Journal #1

I'd like to start off by saying I am really excited for this class. The first day is when you get the feel for what a course is going to be about and I cannot wait to learn how to teach different learning styles.  In education alone everyone has a different way that they learn.  We saw this on our first day through our North, South, East, West activity.  We all prefer a different way of going about activities and events.  We could also see that we all used our right and left brain in different proportions than our neighbor.  This stands true for the students that I will be teaching in special education.  They all will have different ways of learning.  As their teacher I need to be prepared with different ideas and ways in which I can approach classroom material with them.  This course can teach me to open my mind to new ideas and strategies, that I too hope to instill in my students one day.  I cannot wait to dive deeper into the content for this course because I know that we are all going to gain so much!