This semester felt slow at times, but overall I am surprised that it is turning into the second week of December (Mondays are the beginning of the week in my mind).
Thank you to those of you that commented on my blog, although required as part of the assignment, I feel that the comments were helpful, thoughtful and friendly. This assignment made me feel part of a community of thinkers, rather than just a class. It is nice to interact! As Mackenzie pointed out in her last blog, teaching can be a lonely profession. It is lovely to have the discussions and interactions of this course to file away. I also like to think that the loneliness can be held off by creating a class room environment in which your students feel they can actively discuss and discover their own writing.
I am actually writing my Praxis paper on the blogging assignments- and how my perception changed over the semester. I was very apprehensive about being back in the classroom, feeling a bit out of place and overwhelmed. I felt like a nameless soul among people who already knew each other, and the blogging give me the opportunity to get to "meet" my classmates. I only wish we had gotten to hear more of the memoirs! Those and the One-pagers were the other windows into each of our personalities.
Thank you!
7 comments:
Jackie, I am so glad you enjoyed this blogging experience as I did. Your insight and thoughts in class were very informational and valid too.
I agree with you wholeheartedly. I often dreaded the blog every week, especially if I didn't have a good idea of what I felt like writing on, but overall it was a positive experience, I got to know my class better and felt like I had a community of people that had similar feelings that I did. Also great idea on the paper!
I completely agree Jackie. I loved reading what everybody had to say each week. If only educators could find easy ways to collaborate with each other like this! Thanks for your posts. :)
I enjoyed having class with all of you, and I would agree that this blog was a great experience. I see myself incorporating it into a classroom in the future
Jackie, It has been wonderful to read your writing this semester as well! I would love to read your paper! (would you maybe make a blog post out of it?)
I loved reading your blog all semester. I actually really enjoyed the blogging in this class, something I really didn't expect.
I agree that the blogs created a sense of community more than I had anticipated. As my semester picked up more and more, the blogging got pushed to the back burner. I felt bad about doing it-it seemed like I was disconnecting myself from everyone else. I also completely agree that the memoirs and one-pagers, along with the blogs, let us hear everyone's voices.
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