Class Reflection

As a whole, I think this class exhibited some really great ideas and strategies when it came to teaching. The fact that we participated in a writing workshop, not only allowed us to express ourselves and grow as writers, but it also allowed us to become better commentators of writing.
I think that the strategy demonstration activity was useful in that it allowed for us to exhibit a little bit of our own teaching style/methods to the rest of the class, and it provided ideas for the rest of us to use in our future classrooms.

I appreciate the Unit Plan and most of what it entails, however I felt like some elements, mainly the endless reflections, became rather redundant. There is only so much (and so many times) a person can reflect on the same occurrence of events before they begin to doubt their own sanity!
While I can see how the out of class readings with the blog posts is a way to motivate students outside of the classroom to read required texts, I did feel sort of jilted over spending times on things that did not hold any significance in our class meetings. I appreciate the fact that this blog is a tool to get our ideas out there and to communicate with one another. I see the value in this sort of open conversation, but I would have appreciated a stronger tie-in what is actually going on in our classroom.

I did enjoy the use of the wiki, especially as a collaborative online text. I think it is a great way to assemble a multitude of ideas by various people. I also liked using it for my writing portfolio. The fact that I could designate everything to its own specific page made fulfilling the assignment less hectic.

I really enjoyed this class, especially our group therapy sessions! Thank you everyone for helping me survive this semester!