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Open-ended definition Here you have a very simple definition of what open-endedness is and how it is done in not just a classroom but also in everyday life.  The purpose of this mini- project is to look at how effective are we in using this tool to help our students learn not just stuff in school but become life-long learners.

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Mini Project #2:

Micro and Macro Communication: Unification in Purpose

What We Can Learn From Babies

Taking a lesson from the world's youngest thinkers.

"The Moral Life of Babies" by Paul Bloom. Published May 3, 2010 in The New York Times Magazine.

 The Discovery

Fortunately, my high school provided powerful science and math teachers that infused me with the idea of exploring the world according to science.  After earning a degree in Biology; I continued into graduate studies in Oceanography and Marine Science. Naturally, I wanted to use my knowledge to "save" people of the Philippines by joining the Peace Corps. I decided that my expertise in the Intertidal zone would transfer to demonstrating techniques for Mariculture.

Acting/the work of an actor or actress, which is a person in the theater, television, film, or any of the storytelling mediums who tells the story by portraying a character and usually speaking or singing the written text or play.

Science/a systematic enterprise of gathering knowledge about nature and organizing and condensing that knowledge into testable laws and theories.

As a teacher and actor, I never once thought of the correlations between acting and science until this institute.  I know that acting is a form of communication as is all of the theater arts, but having gone down this inquiry based road for the past three weeks, I'm seeing things in a different light.  Communication stems from many things.

...an agent of change via being a career educator.  Formerly a Special Education and School Administrator, I also serve as an adjunct professor and educational consultant.  I have earned 4 degrees; 3 academic and 1 service.

...an ordained Minister and an active member in a community based church, in addition to serving Pastors, their family, staff, and Ministerial needs via my purposed filled Ministry.  My credo, "Serving Him by Serving His Servants".

...a 1st and 2nd level certified Holistic Consultant which includes (but is not limited to) massage therapy, listening and venting therapy, herbal remedies, and hand blended organic Anointing and Cooking herb infused olive oil.

My name is Cleat Dobbins and this is my third institute at Bryn Mawr.  I teach Drama at The Spring School of the Arts in Philadelphia.  I also teach adults affiliated with The Spring School.  The Arts have been part of my life for as long as I can remember and I feel very strongly about it's effects on children and our culture as a whole.  Children in all schools should be exposed to the Arts in order to get a sense of how the Arts can and do effect the lives of all human beings in a positive  way.