Blog Ten: What I’ve Learned

Wow! How has this semester flown by so quickly! What a journey this has been.

I feel like this semester has been such an amazing opportunity to learn and grow, and being able to document a part of that journey through these blog posts has been so meaningful. As time went on this semester, I began to see that what I was learning in this process could be utilized and taught in the classroom. This wasn’t necessarily my initial intention but I’m so happy it ended up turning out that way. Not only was I learning things for myself, but it taught me lessons that I can embed in my future classrooms. As we have continuously talked about this semester, the amount you give to a classroom, the more you get. In all honestly, my biggest goal right now is to become the best teacher I can be. I am in a constant search for new tools that I can use to teach my future students to become successful life-long learners. I too am still learning and these lessons play such a vital role in accomplishing this. In my future classroom, I hope to create a space where every student has the chance to work on building the best version of themselves. I want to support them on their journeys in finding and understanding who they are and what they want to become. Having an outlet both here and in my journal over these past few months, where I have pushed myself to become the best version of me that I can be, has been such an amazing experience. It’s almost April and I am so proud of my accomplishments so far! I really hope that I can replicate this feeling for my future students so they can reflect on their time in elementary as a positive and accomplished time.

I feel like learning how to create a website was really cool this semester. I can envision myself using something like this to hold a lot of future lesson plans and ideas. These websites are super accessible and are such a great collaboration outlet. So far I have created a google drive of everything I have completed in terms of lesson plans and assignments! It’s so easy to get wrapped up in lesson plans on the internet and having a space where I can store and share my ideas is something I want to create in the future. As for now, I hope to continue this journey as this (and future years) progress. Thank you to everyone who tuned in 🙂 

All the best to you,

• Emma