{"id":5390,"date":"2022-07-18T22:50:29","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T22:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech2\/?page_id=5390"},"modified":"2023-11-16T16:40:52","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T16:40:52","slug":"optimism-scratchjr-examples","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/research\/palette-of-virtues-in-practice\/optimism\/optimism-scratchjr-examples\/","title":{"rendered":"Optimism in Practice – ScratchJr"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Example #1:<\/strong> A child says \u201cI think this is going to work!\u201d in reference to a program she designed.<\/td><\/tr>
Example #2:<\/strong> At the end of a lesson, a child exclaims that he will be able to design a story with more pages next time.<\/td><\/tr>
Example #3:<\/strong> A child tells her peer that she is excited to run her program for the class when it is share time.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
Examples of Children Practicing Optimism<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Teacher Insights on Practicing Optimism<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The following excerpts were taken from interviews with teachers who were asked to describe instances in which their students practiced optimism<\/span>, as well as times in which the teacher personally practiced optimism<\/span> while implementing the Coding as Another Language-ScratchJr curriculum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I could see optimism because they would see their friends getting it, so they were like, “I can do it,” and “I’ll figure it out,” and then you’d get [children] saying, “no, don’t tell me, I want to figure it out.”<\/p>\n\u2014 Lydia, Kindergarten Teacher<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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I’m a generally optimistic person by nature, so I definitely had that going on with this. I felt like, “of course you can do it, let’s get right in there!” Same goes for any other colleagues who were doing [ScratchJr] that were a little bit more reluctant like, “No way, I’ll be your cheerleader. It’s cool. We’ll get it done.” And we did.<\/p>\n\u2014Allison, First Grade Teacher<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Watch Optimism in Practice<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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More Debugging!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two children are optimistic after debugging their program, with one child showing excitement to debug more programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 Pay attention to the children\u2019s body language and expressions. How do they convey their optimism?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 How does the process of debugging promote the children\u2019s optimism?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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