Assignment #9 Ed 3602 Exit Card

All in all I have found this class to be both beneficial and enjoyable. I have enjoyed that there has been much time in class for group discussions, and sharing of ideas and experiences, although I sometimes found that too much time was given for the discussions. That is to say that at times I was a part of a group that was not entirely sure if we were doing an activity correctly, and would do what we thought the intention was (not sure if it was right or not) and then move on to random discussions. I understand that the point was to have us work together to create solutions, but it was sometimes frustrating to find out that the solution we had come to was quite diverged from what it should have been. Maybe a few more examples done as a whole class would have been helpful, prior to seperating into groups.

I feel that this class has benefitted me in gaining a deeper and truer understanding of the wide spectrum of learning disabilities, and how I can work towards creating an inclusive classroom setting, aiming to meet the needs of all students, at all levels of learning abilities. Having had the opportunity to learn more and view videos of differentiated classroom settings has offered great insight towards my future teaching strategies and methods. While some of these ideas seemed overwhelming at first, I appreciate that it is not expected to happen over night, but through small steps we can all work towards a safe, community orientated classroom, where studnets needs and goals are being made at their according academic levels.

I think it would be beneficial for future students to be given more class time to work on the wiki assignment, especially as it is worth such a large portion of the overall mark. As well, there should have been some class time for the organization of groups to take place for the second set of chapter reviews. I think that the fact that so many people submitted them late is a reflection of the fact that with no class time given to discuss and organize for this jigsaw activity, as well as orientation day to prepare and head out to, the reviews fell to the wayside, as even the creating of groups had been rather random. While I understand that class time is precious, I still feel that some portions of it should be designated for projects to atleast get organized and underway.

I will finish this blog the way I began and repeat that all in all I feel that this class has been both beneficial and enjoyable. I have gained a greater awareness of exeptionalities, and strategies for teaching these children within an open-minded and inclusive classroom setting. I have had to question and expand my own prior paradigms of soem of these ideas, and think th atthis has all been for the better. Thank-you Maurice for your time and expertise.