Blog #9 Students Feedback

As the semester is coming to an end, so are my SIL workshops. I have had the privilege of being an SIL for a composition stretch course. I decided to end my last workshop with a reflective paper that allows students to think back to our semester workshops and answer four questions. One questioned asked them to describe what they learned in my workshops. The second asked them to reflect on a workshop that best stood out to them, and that I should keep for my future students. The third allowed them to criticize me, by suggesting what I can do to enhance my workshops. Lastly, I asked them to provide a piece of advice to my future summer bridge students (something they will want them to know, or be aware of). I was super amazed to see how much writing they turned in. Some students literally wrote two pages. I was very happy to hear from them the fact that they liked the lesson that involved Instagram, and the postcard project that let them use both text and image. The students wrote that they would love to have more lessons like those, for they feel comfortable working with social media. Another student mentioned that through these projects she was able to make friends in the class. I truly believe that bringing social media into the classroom creates a more motivated learning environment and a collaborative learning classroom, for students socialize more with peers and have a stronger communication with their instructor.