BEING INSPIRED CAN BE HARD!

“…trial and error can be useful in any problem because it lets you work out what works and what doesn’t.“ 

“I didn’t fail, I just found 2,000 ways how not to make a light bulb; I only needed to find one way to make it work.“

KEEP THESE IDEAS IN MIND AS YOU WORK THROUGH YOUR CURRENT CHALLENGE!

TAKE SOME TIME TO REFLECT!

It is important to take some time to learn from your INspired experiences. Thinking about the process and approach you used to tackle the previous challenges can help improve your future efforts!

THINK ABOUT EACH QUESTION:

(… DISCUSS THEM WITH OTHERS IF YOU CAN!)

• What things do I know now that I didn’t know before?

• What skills have I gained or improved?

• What skills do I still need to gain or improve?

• What made me fell frustrated or angry?

• How did I deal with this feeling? + How could I have dealt with it better?

• What made me feel proud? 

• What worked well? + what helped you to be successful?

• What didn’t work well? + what barriers prevented you being successful?

• What would I do differently?

• What experts did I work with?

• What experts might help improve my ideas?

• How well did I manage your time?

DO YOU HAVE ANY GOOD REFLECTION QUESTIONS OF YOUR OWN? LEAVE A COMMENT TO SHARE IT WITH THE INSPIRED COMMUNITY!

ELEVATE YOUR IDEA!

INspired by yesterday’s post (what do you mean you haven’t seen it!?! – GO AND LOOK IMMEDIATELY), here is a tool that can help take your current ideas to the ‘next level’.

It is easy to be content with your first solution to a challenge, but sometimes asking yourself…

“WHY? WHAT IF? HOW?”

can help to inspire an even greater idea.

For more information, look at the WWH Chains tool that has just been added to help support Critical Thinking skills!

LEAVE A COMMENT IF YOU MANAGE TO USE A WWH CHAIN TO IMPROVE YOUR IDEA!

Check out this prototype in response to the BAWI challenge!

This INspired learner has displayed amazing creativity!

We would love to see more of your efforts. You can share these in a number of ways…

TWEET:

@StayINspiredWL or use #aspire2inspireWL

EMAIL:

StayINspiredWL@westlothian.org.uk

GLOW TEAMS:

Ask your teacher to share it on your behalf through the…

#Digiken Team in the INspire Weekly Challenge Support channel

GET SHARING. YOUR EFFORT COULD BE THE NEXT DOSE OF INSPIRATION!

What is more important – having the right answer or having the right question?

We think that one of the most important skills that YOU need to develop is the ability to ask AMAZING questions. Starting with INspired and thoughtful questions usually creates more creative, innovative and unique answers.

We were lucky to be able to hear about a few of the fantastic questions that some young people asked yesterday in relation to the Set 1 challenges. Maybe they will challenge your thinking…

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Try out the “QUESTIONS ONLY” critical thinking tool. It might change how you think about the task, or what you have done so far.

LEAVE A COMMENT if you think you have an interesting question about one of the challenges!

INspired learning is LIVE!

Good day and welcome to INspired. We hope you are finding your way around ok. We would love to hear what you are doing, what you are loving, and if you have any questions! LEAVE A COMMENT to let us know.

If you have twitter, get involved in our online vote… which challenge will you be trying first?

CAST YOUR VOTE HERE!

Do YOU own your learning?

Since the schools have closed, how you learn has started to look very different!

But how much are you in control of what, how and when you are learning?

“WHY should someone else tell you when and how to learn?“

“WHAT IF you took more ownership and responsibility for your learning?“

“HOW could using your own unique interests and skills make learning more INspired?“

We think you are in the right place to begin to answer all of these question.