Journal 2 Affinity Group

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Journal #2: Journal 2: Join an Affinity Group and Share Your Digg Stream

Andresen, Katya (2013, Oct 20).  Six Types of Thinkers to Seek For Your Team

http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20131020181102-6200057-6-types-of-thinkers-to-seek-for-your-team?trk=mta-lnk  

Affinity Group
A professional networking website that I decided to join is http://arted20.ning.com/

This online development and learning group is oriented towards several Current Projects. Members and students are invited to participate in any of the following projects:

Community Stories - This curriculum project invites teachers and students to research the visual, oral, and written records of their own communities for stories and images to share with others.

Earth Works - Work together with your students to study the local environment and then use the power of art to show how we can better co-exist with the natural world.

It's a Small World - Create a work of art that conveys a "big" idea or scene in miniature form.

Rock Thoughts - Have your students paint rocks to resemble 'monsters' and hide them in public spaces for others to find.

Memory Project - have your students create portraits for children and teens around the world who have been orphaned, abandoned, neglected, or otherwise disadvantaged.

Connected Classrooms asks the question "What IF every teacher on this site was partnered with another teacher in another city, state, or even better another country?"

Portrait Party - Trade portraits with other teachers, participate in a portrait swap with another school, or host a Portrait Party in your classroom

Digg Stream 
I read and searched through the Digg RSS Stream. There is a lot to choose from. Visiting several places to read interesting material was made easier. Selected sites and blogs are in one place. I liked the quick access to information that is of interest to me.

Q1:  Do the six types of thinkers have to be six different individuals?

A1:  The best work quite often comes from interaction with people who think differently than you do - and differently from each other. A diversity of mental profiles yields the richest results. Sometimes one person can bridge several different modes of this thinking, so six types doesn’t always mean six people.

Q2:  What are the six different types of thinkers and their qualities?

A2:  The six types of thinkers are as follows; The dreamer (who is imaginative), the debater (who questions assumptions), the disruptor (who challenges the status quo), the driver (who is a natural leader), the detailer (who digs every facet of a project), and the does (who is wonderfully resourceful).