Self-Evaluation and Unit 2

Working with Kellie to evaluate one another's work was an eye opening, nerve wracking experience. It was an experience to have someone critiquing my work at the same time that I am reviewing theirs. Beyond that, being able to see things that someone I admire has done with the same project was very informative and an excellent learning experience. By seeing the hard work of a classmate and the differences in our projects I was able to improve my own work and open my mind a bit when approached with assignments.

Working with Ms. Bozorth was a joy. Using what I learned with Melanie and the aspects of Kellie's evaluation which I could improve on, I was not daunted by this project. Ms. Bozorth was open minded and enthusiastic. She has such a positive attitude and a desire to make lessons that are friendly for all of her students. She also gave me a great focus for this unit. She is going to be living in Costa Rica for a year through WorldTeach. We will be doing a project that will have teh students researching cultures of Spanish-speaking countries. They have a difficult unit coming up so this lesson will be a good place for them to relax and use their creativity. She has never collaborated with another teacher or librarian so she was relieved to have help in planning.

Negative reflection

Since I was in Ireland this reflection is behind. I realized this week that I somehow missed the past several Coolest Things I Found post on Facebook. This is something that was significant enough that I feel I have to reflect on it for my own growth. I need to take my future courses day by day and manage my time better. I shouldn't get so caught up in the "big" assignments that I miss out on the benefits and lessons from the smaller assignments. I have started thinking ahead to future projects and I believe that for the second unit I will be doing something different. I am very comfortable with writing units with English literature so for the rest of my projects I am hoping to let literature take a backseat so that I can focus on the things I need the most practice on.