Blog #8- Assessment

 I have thoroughly enjoyed my opportunity to blog my Service Learning journey.  Looking back over the blogs now, I remember concepts and experiences that had slipped my mind, and I appreciate the reminder of things I need to know and remember.  I believe I will continue to journal in this blog as I continue my education journey, just so I can look back on topics I want to remember and use in my future classroom.  

I believe that with each module I have been able to make connections between my course work and what I am seeing on a daily basis in the classroom.  In fact it has been my favorite part of this course.  I am fortunate to have a very responsive cooperative teacher, because I often barrage her with questions on why she has done things a certain way, or if she is trying to acheive a specific outcome?  These questions have always stemmed from my coursework and something new I have learned.  She has also been patient with me and allowed me to share new knowledge or stats I've gained and especially when I've watched the included videos of techniques that are highly successful in other schools, I've shared those ideas and asked if we could try a few of them out.  Sometimes she even agrees.

I believe that part of the reason my blogging has been so successful for me, is that the questions we are asked to answer, and the connections we are asked to make are so perfectly spot on with the course material.  And, strangely enough have, always seemed to correspond perfectly with something that has happened in my classroom that week.  I don't know if that is just coincidence, or the fact that my eyes were more open to it because of my blogging.  I like to think it's been a little bit of both.

The biggest growth I've seen in my blogging is my own need for humilty.  When I started this course, I have to admit that I thought I knew it all and would breeze through it, based on the time I've already spent in a classroom.  I can see my own pride in my first few blogs.  But, as the blogs progress I can see how little I really know and how exciting it was to learn something new.  That has been a big growth factor for me,  seeing my own need for growth and that I really have no idea what I am doing.  But watching my teacher utilize many of the skills I learned about has humbled me to just shut up and listen, and perhaps I'll be as amazing of a teacher as she is, someday.