Blog Post #8 Late - 12/8/15

We are using this blog format to assess the connections you are making between your Service Learning Placement and your course work for this course.   You might say it is a portfolio of your learning.  Look back over your portfolio and reflect (self assess) on your own learning.

• Are you making connections between course topics and Service Learning?  
• Have you been able to articulate your own learning and understanding?   
• Is the process of blogging helping you to think and notice things in your Service Learning?  
• In what areas do you see growth or learning from the first blog post to the last? 

I think making connections between course topics and my Service Learning experience was made, but sometimes difficult to identify in an everyday classroom. I remember the week we were learning about different kinds of learning was difficult to write about because whenever I attended Miss Gledhill's classroom it was typically at the same time of day, so they were always doing the same things: math worksheets, reading groups, maybe a science video and maybe if I was lucky I was able to tutor. It was hard to make connections with such a stale schedule. I know now that Miss Gledhill does more with her class, but I learned that through an email trying to write about her class. 

I think writhing about my learning experience has always been easy for me, so I really enjoyed writing about what stuck out to me throughout my visits. 

Yes, I think writing about my thoughts during Service Learning made me notice details that I don't think I would have otherwise really processed or really thought about. 

I think my blog posts became more detailed, yet more concise. Depending on your perspective, that can be a good or a bad thing. For me, I think it's a good thing. I was more able to summarize what I learned and observed in a more timely manner. As I skimmed through, I saw that I used to really address the thoughts of the reader. I think that's just something that I do in normal conversation anyways, but for the sake of the assignment I don't think it's necessary.