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Top three personal interests:

1. Music, Singer-songwriters (Lewis Watson)
2. Blogging sites, Tumblr
3. Calming activities, colouring books

Top three academic interests:

1. Differentiation in classrooms
2. Relationships in learning, especially throughout primary schools
3. Sociological understandings

Minor edit from coloring book page

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Coloring books are a form of adult therapy that have seen a growth in popularity in the 2010's. They reportedly bring people a sense of their childhood,[21] and help with developing fine motor skills and vision, reducing anxiety and creating focus, and relieving stress and anxiety in a manner similar to meditation.[22] Concentrating on coloring may facilitate the replacement of negative thoughts and images with pleasant ones.[23] Coloring books can be used in daily activity.[24] The books are also a way to get away from technology, which some regard as beneficial to people's health.[25] They can be used by people who are uncomfortable with more creatively expressive forms of art.[22]

While coloring books for adults were popular in the early 1960s, those were satirical works rather than the therapeutic works that define the adult coloring book form today.[26] The first commercially successful adult coloring books were published in 2012 and 2013,[22] and began increasing in popularity in 2015. In April of that year two such coloring books became the top sellers at Amazon.[27] By November it was reported by Amazon.ca that the books were a top wished for item with nine of the top ten consisting of such books.[28] Also that month Crayola began offering its own line of adult coloring books.[29] Publishers also began packaging some of their colouring books with pencils and CDs.[30] Sales in the US continued to grow in early 2016, but began to fall by year end, with less newcomers trying the pastime.[31]

Adult coloring books are offered digitally, via ebooks, digital apps,[32] and coloring pages that can be colored online or downloaded. Users' digital work-products can be saved and shared.[12][33] Dominic Bulsuto theorized that the trend of digital purchasing helped the spread of the genre, noting that the relative anonymous nature of the act allowed customers to feel more secure perusing books they would be embarrassed to buy in real life.[27]

By 2016, Faber-Castell, a worldwide color pencil supplier, was reported to have trouble keeping up with demand for their products due to the craze,[34] while Blue Star Coloring sold over a million titles in one year.[35]

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Coloring books are a form of adult therapy that have seen a growth in popularity in the 2010s. They reportedly bring people a sense of their childhood,^[21] and help with developing fine motor skills and vision, reducing anxiety and creating focus, and relieving stress and anxiety in a manner similar to meditation.^[22] Concentrating on coloring may facilitate the replacement of negative thoughts and images with pleasant ones.^[23] Coloring books can be used in daily activities.^[24] The books are also a way to get away from technology, which some may regard as beneficial to people's health.^[25] They can also be used by people who aren't as comfortable with other extremely expressive forms of art.^[22]

While coloring books for adults were popular in the early 1960s, those were satirical works rather than the therapeutic works that define the adult coloring book form today.^[26] The first commercially successful adult coloring books were published in 2012 and 2013,^[22] and began increasing in popularity in 2015. In April of that year, Johanna Basford brought out two coloring books called "Secret Garden" and Enchanted Forest", which became the top sellers at Amazon.^[27] By November it was reported by Amazon.ca that the books were the most top wished for items with nine of the top ten consisting of such books.^[28] Also that month Crayola began offering its own line of adult coloring books.^[29] Publishers also began packaging some of their colouring books with pencils and CDs to support the enjoyment of this activity.^[30] Sales in the US continued to grow in early 2016, but began to fall by the end of the year, with less newcomers trying this pastime.^[31]

Adult coloring books are offered digitally, via ebooks, digital apps,^[32] and coloring pages that can be colored online or downloaded. Users' digital work-products can be saved and shared.^[12][33] Dominic Bulsuto theorized that the trend of digital purchasing helped the spread of the genre, noting that the relative anonymous nature of the act allowed customers to feel more secure perusing books they would be embarrassed to buy in real life.^[27]

By 2016, Faber-Castell, a worldwide color pencil supplier, was reported to have trouble keeping up with demand for their products due to the craze,^[34] while Blue Star Coloring sold over a million titles in one year.^[35]

EXCELLENT EDITING - YOU'VE REALLY GOT THE IDEA OF LINKING TO OTHER PAGES

Social Activism Article Action Plans

1. The web-page that I want to work on is about classroom management, specifically extending the stub under good teacher-student relationships. I want to continue to extend this topic, but with further information specifically about the importance of building a strong relationship between the teacher and the student in order to maintain a strong, positive and safe learning environment for students to achieve to the best of their potential.
2. I think relationships for learning between teacher and students is important because it is absolutely crucial in order to allow students to learn in a way that will benefit them. It is a strong and valid point within teaching and evidently holds its importance by being a required standard within the AITSL standards for teaching. Building a strong relationship between teacher and students can impact the overall outcome of the classroom management, as the trust and understanding of how students learn and behaviour will allow for a supportive environment; not only that, it also allows teachers to differentiate and teach all students and play by their strengths. I believe this topic complies with the Notability requirements of Wikipedia as it has reliable and significant coverage, as there are lots of different sources that provide information about the outcomes of relationship building for teachers and students. I believe it is also independent of the subject as all the information about is provided as it is, without affiliation with other factors of education.
3. Checklist

Neutral point of view

Reliable sources

No original research

  Conflict of interest

  Copyright and plagiarism

  Encyclopedic style

4. Research tasks required:

• reliable sources (articles, scholars, journals, books)
• a number of different types of resources
• gather the correct information
• use my own words (read and re-elaborate)
• cite properly, no plagiarism
• no bias
• use information found, no opinions
• correct writing style - fact recalling almost
• adding necessary images or links to enhance the article stub

EXCELLENT WORK!! GREAT AND IMPORTANT IDEA RE ACTIVIST ARTICLE. TO STRENGTHEN YOUR ARGUMENT FOR NOTABILITY [SHOULD YOU PUBLISH AND HAVE IT CHALLENGED] FIND AN ARTICLE OR TWO BACKING UP THE IMPORTANCE YOU PLACE ON GOOD TEACHER-STUDENT RELATIONSHIPS.

Activist article draft

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