Before this semester, I was a little hesitant to invest my time in forms of social media like Twitter and Tumblr, mostly because I saw them as a distraction. That said, I was a little wary of my New Media Writing class when I read the syllabus and realized that our first major project required […]
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Hello! This week has been just as busy as the last, but I do feel productive. I was not planning on going home this weekend, but my great-aunt passed away Saturday morning. I’ll be leaving Thursday after my 7 to 10pm class, and then driving up to Philadelphia to see my family. Sometimes things happen […] After studying in Costa Rica last semester, I found myself yearning for Spanish. I blasted Spanish music in my car and tried to read Spanish newspapers, but I missed being immersed in the language. I missed the consistency, the stumbles, and the feeling of pride that grew with my conversation skills. Luckily, I was offered […] Tonight, in my education class, I had to teach a 15-minute reading-based lesson to the other students in my class. I never thought that teaching a class full of teachers would be so intimidating! While I was very nervous to receive criticism, however constructive, from my peers, I did not realize how helpful it would […] |
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