Hannah Bontrager
Prof. Schurman
14 February 2012
Blog 10
While reading these pages I found myself thinking, I didn't know that there was so much work involved in creating a conversation! I knew teaching would be hard work, but I guess I didn't realize that I would have to prompt my students to participate in class discussion. Then again, I do see you having to prompt us sometimes. I like the idea of having students work in groups and ask each other questions to help prompt thoughts. I really like the idea of forced free writing. Having students just continue to write without stopping after reading them a piece of literature is an awesome way to spark thoughts that they may not have been thinking before. My brother is in a creative writing class in high school and they free write at the beginning of every class period. He has mentioned several times that he was just blabbering to keep his fingers moving but then thoughts came up with thoughts he never knew he had in his head to begin with. Creating conversations may be difficult at times, but conversation and language skills are some of the most basic skills that, no matter how much technology is invented, will always be needed, and they are worth teaching and learning.
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