February 13, 2011 Journal

1. FIERCE WONDERINGS
A look at two different types

2. FIERCE WONDERINGS

3. FIERCE WONDERINGS
“Something that puzzles you and/or sticks with you
long after it should linger.”
--Tiffany Schmidt, teacher

4. EXAMPLES FROM SCHMIDT’S JOURNAL

5. EXAMPLES FROM SCHMIDT’S JOURNAL
Graffiti on a local building (I changed the names): Melanie
Smith, I will love you forever. No matter what happens.
Love, C. I find it odd that good old ‘C’ had no qualms
about using his love’s first AND last name, but stuck with
his own initial. So she can get in trouble for his vandalism,
but he’s off the hook? Also, what does he expect to
happen? Does 'what happens' matter to Melanie?
Curious…

7. I heard part of a tsunami-story during the media glut in
December of 2004 where an American tourist mother was
talking about being stuck in a hotel stairwell with her two
children. The water was rising rapidly and she couldn’t
hold on to both her infant and toddler and keep herself
afloat. She chose to let go of the toddler because he had a
chance of being able to swim, whereas the baby did not.
Something interrupted the news and I never heard the end
of the story. In my cupcakes-&-unicorns mind they all
survived, but…

8. FIERCE WONDERINGS

9. FIERCE WONDERINGS
Those “what if” thoughts that wander through our brain...

10. MY FIERCE WONDERINGS

11. MY FIERCE WONDERINGS
What if...

12. MY FIERCE WONDERINGS
What if...
1. Personal

13. MY FIERCE WONDERINGS
What if...
1. Personal
2. Classroom

14. MY FIERCE WONDERINGS
What if...
1. Personal
2. Classroom
3. Global

15. A STUDENT EXAMPLE...

16. A STUDENT EXAMPLE...

17. WHAT DO YOU WONDER??

18. WHAT DO YOU WONDER??
Create your own fierce wonderin
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19. WHAT DO YOU WONDER??
Create your own fierce wonderin
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It may include drawings if you wo
uld like

20. WHAT DO YOU WONDER??
Create your own fierce wonderin
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It may include drawings if you wo
uld like
It may be modeled after one of t
he two

21. WHAT DO YOU WONDER??
Create your own fierce wonderin
gs page
It may include drawings if you wo
uld like
It may be modeled after one of t
he two
styles we looked at... or it may b
e your

22. WHAT DO YOU WONDER??
Create your own fierce wonderin
gs page
It may include drawings if you wo
uld like
It may be modeled after one of t
he two
styles we looked at... or it may b
e your
own hybrid design