SyllabusCritics221Fall2009

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Advice
At the end of the semester, Practicum Block students were asked, "What advice would you give to someone who's going to take this class?"
 * Be aware of your Major. If you are certain you want to be a teacher, this class is you for you. -Unknown
 * Be prepared for each class and stay on top of the work. Use all of the resources provided to complete the work.-Unknown
 * Save all paperwork-Unknown
 * Take this class if you want a basic understanding on some of the most important pieces of becoming a secondary education teacher.-Unknown
 * Have a working laptop because of the amount of time we use them.-Julia
 * Keep up with your blogs.-Susan
 * Be open-minded when coming to this class and do not put down others. Respect one another!!-J.V.
 * Remember be creative and have an open mind.-Unknown
 * Come to class, don't get behind!-Susan
 * Be ready for blogging and a lot of reading the Wiki.-M.H.
 * Come up with ideas for discussions.-Unknown
 * Keep track of your completed work and make sure you don't get behind.-Unknown
 * Take Block Dos!-Unknown
 * Don't underestimate the time that each assignment or project takes. None of them can be completed in an hour.-Rachel
 * Be active in learning the technologies, don't just let your team do all the work.-Tim
 * Be familiar with you computer-Jordan
 * Be ready to utilize technology-Unknown
 * Be prepared to work. It's also a fun class so be ready for a good time.-Unknown
 * Be open to new ideas.-Unknown
 * Don't panic when your plans on a project don't work out. This is practice in terms of thinking on your feet.-Unknown
 * Redo any of your assignments when given the chance-Unknown
 * Stay positive.-Unknown
 * Find the thing that will keep you motivated-Brittany

Surprises
At the end of the semester, Practicum Block students were asked, "What surprised you most about this class?"
 * That this class depended a lot on each other-Unknown
 * How many ideas I gained that are very useful for my future classes.-Susan
 * How much we used our computers-Julia
 * How much blogging we had to do and that we had a lot of group discussions.-Mike
 * How much time I felt was wasted. (There were lot of times I felt like I could have been doing something productive, but the class agenda made for a loss of those opportunities.)
 * We used technology a lot in this class and incorporated technology with our studies.-Unknown
 * How much stuff there is on the Internet that I could use for teaching.-Julia
 * How fast it went and that I could not keep up with the reading or the blog entries, there was a lot of work.-Amy
 * What I got out of the course.-Unknown
 * How much we used the computers in class. -Unknown
 * It didn't feel like a teaching course, It felt like common sense.-Unknown
 * How the subject matter effected my mentorship. I often found myself relating in-class discussions to real-class situations.-Unknown
 * The lack of understanding I had on what is acceptable in a classroom.-Unknown
 * I thought the class would be more fun filled.-Unknown
 * All of the different aspects you have to keep in mind while teaching.-Unknown
 * I love technology but haven't experienced much type 2 technology in school, so I was skeptical about having a whole class on technology integration. Now I really am excited about incorporating type 2 technologies into my classroom.-Rachel
 * At times I felt held back.-Unknown
 * I made it through all of this work and I am proud of myself for that.-Unknown
 * How easily I picked up on the use of some of the technology in this class. It gives me confidence to know that if I can learn easily how to use iMovie and software like that, then students can too. The software is fun to use to, which also surprised me.-Unknown
 * How many paper cuts you will get.-Brittany