Gaby's Portfolio

I certainly cannot say that this class was a breeze for me. There were many times that I felt challenged, but through those challenges and questions is when learning happened.  Week 2: Peer Interaction Task This was the very first peer interaction task in the course (other than introducing ourselves)! I remember I had just gotten into the course from the waitlist and frantically tried to read through the syllabus, figure out how this course worked, how many tasks I had to complete, and whether I missed any discussions yet. I was not sure how much detail to go into and I was still a little hesitant about sharing a lot of personal information as I did not know my group members very well yet. Week 2: Progress Log For our Week 2 Progress Log, we had to reflect on what makes us feel safe, loved, powerful, free, and pleasured. I wrote down my though process for each one before completing the progress log. I had to think hard about myself and what it meant to feel these feelings in differ...

I have spent the semester producing many different pieces of work. Though the work was mentally challenging at times, I researched and learned about information essential to creating better classroom environments for my future students. Assignment 1: Students with Special Needs      For this assignment, I chose to research students who are deaf and hard of hearing. My research focused on how teachers can improve these students' experiences in the classroom and inform teachers on their specific needs. After summarizing my research, I wrote a letter to myself stating three things I will do and three things I will not do when working with students who are deaf and hard of hearing. I then wrote a poem from the perspective of these students that reflected their needs when learning in the classroom.     The research was, of course, an essential component to this assignment as I would have been unable to complete the letter and the poem without the research. I decided ...