Reflection-Kist

This past semester has been filled with interesting experiences and some stressful schoolwork.  One of my favorite parts of this past semester was going to Firestone High School.  Any time that I get to be involved in the school setting I become very excited.  I really enjoyed working with my student again and I believe the students really valued our time spent there, helping them with their OGT's.  I was able to see different methods of test preparation and I was able to attain more hours of individual tutoring.
I also really liked our Multi genre Autobiography project.  One of my favorite class days was when everyone presented their projects to the class.  It was interesting to see what books, movies, television shows, etc. we had in common.  It was also really interesting to see what modalities I had forgot about to put into my own power point.  I have always recognized and respected the impact that several books and music have had on my life, but I never really thought about the impact that they ALL have.  I really wish that I would have started this project earlier, so I could have a record of everything that I have read, watched, listened to throughout my life.  I would definitely implement this project into my class in the future. 
One of my favorite sections that we covered was the film unit.  It was a very cultural experience to go to the Cleveland Film Festival, and I wish that I would have been able to see more films there.  It was humbling to  hear what the people had to say about the various films, and it really set the tone for the audience before viewing each particular movie.  What I did not like about this unit was the shot-by-shot analysis.  I understand that directors, editors, and so forth devote a lot of time to shooting and editing movies, but analyzing each shot became very redundant for me.  I respected the scene just as much as I did before I completed this assignment. 
The project that I will probably most benefit from is the canonical wiki project.  It was time consuming to put together, but I really believe that we all use this site one day to help in our future classrooms.  There were a lot of really creative and fun ideas that I had never even thought about.  The wiki is so easily accessible it would be a waste not to use.