Observation:
Through all of these different posts, I was encouraged to make my own conclusions. I observed many different behaviors in the classroom, observing different classroom management skills from both the students and the teachers. It was important for me to learn to reflect positively and learn as much as I could from the experiences I saw. One thing I need to work on is recording my thoughts in a better way. It’s hard for me to write down every little detail and that usually isn’t necessary, but if I don’t record anything, by the time I try to reflect I forget a lot of details. I need to find a happy medium that works for me to remember my observations efficiently.
Question:
It is important to include questions throughout to keep smooth transitions and make the sections build off of each other. The blog will run smoothly and all the ideas will connect transitioning the reader to the conclusion. We don’t want to leave our readers at the end with many questions about them not understanding what they just read.
Research:
Using hyperlinks in the posts are important. It provides the reader not only with the sources but with more information from the site if needed. By providing books, videos, etc, the reader is informed with an adequate amount of information needed about the specific topic. Also as a blogger, more information and other websites will give us incite as to what we can elaborate on and incorporate in our posts.
Reflection:
We should reflect on the different sections individually to see where we need to improve and where more information is needed. Including open ended questions and rhetorical questions keeps the reader engaged and wanting to know more about the topic. Also by keeping the audience engaged, we are asking them to reflect on the topic with us and review everything as a whole.
Technology:
There are so many benefits of technology in the classroom. We can link information right in our posts so that the reader has easy access to it and can find out more information if needed. Also, my knowledge with technology has increased dramatically and it will continue to increase as time goes on.
If I were to experience this R2P project again, I would make the posts due closer together so our observations can relate better. It’s hard with the field experiences only being once a week so we have so much to observe each week to put into our posts. This project has really taught me a lot about how to observe different things, research them, and relate them to other ideas. I also have never really blogged before so learning all of those aspects are a really good take away from this project. To the next ERCH 496 students, I would tell them to really stay on top of the posts and record as much data as they can in the field. It is important to take notes but not write every single little detail down. Maybe make little notes so they can remember later on exactly what they are talking about. I think each post should vary a little bit from week to week to keep the writer more interested. I think a new item should be incorporated each week to keep it interesting. Yes, the topic changed each week but I think the way the blog post or podcast was done should change.