This is the last one of the year!!! : D Well, Claire, as we both know, I was definitely NOT happy about having to make a blog at the beginning of the year! Overall though, it hasn't been too bad. Originally I thought that we were going to have to do it every week and I wouldn't have enjoyed that at all haha. Turns out that it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be and I enjoy reading about Claire's time in her PDS and I value her feedback :) My small group facilitator commented each of my posts last semester, but I don't think that my new one has. Also, no one from my PDS reads this so I really think that it's basically just me and Claire on here!
One thing that I would like to maybe see changed, but I'm not sure how, would be that I feel like I'm more a part of the Foreign Language department than I am in the Education department. Maybe it's just because I have more Spanish classes during the week than EDUC and so I see the people in those classes more often, but it was just something that always bugged me a little.
It seems weird to we that I'm already a junior and only have one more year after next! It seems like it was just last week that I was a freshman who wanted to be a theatre major, then a photography major and many more until I finally settled with Spanish. My question for you, Claire would be 1.) Do you feel like you are more closely tied to the English or Education department and 2.) what was your favorite part about the year : )
Oh! And also to your comment on one of the blogs about incorporating music in the English classroom, we just did a section on poetry in my Spanish Lit. class and we talked about how songs are actually poems just put to music and then we all had to do a hw assignment where we broke down the lyrics of a song that we liked : ) Just a suggestion, it was pretty fun though!
Soo, I'm going to start backwards. I am glad that your song/poem assignment went well because I had an idea that I plan on implementing that is very similar to that! I am really interested to see how it will go.
ReplyDeleteI am very glad that you found a use for the blog.. I did enjoy reading about your experiences very much, so that part was cool. I think it would be a lot better if our mentor teachers could see this and either post their own or comment on ours too.. for some more professional feedback from them. BUT, I love hearing your opinion as a peer for sure!
As for your questions, 1) I feel equally tied, I think, just because it takes me so long to complete some of the education assignments or I think about how I will complete them so often during the week that my time is not limited to the classes, you know? I think I over-think the education stuff sometimes, but I am working on it.
2) My favorite part of the year has to be the project we just presented in 400 today... I think it went really well and our college-aged class, REALLY got into it! One of our classmates turned to me and said something like "I've had so much fun with this assignment. I wish we could do more things like this!" and it seemed so genuine, it was awesome. It gives me hope that maybe the high school kids can be as motivated when I keep trying with my lessons at North Marion High. How about you favorite part? (If you get a chance to respond to this again, anyway).
Thanks for being an encouraging blogging buddy! I hope we can stay connected over the next 2 years!
~Claire