I had a love-hate relationship with this blog. I felt stressed about it most of the time because we had to have 4 entries of each type; I sometimes felt like I would never come up with enough ideas. However, my classmates all had this fear, so we discussed it in class pretty often. This turned out to be pretty great because we all gave each other new ideas, and that was pretty exciting. I don't practice Spanish outside of class like I should, and this blog really helped with that.
Near the end of the semester, I had an amazing "Ah-ha!" moment when reading one of our assigned articles. It said something about students needing to make connections to the language they are learning in class to the real world, and this blog forced us to do just that. I never realized how much I encountered Spanish and could practice it, even in my own home.
I believe that this blog was a good idea, but it felt overwhelming at times. I mostly enjoyed the conversations that it sparked in class. It forced us to compare ideas and strategies. I plan on doing something similar to this with my students in the future, but I'm not quite sure how I would change it yet.
All in all, I can look back on this blog and appreciate the time and effort that I put into it. I feel that it helped me get over a little of my anxiety because I had to think outside of the box and do things that I normally wouldn't have (like attending international hour). I guess you could say that the love-hate relationship eventually transformed into a thankful love. :)
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