Personal Concerns and Next Steps - You may blog about genuine personal concerns created as a result of the experiences in this course. (Please note: If you blog on this item be sure to provide sound rationale for your concerns and what steps you are planning to pursue to address your concerns. This is not an opportunity to vent, be constructive and professional about it. Don't complain about something unless you offer a better alternative or solution.)

I guess the biggest concern that I have about this class is that I'm not used to learning math in this way. I am used to having Math teachers tell me how to do a problem and then turn me loose to practice they way they showed me how to do it. It is going to take me some time to reach into my own brain to try to figure out how to do different math problems. I think that by learning how to do this I will be a better Math teacher.

New Insights and their Implications

I think that this class has been very productive so far and the activities that we have done have been ery helpful. I agree with Brittany that math was taught to us in a very routine manner. I think what is most interesting is that in the past year, our classes and instructors have been telling us that there is going to be a new shift in education. I did not know what it was going to be like until this semester. I think that we, as future educators, are intimidated by the fact that what we have observed of teachers over the years growing up and going through the K-12 system, is not how we are suppose to teach. I also think that it is interesting that during class, everyone including me, is hesistant to answer questions and have an opinion. I think that this class is goign to be very interesting and a great learning experience for everyone.