Week 3

I began this week working with my mentor in ironing out all the details for the week, and were there details. I didn't realize how everything that you did had to be documented extremely thoroughly. There are so many tiny details to remember that my brain is going on overload. What a great 21st Century Skill: "Demonstrate productivity and accountability by meeting high expectations." Everything I do must be documented and I am accountable for the results of my decisions and my work and I need that documentation to back up what I did because there is no way that I can remember everything. I guess one way to develop this in students is to allow them the chance to make revisions to their projects and give them the time necessary to do quality work, which I know they are capable of doing. I can already sense within myself that I am getting better performing various lab procedures. The scientists here are extremely patient with me and understanding, sometimes I need things repeated more than once. I guess students are no different and if they know what we expect they will rise to those expectations.