This week's class was very interesting for me. We started off having a class discussion about the Harlem Shake video that has recently become the latest trend on YouTube. After Allie had told us that we needed to have a discussion about putting it in our digital storytelling video, I started to wonder the reason. After the discussion and the videos we watched on Wednesday, I now realize that we really shouldn't put it in our video. I didn't realize that these people were that offended about this video. I had never even thought of where this mocking video of the Harlem Shake had originated. This is one question that I would someday like to find an answer to. I really felt for these people who felt offended at someone mocking their culture. I would feel the same way if it was something I identified that strongly with. Overall, I'm glad that we had the discussion in class, I thought that it was a very good topic to discuss, and it was a very mature and interesting conversation.
The second part of class, Shelby and Stephanie taught us about our learning styles. I automatically knew my learning style before we took the test. However, I thought that the test was a really good and creative activity to do for the class. I assume that a lot of the incoming freshman that we will be teaching might not know their learning style; it would be a good activity to do with them! I really enjoyed them teaching class on Wednesday, I thought that they did a fantastic job!
I hope you all have a wonderful spring break this week, see you Wednesday!
I liked your idea that many of the incoming freshman next year will not know their learning style so this would definitely be a good activity to do with them.
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I thought the Harlem Shake discussion was really interesting, too. I'm very glad we discussed this and that the underlying issues were brought to our attention before we made the mistake of blindly following the crowd and possibly offending anyone else!
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