{"id":81,"date":"2019-01-15T00:26:41","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T00:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/andreahughes\/?p=81"},"modified":"2019-01-15T00:26:41","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T00:26:41","slug":"itsabouttime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/andreahughes\/2019\/01\/15\/itsabouttime\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s About Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s time<\/em> to start thinking about my action plan! It has been an emotional journey that has led me to this question:<\/p>\n

How<\/span>\u00a0might<\/span>\u00a0we<\/span>\u00a0allow students to experience more unstructured creative time<\/em>?<\/b><\/p>\n

I say it’s been emotional because I so desperately want my creative and passionate students to be able to explore all of their great ideas. Because they have tons of them. And in my mind, not enough time<\/em> to explore.<\/p>\n

Time. Time.<\/em> This is the word that has me pause and wonder how much of a change I can make. I have no control over time<\/em>. This is also a word my students have brought up countless times…”Ms Andrea, 5 more mins!”, “I just need a little bit more time<\/em>!”, “Not yet!”. There is so much of a want, a need, for more time<\/em> from myself and my students. I want to give my students as much unstructured creative time<\/em> as I possibly can. But then I pause and think. How much of a change can I make when it really just comes down to time<\/strong><\/em>?<\/p>\n

When I realize I can’t control time<\/em>, or the lack thereof, I can control the quality of the time<\/em> I spend with my students. I can make the time<\/em> they have to create the best and most productive time<\/em> possible. And if I provide my students will all of the tools and materials they need to bring their ideas to life, I can make that unstructured creative time<\/em> all that more significant. Times like Art Club, Free Art Friday, and early finisher time.<\/p>\n

So right now, I am going to continue to work on creating a Makerspace that allows students to create with both high and low-tech tools and materials that allow students to make their dreams a reality. If I can find a way to give my students more time<\/em> to use this space, that would be my dream.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s time to start thinking about my action plan! It has been an emotional journey that has led me to this question: How\u00a0might\u00a0we\u00a0allow students to experience more unstructured creative time? I say it’s been emotional because I so desperately want my creative and passionate students to be able to explore all of their great ideas. … Continue reading “It’s About Time”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":245,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-face-2-face-sessions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/andreahughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/andreahughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/andreahughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/andreahughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/245"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/andreahughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/andreahughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/andreahughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions\/83"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/andreahughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/andreahughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/andreahughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}