summary and synthesis

Summary and Synthesis – This class is one of my favorites. I like how we actually get to participate in hands on activities as we are taught to teach. In all my other classes we are simply talked at and told to use these techniques in our classroom but we never get to see them implemented. One issue I have, which is probably just because I like to know things, is how we are given problems but not provided the answers, even after several weeks of working on it. I find it frustrating and a bit discouraging but I know that it is also because I am not used to this way of teaching. I learned a lot. One thing is the names of the strategies that are used and also different ways to ‘attack’ a problem. I also learned that as we are going out into the school the standards are all going to be changing over to the core standards rather than state standards. I have learned that I speak too quietly and am always unsure of my answer, therefore causing me to not get involved very often with the conversation in class. I am one of those people who is afraid of being wrong.