And we’re back! After a very long hiatus, I have returned to the PLP classroom due to the quarter system my school is doing this year (2 classes for 10 weeks each then a switch). Of course, there’s a new project, this time we are crafting a “second brain” through a note taking system called zettelkasten. Zettelkasten connects core ideas that are derived from more informal notes. This project has so far been unlike anything I’ve ever done with PLP, it really focuses on the small steps and planting “seeds” of knowledge rather than a larger more focused and direct project (e.g Bluesky (2019)). Historically speaking, the smaller, stepping stone like aspects of projects have been the areas I’ve struggled with the most, and so far this has mostly been an exception to that rule.

We have been doing lessons on turning points throughout history, every lesson we write a “Literature note” which summarizes the lessons and allows us to take meaningful ideas from the lesson/resources provided by the teachers, we then put those ideas into our ever growing network of Zettelkasten notes. I’m fairly proud of my Riverview closure note as well as my Watergate note, because I was able to connect those to ideas I was already passionate about. 

Right now, I’m very busy with both things inside and outside of school so I’m honestly kind of pleased with how I’ve been keeping up with PLP so far this quarter, but I know that I do have the ability to extend my work to higher levels and also stay organized a bit better (this evident as this blog is being uploaded a day late) I will aim to do better as we move forward with this project.