I cannot believe our first semester is OVER! I am amazed and thrilled that I made it. It was not as bad as I thought it would be and it was as bad as I thought it would be. J There were highs (posting that project and paper after DAYS and DAYS of sweat and stress) and there were lows (having no idea how to do all the assignments and then just taking a deep breath and diving right in!). Mostly there was learning...lots and lots of learning!
Now that I am expected to sit and reflect on all that I have learned this semester, I have blogger brain freeze! O no! This has never happened to me before! I guess I should start with my reflection on 7400 since that was my first ever grad class. This was my first taste of panic that I had felt in a long time! The first assignment of finding an engaged learner video was very daunting and I was shocked when I actually accomplished it. After completing the assignment, I knew that I could do this, but it would be an uphill battle the entire time. I feel like that first very hard task really helped me to understand what the engaged learner indicators mean. Everything we did built off that one task and it was worth it. I am still in awe that I created an engaged learner project and it is not this horrible piece of garbage!!!
7410…huh. I really enjoyed the reading in this class. For some reason, the only thing I can remember doing is that paper! AHH! It is still haunting me! It was a task I never thought I could do when I first read the syllabus, but now looking back on it, it was not the end of the world. J I am expecting to think this a lot as my grad school career progresses. Most tasks will seem like a mountain, but once they are done, they are just a molehill. This was actually my favorite class out of the two (even though 7400 was a close second!). My mind was really opened to the troubles and turmoil’s that face administration and trailblazers. I have seen some of these things before, but it was interesting to see the principal’s perspective. Too much power for me, but I do understand the power better and how it is used as a principal all the way to a lowly teacher like me. Everyone has some sort of power in the education world, if it is only the power of suggestion. No one can make someone else change, but you can always offer to help and sometimes that is just enough to change a whole school.
Now that I am expected to sit and reflect on all that I have learned this semester, I have blogger brain freeze! O no! This has never happened to me before! I guess I should start with my reflection on 7400 since that was my first ever grad class. This was my first taste of panic that I had felt in a long time! The first assignment of finding an engaged learner video was very daunting and I was shocked when I actually accomplished it. After completing the assignment, I knew that I could do this, but it would be an uphill battle the entire time. I feel like that first very hard task really helped me to understand what the engaged learner indicators mean. Everything we did built off that one task and it was worth it. I am still in awe that I created an engaged learner project and it is not this horrible piece of garbage!!!
7410…huh. I really enjoyed the reading in this class. For some reason, the only thing I can remember doing is that paper! AHH! It is still haunting me! It was a task I never thought I could do when I first read the syllabus, but now looking back on it, it was not the end of the world. J I am expecting to think this a lot as my grad school career progresses. Most tasks will seem like a mountain, but once they are done, they are just a molehill. This was actually my favorite class out of the two (even though 7400 was a close second!). My mind was really opened to the troubles and turmoil’s that face administration and trailblazers. I have seen some of these things before, but it was interesting to see the principal’s perspective. Too much power for me, but I do understand the power better and how it is used as a principal all the way to a lowly teacher like me. Everyone has some sort of power in the education world, if it is only the power of suggestion. No one can make someone else change, but you can always offer to help and sometimes that is just enough to change a whole school.
I know that a lot of people are ready to change the world after this semester. However, I am not a quick to respond type of person. I like to think things through before acting/responding. I am like a sponge. I am absorbing all the information and just when you think I am dry, I squirt all the information back at ya! Just wait until I am ready to squirt!!!
