Reflection

I was quite surprised by everything i learned and how I am now trying to think differently about reading and new literacies. I had never taken an online course before so I didn't know how i was going to respond. i was able to keep up with all the readings and I even read them. I learned many things that will help my students. I am going to try to accept watever my students are reading. As long as they are actually reading I am satisfied. If I make some of them read a novel, they will just stare at the pages.

I think that blogging would be a great activity for my students. They could keep a personal journal. i am thinking about assigning blogging time instead of silent reading time. They would like it becuase it has to do with the computer and most of my students do not have access to a computer at home.

I really like the idea of fan fiction. It is very difficult to get my students interested in learning. Through fan fiction they will already be interested in the stories so it will make teaching writing alot easier.

I found the reading about gaming to be eye opening. Before the reading i never viewed a video game as any type of learning activity. I can now see that gaming can develop problem sloving skills along with many other things that can be used in the classroom.

I liked the structure of the class. i never felt at a loss. I knew Dr. D was just an email away.

Update on my life....

just incase anybody cares. Easter was nice. My sister had Easter and her husbands family came over. We get along with them well and we had a fun day. It was little crazy becuase there were 3 dogs running around and barking during dinner. My sister has a 2 yr old black lab and a 3 month old black lab. Bodie the litttle one is quite the devil. We played the 90's game and I was on the winning team with my brother-in-law. I have been working like crazy to get my grad work done so I can go to FL next week and not be stressed. I went to my first yankee game of the season last week. It was freezing cold. It even snowed!!!! I hope the week goes by quickly!!!!!