FINAL BLOG

I have to be honest and say that I found most of the readings in this course to not be as useful as I had anticipated. I particuarly despised Gee and the nonsense he was talking about video games, I felt it was completley irrelevant. If I had to pick three texts that I found the most useful, however, I would have to say Bean's Engaing Ideas would be my first choice. I enjoyed reading it because of the structure and the relevance. I found his dividing and headings to be very uiseful if I ever want to refer back to it for my own Pedagogy. He had many ideas and stratergies that I tuly believe I will use in the future. For a second choice I would say Writing to Learn" Strategies for Assigning and Responding to Writing Across the Disciplines bu Sorcinelli and Elbow. I liked this book because it mostly talked about useful ways of comunicating writing in the discipline areas. Since I wil be teaching writing in English as my discourse, I found the text intresting. I particuarly liked finding balance in students writing. I learned not to correct everything a student may write, but to let them figure it out by themselves. This is just one useful tip I got from the reading. My third choice would be the online reading "The Joshua Tree" I found this to be very enjoyable! I liked the putting a name on something and the metaphor she gave us when it comes to teaching and learning.

When reflecting on the readings I would say that it was a rough road but I did find a handful of useful strategies when teaching myself. Bean's strategies will deffinetly be looked up by me for ideas and assignments in my own classroom, and when responding to literature I will look up Writing to learn. I may even hand out the Joshua tree and use it as an assignment for a class of my own. Although I would have 100% reduced many readings, I can say that not all of it was a waste. My biggest conclusion is never buy Gee or follow his work.