Entry 13: Student Learning Outcomes
The Student Learning Outcomes that are printed on the front page of the syllabus represent to me as the framework for this course. Each activity we have completed for this course can connect to one of those outcomes. The genre presentations helped to teach us about the variety of modes and genres. The genre pieces project helped us to understand the composition of writing and how audience and purpose play a vital role in an author's craft. I could keep going on and on about how each piece of writing and reflecting have massively connected to the learning outcomes of this course but, there was one activity in which I would argue that all outcomes were touched on and that would be blogging.
Blogging has allowed for me to spend time thinking critically about what we have read and done in and outside of class. This blog has allowed for me to connect my learning with what I have already done as a teacher and has given me ideas for what my future teaching might look like. The reflective nature of this blog has allowed for me to gain a certain awareness of my own learning in this course. I have had to work through thoughts and ideas, change my mind as I am writing something down on the page, push through a multitude of thoughts and ideas. All of these experiences were monumental in my progress in this course. Each week composing a piece and reflecting on aspects of what I have learned has allowed for me to practice thinking critically about my own learning. I will be honest and say that sometimes you become wrapped up in a million other things and ideas and it can be hard to slow down and think about your own progress. This blog allowed for that process to happen. I could spend time thinking about what I thought in regards to certain topics, ideas, and genres. Something not reflected in the outcomes but I felt emerged through this process was it taught me to be a better audience. I am highly aware of the energy it takes to make a blog post and I bring that with me when I read my classmates and others around the web. I am more thoughtful and I engage with the text in a new and exciting way!
I am appreciative of this blog and I feel that I learned how to be a better thinker and writer because of this writing.
I am very glad to hear you are appreciative of the opportunities to become a better thinker and writer, Sam. I wonder if you would also say that because the goal of these entries were for you to reflect on the weekly readings (as well as what your peers had to say about the readings) this blog may have also helped you to become a better reader too?
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