Learning Adventure Update

Last time, I said finding time was my biggest setback. That proved true for my research too. Since it was the part of my project that wasn't directly related to my intrinsic motivations. One thing that helped me be successful is that I already had what I wanted to research planned out. This helped me when it came time to do the research, since I already had an outline; I just needed to gain the specific information I was looking for.

I still find my idea of success to fit for my project. Success will come when I can honestly say that my love for photography helped me learn something new that I'd never known before. I tried to integrate my intrinsic and extrinsic motivators to keep the project engaging. Throughout the two weeks I feel like I successfully accomplished my goal. I learned about how Chihuly got started and some background knowledge on some of his pieces I've seen in Washington.

Learning Adventure Progress

For the past week, I have working to complete my learning adventure about photography and research about Dale Chihuly artwork. So far there have been positives and negatives while going through my adventure.
The part that has worked well was getting the initial photos take at the Chihuly bridge of class in Tacoma. That is the main intrinsic motivation in my project, which is why I got it done earlier and made room for it. The negative is the research. It's been very hard to find time to do any research. Since it was connected to my intrinsic motivations I've been looking forward to it but my homework load for school has prevented me in furthering progress in my learning adventure. Since I have a three day weekend, I'm planning on setting aside time to increase my knowledge on Chihuly, but most of all how to tie together intrinsic and extrinsic motivations.

Learning Adventure Path to Success

For my learning adventure, I'm going to Dale Chihuly's bridge of glass and the Museum of Glass to take pictures of his work. Then I'll pick my five favorite pieces to research. For me, success will come when I can honestly explain how my love of photography has helped me learn something new that I never would have known. Through this adventure I want to be able to say that taking pictures is more that seeing beautiful things, but also learning the history behind them and knowing how they came to be.

To achieve my learning goal, I need to learn about the 5 art pieces created by Dale Chihuly of my choosing. First, I'll need to have some background information about Chihuly. For example, when he became an artist, his intrinsic/extrinsic motivations and the challenges he had to overcome to achieve his dreams.

For what I want to learn, I need some resources. I plan to use the pictures I take to decide witch Dale Chihuly pictures I want to research. I'll find my information on the Dale Chihuly website, and see if there is information by the museum of glass or Chihuly's glass bridge (where I'll be taking the larger portion of my pictures), and from books in the library about Chihuly's work and the art of glass blowing.

If I run into challenges, I plan on getting help from my dad or asking my teacher how I could better achieve my goal. My dad is greatly interested in Chihuly's work, knows where to find valuable information about his work and even met him earlier this year. Like I said before, Dale's website is the best place to find information along with the book written about him.