Reflection
When I first signed up for this course I did not know what I was going to expect. I was pleasantly surprised with what I learned. All the projects where practical and fun to do. They also challenged me to not only improve myself in the classroom but take it outside of the classroom and improve my life. This is what I took out of the genius hour assignment and hope to use it with my classes.
This is how I hope to reach my students. I would like them to receive a great education but take what I taught them and use it in the real world to better their lives or others lives. For this reason I hope to use the genius hour assignment in my classroom. I will like to have them create a semester long project with a write up every week and responses to other classmates. This will show the students creativity and get them out of their comfort zone also.
The class has also made me think how much the classroom has changed when it comes to technology. I realize how much I rely on it and how much the students benefit from it. I have found many new applications and websites that are great resources for my students and me. I plan to try them out the following year.
I really enjoyed the feed back my fellow peers have been giving me through the assignments. It makes it more personal and I feel more invested because I don't want to let them down. They were motivating and helpful when it came to advice on the genius hour and the unit plan. I really felt they were sincere and wanted to truly help.
I would recommend this class to all my peers and feel they will get a lot out of it.
Thanks for sharing, Jose. I'm glad you had a worthwhile time in the course and that your view of genius hour is positive; hope you use it in your classes and make it your own.
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