talking with the above I then tried Applying past knowledge to novel situation with my class. This unfortunately has happened before. Luckily, there was not as much items as in the past, but still two class project so about 45 pieces. I talked with my class and explained the situation. We talked as a class about how we would need to package everything up together and transport their work to the Byron Elementary School. Luckily, I work with a fantastic team that really helps each other out when needed.
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First of all, what a fabulous goal to have! Learning something new each day is awesome! I love to share that goal with my students too and your students will be able to learn right along with you about the kiln. Second, I am SO SORRY that you are having issues with the kiln again. It is definitely something that can throw a wrench into an art teacher's plans! I hope everything gets figured out, sooner or later (hoping for the sooner!). Keep us posted on what you learn about the kiln...There is so much to know about those things!
ReplyDeleteUFFDA! Lindsey... you are not the only one dealing with kiln issues right now! Nicole has two kilns... and one of them has not been working for at least 3 months now. The elements were ordered, and when they were being installed, they cut the end of the wire too short. Now she is waiting for another set of elements to be delivered...
ReplyDeleteI've never fixed elements myself.... but I read up on it a few years back. Have you read about using pins to just push the element back into the brick? Maybe that would at least get you through the rest of the school year?