My Semester Reflection

Wow! This semester has zoomed by but at the same time has seemed like it is lasting forever. When I first came into this class I thought that I already had all of the resources that I would use in the classroom but I was completely wrong. I truly enjoyed this class because of how patient my instructor was with us. I felt comfortable enough to come out of my zone and be creative with all of my projects. I found resources that I have never used before and that I know I can use later on in my classroom. I cannot wait to use these resources and influence my students like my instructor did me. I sure hope that I have the patience and knowledge. I am working on it now but I know that all of that comes with time. My favorite assignment that we did this semester was the webpage. I loved being able to research the items that I wanted on my page. I got to put things on there that I knew would not only benefit my students but their parents as well. I also loved the rubric assignment because you cannot always use the standards rubrics for every single assignment. With this resource, you can manipulate it to grade exactly what you want it to do. This is neat tool that teachers can use to show the students exactly how they are grading. Students will appreciate knowing just exactly what they are being graded on. Throughout this semester, I have not always understood every assignment but I have figured each one of them out. I loved being challenged by my teacher and feeling a sense of accomplishment as I am typing this last and final blog. I feel totally prepared to use my new findings in future college classes as well as the classrooms that I will be teaching one day. I think that all your classes should be like this one and you should be comfortable enough to ask questions and actually learn what the teacher teaches you. Learning should be a fun experience and one that you as the student will remember forever. Last but not least, the concept map software can be used for all sorts of things starting with the business world all the way to the regular normal day life. Like I said, I cannot wait to use all of the stuff that I have learned!