This Semester

I have learned a lot this semester in all of my classes. After taking this class, I feel that I have a much better understanding of language arts instruction. I knew what language arts was but I didn't know the specifics. What I knew about language arts was from what I remembered from when I was in elementary school. It was interesting to learn which aspects of my language arts experience were beneficial and which parts were not as effective. I now understand why certain things are done in language arts instruction. I also have many ideas for my future classroom. The field experiences really allowed for this process to be complete. We not only learned about language arts instruction, we learned how it is applied. I will take a lot away from this class. In addition to learning how to teach language arts, I also became a better writer. The book project made me think about the writing process and I will use that knowledge for other projects and papers. This class made me think about my writing instead of it just being a habit.

I would definitely use blogging in my classroom. I think it is a cool way to have kids journal. Children love computers so they would be excited about journaling in a new way. The only concern I have is access. Some kids don't have computers at home so I couldn't assign blogging for homework. If I only had one computer in my class, it would take a long time for every student to blog.