A Super Exemplar of Student Initiative
At the end of every simulated year in Civic Mirror, students complete a formative assessment that asks them to rate their performance in four areas:
Success in the Game,- Attitude & Involvement,
- Demonstration of Learning, and
- Initiative.
Students tend to struggle the most with the “initiative” section as it challenges them to “create something above and beyond what the game provides” in their simulated country. This makes sense when you consider how un-school-like this task is… Like when on earth does a teacher ask students to “Create something of value in my classroom that everyone can use and that I haven’t already thought of before.”
This is what makes Civic Mirror so unique, and such a great mirror to the real world of work and learning: those who initiate increase their chances of doing well!
We see some pretty cool initiatives in the CM Community, but when Mr. Tom O’Connor from Elmira District Secondary tweeted a link to his student’s work (below), we were beyond impressed and asked if we could share.
Ladies and gentleman, please meet Nathaniel, a serious talent, a self-starter, and the best comical news reporter we’ve seen participate on civicmirror.com in a long, long time. Hopefully this inspires you to create and initiate too!
Thanks for sharing Nathaniel! We look forward to seeing you on late night TV in 5 years time.
Congratz Nat!!