This has been a very informative class. I have been introduced to blogging (which I found out that I love!). I love being able to read my classmates thoughts and see the projects they have created. Although we have been together for almost two years now, I have still found a lot of insight in reading my classmates’ blogs. Many of the lesson plans I reviewed during the class, including my first Twilight lesson plan posted for this Unit, was found by reading teachers’ personal blogs. The work I’ve done this semester has convinced me that blogging is a great tool for the classroom. It is a very easy way to keep everyone connected.
Dr. Trathen has given us an endless amount of research tools for materials, instructional strategies and lesson plans that will serve us well in our classrooms. Each of the lessons we created in this class can be taken directly from our blog and put into use in the classroom. Not only do we have our own to use but all of those posted by our classmates too. I am very proud of all that we have created in this short semester!
My favorite reading was Pirates in Historical Fiction and Nonfiction: A Twin-Text Unit of Study. It showed first hand how much fun teachers can make the curriculum for their students when they have the proper tools. I also loved www.teachertube.com. I had never used it before this class. I know that I can use it to find lots of resources for my classroom one day 
