Preston's Epic Blog

Part A One of the areas I found most useful from reading past student's feedback was the "Asking Useful questions" tab. I feel like this helps me the most in feedback, but it's also what I tend to do best when giving feedback.  In order to grow we have to think and provide information on our own. If we're constantly giving suggestions without allowing the learner to learn, then no one will ever get better in the long run. Part B I read "Try Feedforward Instead of Feedback" and also "Be a Mirror: Give Readers Feedback that Fosters a Growth Mindset". In both articles, the central idea was always growth. Why give feedback if we're not giving feedback to allow our peers to grow? As this is a rhetorical question, the answer is obviously there would be no point! It would be wasting everybody's time. In order to grow, we need to have a second set of eyes on our work. Get opinions and feedforward criticism, rather than feedback criticism. Feedb...

Neil Gaiman's Advice on the Creative Life It's an incredibly reflective idea, for the lack of a better word, to realize how modern day students are so worried about making mistakes in order to "be perfect". I often think of my next few years of having to be near perfect in order to succeed and get to the places I want to be in my future. It's a crazy turn of events to be told, "No, make mistakes, and make a lot of them". But, it makes sense. Kind of piggy backing off what Gaiman has to say, simply live your life! Don't think twice on what you're going to do, because after all, second thoughts are what hold you back from making mistakes. Don't live so carelessly that you're making a fool of yourself, but live efficient and accurate, and the mistakes you encounter will only cause you to grow in the long run. A fixed mindset that could be holding you back I'm so happy I chose to read this article because it's playing right along with...