1/6/2011

What a great session!

In this session, we made our first serious strides toward better understanding a cast. The builders also made several designs using the digital designer.

In this first video, Luke is giving Miro feedback on his first construction challange, to build something scary. The feedback protocol is to talk about things they liked and about how the design makes them feel. The builders were encouraged to use their imagination to help them interpret the selection of colors and blocks along with the arrangement of blocks.  I thought it was fascinating that both of the boys chose reptiles for their scary build.

In this video, Miro gives Luke feedback on Luke's solution to the design challenge.

In the two pictures below, Luke and Miro are wearing surrogate casts while they build so that they can develop an appreciation of what it is like to wear a cast.  The mock casts were made from wraps of toilet paper.

 In this picture, the children are signing the mock casts to learn more about the social support that peers give an injured friend when they are injured. The builders appeared fascinated by the importance of signing a cast.