Learning Begins Again

From the first class I realized that we are going to teach to digital learners. There will be no more paper used throughout this class, no hand outs, all digital. The majority of professors give many hand outs and their class is strictly pen and paper, which can get boring so I am excited to see how a digital class will work. Digital classes are more interactive and exciting especially when teaching to young students, so I am looking forward to see how to incorporate digital learning into my lessons. As far as my other classes go, they all seem to be pretty good. I'm taking a history class with a professor I had during my freshman year so I already know how his class runs. I'm taking the IEP class, which I'm very excited about because my mom works in an elementary school and is in an inclusion classroom, so I learned a lot from her but I'm excited to learn more and be able to talk to her about things in her class based on what I learn in mine. The last two classes I'm taking are religion and English. The English class is called women's writers, and we will be discussing their views on writing and how they developed through a mainly male dominated subject. So far the class seems interesting which is always a good thing. I'm excited for this semester, I know it is going to be overwhelming but I am up for the challenge.

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