My favorite project this semester, and the one I'm most excited about, was our Multigenre Literary Autobiography. I'm hoping to use this as an introduction to the school year, and really get my students thinking about all the literature that is present in their lives and that has shaped them. When I was creating my own presentation, I found myself realizing that the media I had been exposed to when I was younger truly did shape the person I had become today, and even molded the teaching ideals I hope to model.
I'm currently very interested to see how the facebook project concludes. Because of all the controversy swirling around using facebook in schools, I was curious as to the reaction of the school district when the idea was presented, and how they would feel in the aftermath. I believe it to be going well so far, and am amazed at how motivated facebook makes students in terms of speaking out about their opinions on literature they were reading within the classroom. I'm hoping that I will have the opportunity to teach in a school district where the administration is open to me experimenting with new ways of incorporating technology and projects such as this.
Overall, I feel this course was definitely instrumental in opening my eyes to different approaches to teaching literature, and making students more interactive with that material. As society keeps growing more dependent on technology, I feel it's going to critical for me to follow up on the topic throughout my career and adapt my lesson plans to the generation I am hoping to reach.
