Final Blog Prompt

I have already talked about how coming up with lessons that were successful has surprised me but what has also surprised me is that I have not had to be such a planner like I usually am on the trip. Here, I never know what time I am going to go to dinner or do somethings. It has more been like, oh are you guys hungry? Yes ok lets go to dinner at wherever and we get ready and go. Usually I want to know how my whole day is going to go. It does not bother me when things do not go as I plan them, but I just like to have a general idea. It has not bothered me at all either not having a plan. If someone wants to do something and I want to do it too, I just get up and go. It has been really nice and I hope I can continue to do this once I get back home.

This blog has been a very helpful tool on the trip. It has been a way to communicate with all my family members back home about what I have done. Instead of telling everyone every detail about my trip, they can read and ask what they want about specific trips I went on or anything they want me to talk more about. It is also a place that I can write about and reflect back on when I want to rememeber this trip. Unlike the journal I have, I can incorporate pictures into the blog posts. Also, it has been a way to communicate with my students from my internship at Murrayville. They really like the pictures and hearing about what I am doing. They are able to ask me questions about what is going on. Then I am able to reply back to them. I know a lot of them are really excited to see pictures. They also will now have some information for anything they want to know more about when I go back to visit them and tell them about my trip.

Blogs are a great communication tool because anyone who has internet access can see it. Whoever sees it can leave comments that the writer can also answer back. As a teacher, it will be a useful tool to have for parents of the students in my classroom. I can use it to post assignments and worksheets and what is going on in the classroom. It can also have useful links the students can use at home. That way, everyone including the students, will always know what is going on.