SyllabusCritics221Spring2016

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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?"
 * I don't care how long you thin you've been able to skate by while doing everything last minute, if you try that in this class you will have a lot of late work. This is coming from someone who has never subscribed to this school of thought in his life.
 * Be organized, creative, and have an open mind.
 * Get out of your comfort zone and learn new technology.
 * Be prepared. You will have quite a bit to do with this class and Dr. Grace's class, so be ready. Make sure you manage your time wisely. Also make sure you do a good job on every assignment the irst time around. I twill help you at the end of the semester so you can sit back and relax while everyone makes up work.
 * Use the time you have wisely. Don't take another class with this unless you know it's not going to have much work. Get your work done on time. Work ahead.
 * See Theresa for time extensions, she's flexible! Don't wait 'til the last minute to do things.
 * Naturally you will become close with everyone in your class, but what really helped me is having a few people I got really close with and that I could talk to and depend on.
 * Document this experience from Day 1 so you can see how far you've come.
 * Just do the work! Like, don't procrastinate because you will die.
 * Get to know the other people in your class, it makes group projects easier.
 * Give the technology a chance. have an open mind with everything because you can do amazing things. Also, be open to your peers' ideas, they come up with great ways to use technology in classes!
 * Look ahead on the syllabus. There's NEVER a day off. "It's not over 'til it's over."
 * Being in the schools is NOT three weeks without homework.
 * Try your best to take note of the big concepts. There are important things you will carry with you after this course.
 * Patience.
 * Don't stress, work can be redone.
 * Just have fun with it. And take everything seriously. Seems like a contradiction but you'll get through it.
 * "Nothing easy is worth doing."

Surprises
At the end of the semester, Practicum Block students were asked, "What surprised you most about this class?"
 * How sometimes things felt silly but it all tied together.
 * how I can function with no sleep and like coffee now.
 * MooseTech was unexpectedly fun.
 * Technology is more than Microsoft.
 * How many different projects were being done at once.
 * You really can come up with a way to use technology in every lesson at least a little bit.
 * I was surprised by how much I was capable of!
 * How much tech exists, and how the progression was very slow and then very fast.
 * How much technology we actually ended up using.
 * One thing that surprised me was how much my mind was stretched during this semester. I had to think more and be more creative than I ever have been before.
 * How things in this section relate to Dr. Grace's class.
 * You'd be surprised what you actually pick up on. I thought I knew technology very well coming in, but I learned a lot about how to use programs and about new ones I've never heard of.
 * I was surprised about how much I didn't know about technology before this class.
 * How easy the work would have been if I worked along the class pace.