Francesca

Connected learning combines personal interests, supportive relationships, and opportunities. It is social connection for youth, and is built on these three main principles. Reflection drives learning in a connected space by: 

• Returning to experience – that is to say recalling or detailing salient events.
• Attending to (or connecting with) feelings – this has two aspects: using helpful feelings and removing or containing obstructive ones.
• Evaluating experience – this involves re-examining experience in the light of one’s intent and existing knowledge etc. It also involves integrating this new knowledge into one’s conceptual framework. 

Overall, connected learning happend when students come together and share their common interests and ideas for change, but also reflect and evaluate their situations.

Overview: Hive Fashion is a MacArthur funded program designed to connect members of the Hive Learning Network with fashion industry professionals. One of the main goals of Hive Fashion is incubating innovation.

1) Interest Powered: Hive Fashion supports teens with fashion-related interests and connects them to mentors and industry partners who help nurture and develop interests in fashion from multiple entry points

2) Peer Supported: Much of the program is structures, but teens can socialize with their peers and other participants from around the city with the same interests.

3) Academically Oriented: This partnership allows teens to build the technical skills and provide real world validation for their products, but also gives them the opportunity to see how these skills are applied in a professional setting and experience first-hand the artistic/career challenges associated with producing specified products for a target audience. Through this and other projects, teens connect with artists/designers/stylists who have furthered their own interests in fashion through higher ed and careers. They also promote skill building through "badges" to make mastery visible and help students develop initial skills and advance/develop them. They also learn how to make their ideas culturally and socially relevant to their lives.  and  The stylists and mentors are students number one source.

4) Shared Purpose: The focused projects in the program allow the teens to work with adult mentors and work on completing a project goal, simple or lengthy/multi-phase, it doesn't matter. Youth can work with both peers and adults to build skills/projects. Design challenges help develop cohesion among participants and mobilize their interests while producing something they themselves made.  

5) Production-Centered: They focus on production as a means of building skills and achieving goals in both large and small projects. Mentors provide individual support for the development of technical skills through the design and production of photos, blog posts, images, and actual garments. 

6) Openly Networked: The Hive Fashion iRemix site gives teens the opportunity to connect online with both peers and mentors. The iRemix site is a CLOSED social network allowing teens to connect and providing a space to showcase their work, provide critiques, and coordinate projects/ideas. Projects at all stages of development are curated in galleries on the iRemix site. Their profiles display their participation and skill mastery badges. They can also export their iRemix work to public sites like Tumblr, Facebook, and the Style Bias blog. Mentors use social media like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram to connect with the teens, showcase their work and promote Hive Fashion activities.

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This week, I practiced a new cut crease look everyday and documented it in pictures. Overall, it was really fun learning how to do a cut crease and can confidently say that I added a new skill to my makeup bag. 

This week, I moved on from the basics to actually following tutorials and recreating them. I found a video on youtube from Denitslava's Makeup called "Sunset Cut Crease" and watched her steps carefully. I gathered my palettes, followed the tutorial exactly, anf my first attempt turned out great!

This week, I researched what went into a good cut crease. I already had an understanding of basic makeup and other eyeshadow techniques because I do it everyday, but I never succeeded at cut creases, which frustrated me. I decided to turn to the internet for some help in what goes into a good, long lasting cut crease. All of the videos I watched and articles/blog posts I read all mentioned having a good concealer, specifically MAC Pro Longwear, to help the glitter eyeshadow stick. I unfortunately don't have the budget for MAC concealer, but I found that my $3.99 Essence Camoflauge concealer worked just fine. 

Good teaching to me means easy-to-follow, passionate instructing. If you are not passionate about what you teach, then you are not getting through to the students. Communication is key when you're a teacher because students look up to you. You want to make students motivated and support them as much as you can. 

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1) Half Cut Crease Makeup Tutorial - YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com › watch

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