Ignite Talk

1. Introducing HOMAGO Essentials as my ignite talk topic 2. What I have learned/what we have done in this class this semester: HOMAGO Essentials, Stepping outside of my writing comfort zone, Keeping a daybook, using a mentor text, making an info graphic, master and little narratives, popular culture in literacy. 3. The HOMAGO Essentials was created by Mimi Ito. The focus is how exactly the time of youth is being spent and ways to engage youth by adapting new media platforms, communities, and skills for greater educational purposes. 4. What HOMAGO Essentials stands for: Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out 5. The importance of Hanging Out: It supports spontaneity, it is low-risk and non-judgmental, it has flexible boundaries, and it encourages further exploration. 6. What Messing Around is: self-directed and interest-driven activity, actively support or foster collaborative activity, provides opportunities for conversation, and allows experimentation, with no "right answer". 7. What Geeking Out should do: allow youth to level up in their interests, hands-on workshop, provide opportunities for focused collaboration, and challenge youth. 8. HOMAGO Essentials is...a really interesting topic because it is not a typical learning style. I feel like if more schools used the HOMAGO essentials students would perform much better because they are interested in what they are learning. Honestly, not many high schoolers care about anything they learn. 9.How to: 1st you find something that is very interesting to you, 2nd you hang out with that interest you have found, 3rd you mess around with your interest and you partake in interest driven activity, 4th you start to geek out- level up in your area of interest, collaborate with other people that share the same interest. 10. HOMAGO essentials is waiting for Santa on Christmas Eve. There is great anticipation like waiting for Santa when you have discovered something that you love and enjoy so much. You will want to spend all of your time doing what interests you. 11.HOMAGO Essential should be used because: students are more likely to learn if it is about a topic that interests them and they will want to dive into the topic and gather all the information on the topic as possible. 12. They begin to Geek Out: People get so into their interest and it consumes all of their time and thoughts. THey re all about it and they talk to other people about the topics. They want to know more and more, as much information as possible. 13. This is my friend that is obsessed with Cam Newton and he definitely Geeks Out. He has to put on his jersey for every game, he knows all of his stats, it's his back ground on his phone, he is obsessed. 14. This is my friend Morgan and when she was younger she was obsessed with Winnie the Pooh Bear. She said that she was dying for a Pooh Bear book bag and once she got one she didn't want to take it off and she wanted to wear it everywhere. 15. In English 1102 I used the HOMAGO Essentials in many ways. One being that I messed around every time I had to respond to an academic blog post. I searched the internet until I found out that interested me and I wanted to read further. After I read the blog that interested me, I provided feedback. 16 & 17. You can use HOMAGO essentials in fashion! You first Hang Out and you need to be spontaneous and pick new and different styles. Then you need to Mess Around and tinker with your ideas, you need to mess around and find that style that you are interested in. Finally you need to Geek Out. You will become obsessed with the style and you will want to wear it all that time. 18. I Geeked Out when I got my fur vest. I looked and looked for the perfect one and once I got it I didn't want to take it off. I revolved all of my outfits around my vest. 19. Have you ever wondered why your teachers in high school never taught you about the HOMAGO Essentials and interest-driven learning? 20. Teachers in high school are only concerned about meeting state standards and not focusing on the student's needs.

Final Blog Post

Google Maps

I have lived in the wonderful city of Charlotte, North Carolina my whole life.  There are many different neighborhoods within this big, southern city of Charlotte.  The different neighborhoods that I represented are Ballantyne, South Park, Myers Park, Dilworth, South End, Plaza Midwood, and NoDa.   All of these neighborhoods have very different identities and many different people live within these culturally diverse neighborhoods.  

The Ballantyne area of Charlotte is a newly developed area of town.  Just recently it was farm area, now it's filled with great shopping and lots of corporate areas.  This area of town is known to have what's called "new money."  These are people who didn't grow up with money and trust funds and have reached success on their own.  Many of the residents live in Ballantyne Country Club.

Many people recognize the name South Park because of the mall.  This is a very upscale area of town that has a prestigious shopping mall and is also the largest business and residential neighborhood in Charlotte.  

Myers Park has the most prestigious addresses in Charlotte.  This area of town is known to have "old money."  These people grew up with money and have trust funds.  The streets of Myers Park are lined with gorgeous Oak Trees and the houses are big and beautiful.  

The Dilworth area seems like it's own little town within the city of Charlotte.  It is a historic area filled with Bungalow style homes.  There are many diverse shops and restaurants in the area.  This area is filled with many young families.

South End is another historic neighborhood right around the corner from Dilworth.  This neighborhood has a very relaxed atmosphere.  It is filled with awesome furniture and antique shops.  Many events are hosted in this very innovative part of town.  

The most ethnically and socially diverse area of Charlotte is Plaza Midwood.  This neighborhood definitely has that cool-city living feel to it.  Plaza Midwood definitely has a rough and not so good area of town but it is also the home of Charlotte Country Club, which is the most prestigious country club in all of Charlotte.

NoDa is short for North Davidson Street.  This Bohemian chic area of town has a lot of funky galleries and performance venues.  Many people perform on the street corners and there are many artsy people who live in this area.  This area of Charlotte isn't your typical southern neighborhood.  

There are definitely parts of Charlotte that I don’t know much about and that is because I never venture there, or outside of my comfort zone for that matter.  One of these neighborhoods for example is West Charlotte.  Being that I’m from Charlotte, I have heard that West Charlotte isn’t the best side of town.  There is a lot of crime that takes place in this area and I don’t want to be a part of that.  People that come out of this area may be perceived as troublemakers, but that very well may not be true.  There definitely are many misconceptions about people’s identities just because of the neighborhood that they grew up in.  Many times these identities are falsely placed on individuals and it’s not fair to them. 

Charlotte has a population of 751,087 and many of these people don’t live in these neighborhoods.  I live in an area of south Charlotte that is in the middle of Ballantyne and Myers Park.  There are many areas just like where I live that aren’t as affluent, yet they still fit perfectly into the great city of Charlotte.  Just like the neighborhoods of Charlotte, many individuals don’t have the identity of the popular cheerleader, jock, or nerd but they still seem to fit perfectly into their environment. 

Charlotte is a very large city and there are many different types of neighborhoods that make it what it is and that build its identity.  Many people connect identity to people and who they are but I have connected identity to neighborhoods in a big city.  According to the article Social Identity Theory and the Organization, people tend to classify themselves and others into various social categories.  These social categories are definitely represented in Charlotte.  People in Myers Park are definitely known for having gobs and gobs of money and many of them are doctors or they work at the big banks downtown.  In this article it states that "A person is assigned the prototypical characteristics of the category to which he or she is classified." (Ashforth, and Mael 20-39).  The people that live in these neighborhoods are characterized based on where they live.  These people maybe wealthy bankers or guitar playing free spirits.  I always wonder where these identities came from.  Who decided that one day that these neighborhoods had a certain identity and who came up with these identities?  I have lived in Charlotte for 19 years and the identities haven't changed.  People of these identities are drawn to that specific neighborhood.  I wonder what would happen is somebody tried to disrupt and conform these neighborhoods that have remained consistent for so long.  

Ashforth, Blake, and Fred Mael. "Social Identity Theory and the Organization." Academy of Management Review. 14.1 (Jan., 1989): 20-39. Print.

Mini Project 3

I have lived in the wonderful city of Charlotte, North Carolina my whole life.  There are many different neighborhoods within this big, southern city of Charlotte.  The different neighborhoods that I represented are Ballantyne, South Park, Myers Park, Dilworth, South End, Plaza Midwood, and NoDa.   All of these neighborhoods have very different identities and many different people live within these culturally diverse neighborhoods.  

The Ballantyne area of Charlotte is a very newly developed area of town.  Just recently it was just farm area, now it's filled with great shopping and lots of corporate areas.  This area of town is known to have what's called "new money."  These are people  who didn't grow up with money and trust funds and have reached success on their own.  Many of the residents live in Ballantyne Country Club.

Many people recognize the name South Park because of the mall.  This is a very upscale area of town that has a prestigious shopping mall and is also the largest business and residential neighborhood in Charlotte.  

Myers Park has the most prestigious addresses in Charlotte.  This area of town is known to have "old money."  These people grew up with money and have trust funds.  The streets of Myers Park are lined with gorgeous Oak Trees and the houses are big and beautiful.  

The Dilworth area seems like it's own little town within the city of Charlotte.  It is a historic area filled with Bungalow style homes.  There are many diverse shops and restaurants in the area.  This area is filled with young families.

South End is another historic neighborhood right around the corner from Dilworth.  This neighborhood is has a very relaxed atmosphere.  It is filled with awesome furniture and antique shops.  Many events are hosted in this very innovative part of town.  

The most ethnically and socially diverse area of Charlotte is Plaza Midwood.  This neighborhood definitely has that cool-city living feel to it.  Plaza Midwood definitely has a rough and not so good area of town but it is also the home of Charlotte Country Club which is the most prestigious country club in all of Charlotte.

NoDa is short for North Davidson Street.  This Bohemian chic area of town has a lot of funky galleries and performance venues.  Many people perform on the street corners and there are many artsy people who live in this area.  This area of Charlotte isn't your typical southern neighborhood.  

Charlotte is a very large city and their are many different types of neighborhoods that make it what it is and that build its identity.  Many people connect identity to people and who they are but I have connected identity to neighborhoods in a big city.  According to the article Social Identity Theory and the Organization, people tend to classify themselves and others into various social categories.  These social categories are definitely represented in Charlotte.  People in Myers Park are definitely known for having gobs and gobs of money and many of them are doctors or they work at the big banks downtown.  In this article is states that "A person is assigned the prototypical characteristics of the category to which he or she is classified." The people that live in these neighborhoods are characterized based on where they live.  These maybe wealthy bankers or guitar playing free spirits.  I always wonder where these identities came from.  Who decided that one day that these neighborhoods had a certain identity and who cam up with these identities.  I have lived in Charlotte for 19 years and the identities haven't changed.  People of those identities are drawn to that specific neighborhood.  I wonder what would happen is somebody tried to disrupt and conform these neighborhoods that have remained consistent for so long.  

Social Identity Theory and the Organization

Blake E. Ashforth and Fred Mael

The Academy of Management Review , Vol. 14, No. 1 (Jan., 1989), pp. 20-39

Mini Project 2

In this info-graphic I used the characters from the television show One Tree Hill.  They all have different identities yet they come together and form a great group of friends.  They have the nerd, popular cheerleader, the sensitive guy, dark yet popular girl, the jock, and the goody-two-shoes.  As said in the article From Nerds to Normal: The Recovery of Identity among Adolescents from Middle School to High School by David A. Kinney "a supportive adolescent peer group as the primary social arena in which adolescents develop a healthy sense of identity as they experiment various social roles." This group of high school students all have a sense of identity even though they go through struggles.  There are always going to be the "popular" kids and the "nerds" in high school and that's what forms social cliques.  Students form all different identities and these identities can affect them in many different ways.  Even though all of the characters from One Tree Hill have different identities they come together.  

Kinney, D. (n.d.). From Nerds to Normal: The Recovery of Identity Among Adolescents From Middle School to High School. In Sociology of Education (Vol. 66). doi:www.jstor.org/stable/2112783

Mini Project 1

Fashion in Academics

The popular girls

Nerd/ Weird kids

Hippy

Preppy

Designer Labels

The clothes that an individual wears can say a lot about them.  Students are definitely judged based on the clothes that they wear to school.  The most popular girls in school are usually very well dressed and pretty much dressed in the same style.  Many students are envious of their style choices and strive to be like them.  If a student isn't wearing what is in style or cool for the time they may be discriminated against and said to be not cool or a weird kid.  It's sad to say, but it is incredibly true.  The hippies in school are thought to smoke weed and are tree huggers.  Most of the time it's not true, it's just the style of clothing that they prefer to wear.  Students who like to wear bright colored button downs and shorts are said to be preppy.  These students are the goody two-shoes of the school who are well put together and have a trust fund waiting for them.  The girls who are carrying their Chanel and Louis Vuitton bags and wearing their Rockin' Republic Jeans with their Michael Kors watch are the rich, stuck up girls who think they are better than everybody.  Many students are intimidated by these wealthy girls, but there really isn't a reason to be.  They are the same as the other students, they just have more money.  

Why are there so many stereotypes against what students wear to school?  Everybody expresses themselves the way that they please and nobody should care what other people choose to wear.  There are so many different styles out today that every individual has a different sense of style.  The way that a student dresses could in a way represent their academic interests.  They obviously have a certain sense of style and this style can roll over to their academic style.  Hippies are considered to be "tree huggers", maybe they are interested in science and how the environment that surrounds us works.  Some students can't afford the Chanel purse or Lilly Pulitzer shorts so they don't have access to the clothing that they truly love and they are unable to express themselves the way that they would like to.  Fashion is everywhere, just like academics.  

Class With Forestview High School Seniors

Wednesday, seniors from Forestview High School came to have class with us.  Our writing into the day was on what we value about going to college, and what else do you value that seems to be missing from your understanding of college.  Since coming to college have to definitely started to value a good education.  In high school what we did was primarily for state tests and not really for your personal benefit.  In college, what I'm doing to to better my understanding and my knowledge so that I can thrive in the real world and in my future career.  Since coming to college I have joined the Alpha Delta Pi chapter and I have met some life long friends. Through ADPi, there are many great opportunities for me to further my leadership skills and in doing so, I can create many networks for my future.   The seniors that were in my group haven't experienced college yet so their values were slightly different  than mine.  They haven't had the opportunities to experience a real college education and all of the opportunities that college has to offer.  The majority of my group seemed petrified to go to college because they didn't know what to expect.  I was the same exact way but since I have almost finished my freshman year I have a completely different view of college.  

HOMAGO Essentials

In class we have talked a lot about the HOMAGO Essentials and we have discussed ideas about how we would want to see those be used in the classroom.  I actually saw for myself these essentials while I was observing a preschool inclusion classroom for Special Education.  The classroom had almost all of the HOMAGO Essentials that we discussed in class.  The children had a window of time that they came in in the morning depending on parent situations or if they needed some extra help.  Once they entered that classroom they had to put there belongings away and then they would have to pick an activity to become engaged in.  This goes along with the statement that messing around should support self-directed, interest directed activity.  The children got to pick whatever activity interested them.  Once everybody was there they got in a circle on the floor would sing fun songs and collaborate.  Each student had a job for the day that gave them a sense of ownership.  Some adults would come in the classroom to work with the special needs children to mentor them or assist them in anyway.  I never thought that these HOMAGO Essentials could be used for children who are so young but I found it extremely fascinating to sit in and observe these in real life.