The Garden

Thank you all for helping me grow my garden!  It is a beautiful thing to be able to reflect on my identity as a teacher via a medium that allows me to actually express myself as an individual. Blogging has challenged me in ways I didn't expect and helped me expand my outlook on the learning possibilities of multimodal composition. I found myself thinking deeper about our course and my relationship to the content in a way that I may not have through writing traditional responses. Having to consider outside sources, media, and image when reflecting through this journey allowed me to make personal connections and generate new ideas about my teaching.  More than anything else, I have loved being a part of this community. I feel like I've learned so much about everyone through reading their blogs and seeing reactions to my work. I think this experience has brought us closer together as a cohort and opened the door for vulnerability and creative expression.  While I love all th...