Wheelock College Blog Comment on Making Learning Visible and Storytelling by Natalia Lundin

As an early childhood education major here at Wheelock, my future student's learning and individual needs will be my biggest priority throughout my career. Throughout taking the course Making Learning Visible here at Wheelock College, I have learned information regarding story telling, how to document information such as a child's learning and development, how to respectfully and positively critique, and much more. This class has focused on the documentation of specific areas of learning, such as in a classroom where children are in dramatic play or in a specific moment of one's life. Learning how to tell stories through documentation has been one of my biggest take aways from this course. We as a class have seen examples of documentation in public school settings, in Regio Amelia schools, and in people's everyday lives. Throughout this semester, I have completed three digital stories where one was done independently and two in a group. We worked to create PowerPoints, poster boards, and photos to portray our work. In doing so, I have learned the different aspects of documentation and what it truly means. Documentation doesn't have to just be a list explaining what was done. Documentation can touch on a specific activity, a moment in one's life, a moment in another person's life, and many more. Looking towards the future, I hope to be able to conduct documentation within my classroom. I want to keep track of how my students learn and what steps they choose to use in order to do so. I did not expect to learn what I did throughout this course and I am thankful that I took part in this class. Storytelling is something that occurs every day, and in everyone's life. I now feel equipped and prepared to document a variety of aspects in my life and I am excited to use this information in my full time practicum next fall.