Are you in a (dis)comfort zone?

Self-efficacy is the belief in your ability to succeed in achieving a specific goal or task. The higher your self-efficacy is, the more you believe you are capable of accomplishing the task.

After the video, you’ll have a chance to reflect on connections to this course. 

As you watch, what resonates with you? 

Pair activity

• Talk with your partner(s) about what resonated in the video for you as it relates to the flower pot.

• After about 5 minutes, you'll report out by 

  • introducing yourself: name, pronouns

  • sharing one takeaway from your conversation

Use the moodle checklist to indicate you have completed the following:

• Read the Syllabus and email me with questions

• Sign the Fimbel waiver 

• Create a web site for the course.

You'll be creating a web site to document your reflections and tangible projects. 

This will be how you submit your work.

1. Create your web site using the platform of your choice (such as a google site or wordpress). 

2. Set the permissions for your site: 

   • You can choose to make your web site public, shared with Mount Holyoke College users, or private to the instructor and TAs. 

3. Pick a site name that is specific to you and this class, such as MaryLyon-iDesignF24.

4. Submit the URL on moodle.

You will use the skills from class to create your own paper circuit project:

• a glowing flower pot

OR

• any other paper object of your creation with at least 1 LED that responds to user interaction

Requirements

On your web site, post:

1. Documentation of your process, including successes and failures. You should include:

• Pictures/video of your process

• A final video or collection of photos that demonstrates the final product

2. A reflection on the project and how it relates to the topics of self-efficacy and mindset, using the prompts below. You can choose to write the reflection (4-5 paragraphs) or record it as video/audio (3-5 minutes).

• • Look back on the project as a whole and consider whether your comfort levels have shifted.

    • Was the flower pot in your comfort zone initially? What about now?

    • Do you notice any changes to your self-efficacy and/or mindset in one of the associated areas (circuits, paper crafting) as you worked through the project? 

  • Challenge yourself to step back and think about any parallels you can draw to your learning journey at large, using these prompts:

• Have there been courses or co-curricular activities that you have embraced or turned away from because you felt more/less in your comfort zone? 

• Looking back, did mindset or self-efficacy factor into this?

• If you were to revisit a decision to embrace or turn away from a course/activity, what would you tell your former self?