A journal is a window into how learners are responding to course activities, content and experiences. Empowering the learner (and ourselves) to express what we know, how we have come to know it and the significance of the learning in diverse and multi-modal ways, opens up windows into our thinking. The power in journaling provokes dialogue about authentic assessment and offers a platform to celebrate/curate diverse forms of expression. Participants will discover a variety of resources helpful to prompt journaling, engage in conversations of assessment and be inspired to use journaling in their courses. Join us in a carousel of stations, pair and share debriefs, photographs/samples of reflective thinking and take away the link to a shared folder of resources. David uses journals in many aspects of mentoring/teaching in the Graduate Diploma of Education (Nature-Based Education + Experiential Learning), in his varied professional work and in summer adventures.
