Tag Archives: slow looking
Examining Everyday Objects
As Shari Tishman writes in SLOW LOOKING, “sometimes learning involves slowing down. Sometimes all we need is to be given time, along with the simplest set of instructions, in order to look closely at the world around us and see new things.” Our “Examining Everyday Objects” activity or what we call “footstep” tries to give […]
Walking to Learn in a Digital Age
What does walking in a digital age look like? For many of us, at many times, walking in a digital age means walking while looking down, not at our feet but at our iPhones to read the latest email, text message, Facebook notification, or Tweet. If we’re lucky, we manage not to run into a […]
Observing Global Connections
A main theme of our on-line learning community is about exploring global connections, which ties in well with Paul’s overarching goals for his Out of Eden Walk. As the National Geographic website puts it: “when his seven-year journey ends, Paul will have created a global mosaic of stories, faces, sounds, and landscapes highlighting the pathways […]
Looking differently at the world: what older students can gain
(Until recently I was the Head of Social Studies at Crofton House School in Vancouver, Canada. This fall I take up the position of Assistant Principal at Bodwell High School, also in Vancouver. In this second of two blog posts, I reflect on what I and my 11th grade students gained from participating in the Out […]
Looking Differently at the World: Engaging Younger Learners in the Out of Eden Walk
Tabbatha O’Donnell is a 4th grade teacher at Palm Beach Day Academy in Palm Beach, Florida. I first learned about Paul Salopek and his journey on Project Zero’s website. I was amazed. How could someone walk 21,000 miles, for 7 years? Having the opportunity to visit and learn about so many different cultures and countries […]
Photographing Neighborhoods as a Catalyst for Learning
As noted by Shari Tishman in a previous blog post called SLOW LOOKING, we asked students to capture a couple of photographs as they took a walk around their neighborhoods. Here is an excerpt from the instructions we gave them: Paul pays a lot of attention to objects and what they reveal about the people […]
Slow Looking
Just as Paul is engaged in “slow journalism”, we are also trying to carve out a space that encourages slow looking and slow learning. By slow we don’t mean boring or without challenge. Rather, our goal is to encourage students to pause for a while in their hectic schedules to look long and closely at […]
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