Assignment 5C

1. What difference did you notice in your choice of topics in the first part of the class versus the topics found in the texts My California and Train Go Sorry?
When we examine the things that I wrote about during the beginning of class compared to what we’ve been writing about lately we will see that they were based on my own general opinion and on whatever information I could find on the internet.

2. What difference did you notice when you read your classmates work regarding the same topics versus your won opinions? Did their works make you think of something different?
I thought it was great to look at my classmates work. It helped me to open my eyes and look at things from someone else’s perspective. It also helped bring up a few things I hadn’t thought about or that I hadn’t investigated. I was able to learn about different places and different things through the blogs of my classmates because we all decided to take on different assignments when it came to towns, monuments, and other things. This really focused on Freire’s thoughts of students working together and teaching one another.

3. How would Freire and the idea of dialogue and scaffolding play into your answers?
I think that Freire played a big role in our class. His whole idea of students learning from one another was definitely used throughout our class and it was also a huge part of each assignment. We would have to look at a classmate’s blog and post about what they investigated, what they thought, and what we learned from their post. It became very helpful and it seemed as though we got a lot done through the whole class. This process allowed us all to work together and gain knowledge from others.