Blog 2

I read over my classmate’s blogs this past week and I really enjoyed getting to know them a little bit better.  When it came to talking about the syllabus, I saw that a couple of people and myself seemed really psyched about the Elizabethtown Project.  When I read Kayla's blog she stated that she was confused about how the education majors at Elizabethtown were going to see our blogfolios.  For some reason I didn't think of that.  At all.  Also as I read Adrianne's blog I saw that she said that she is definitely not excited about teaching English because it is her worse subject.  I can definitely add to that.  English is my WORST subject.  I honestly am worried about teaching it.  It's just so many things about it that I am scared I might leave something out.

The "Writing to learn across the curriculum: Tools for comprehension in content area classes" article is great.  As I read it and how it was talking about the differences between writing to learn and learning to write and the many strategies suggested helping students, review, summarize, and prepare for assignments.  It had me think about the CIR 407 class I took last semester where I learned about all the different types of strategies for comprehension.  A lot of the strategies listed in the article such as the guided writing procedure is a really good one.  Reading this article was very beneficial.  I truly enjoyed it.

During class, we watched the TED video.  I absolutely loved it!  He made sense of everything!  The two exercises that I tried were Savoring and Silence.  For savoring I listened to my dishwasher.  I wouldn't say that it was something worth 'savoring' but it was okay.  For silence, I tried it this morning when I got up.  I just laid in bed and zoned out.  I really liked that.  It actually helped me relax.  Just hearing complete silence let me rest and handle all of my thoughts without any disruptions.