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The Electric Sunshine Project CIC is lead organisation for Blackpool’s newest community arts space; The Old Electric. Providing a unique location for creativity in the heart of Blackpool.
Offering shows to enjoy, activities to take part in, opportunities to learn, develop and grow, plus many more experiences besides; their purpose is to ensure that arts and creativity is accessible for all Blackpool communities.
So this is your chance to get involved!
Our Friends Electric is a learning playlist that provides a range of activities to encourage you to explore and experience The Old Electric.
It’s a chance for you to volunteer, take part and work with others, embrace new experiences and learning, consider your health and wellbeing as part of the experience and grow and recognise your improving confidence.
Activities to complete
Complete the following activities, earn badges and you will see your playlist progress updated
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Through this activity we invite you to reflect on how you best learn, when you learn, what you learn and the challenges to your learning.
21st Century Skills: Embrace learning to learn - to be aware of how you learn and the learning process, know how to find information and apply it to your needs and own situation.
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Activity 3 - To Learn or not to Learn? That is the question. Get this badge
The owner of this badge has completed the required 5 tasks required for To Learn or not to Learn? activity which forms a part of the learning playlist Our Friends Electric.
The skills, knowledge and attitudes gained and demonstrated through completing these tasks are built around the 21st Century Skill: Embrace learning to learn - to be aware of how you learn and the learning process, know how to find information and apply it to your needs and own situation.
More specifically it includes:
- Reflected and considered their own learning style and preferences.
- Researched and considered stretch, comfort and panic zones when considering their own learning.
- Reflected and shared learning gained through an Old Electric activity.
- Considered and shared new learning experiences for the future.
- Considered and shared what skills, knowledge and learning experiences they could facilitate with others.
Completing these five tasks means they have successfully worked to gain the To Learn or not to Learn badge and are now on their way towards achieving the overall Our Friends Electric badge.
You have to finish all tasks to get the badge
Tasks
Evidence verified by: one activity organiser
Task 1: What do you think is your preferred learning style?
Do they match or are they different? Share how they are different.
Evidence verified by: one activity organiser
Task 2: Research and find out more about the stretch, comfort and discomfort zones in learning and share a couple of examples of when you have been stretched and one when you were in the panic zone?
Evidence verified by: one activity organiser
Task 3: Reflect further about your participating experience at The Old Electric and what did you learn practically, about yourself and about others? How could the learning experience have been improved for you?
Evidence verified by: one activity organiser
Task 4: What’s next on your to learn list?
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Task 5: Some say that the best way to learn something is to teach it. What would you feel confident in teaching and sharing at The Old Electric? How would you approach this?
Location
Springfield Rd, Blackpool FY1 1QW, UK