Reflecting and Wishing

In reality, my main wish is that I had submitted the surveys to my experts sooner. As the daughter of a religious leader, I realize how very busy, these servants get and, therefore, why I only received one survey back. When doing this project with my students, I will definitely have them interview an expert as a part of their information seeking. The answers from a person that we can see versus a book or an online article make everything feel much more personal. I have learned a TREMENDOUS amount in such as short time not just about world religions, but about technology, digital photography, and mainly, myself. There have been many, many frustrating moments yet the triumph of coming close to the end of this project quite amazes me. I recently attended a workshop where the speaker spent the entire time trying to help teachers understand the way kids feel. His statement reverberated in my head throughout this entire project; the statement "Students do not think the way that you do, but they feel the way that you do." In other words, those feelings of inadequancy, frustration, intrigue, and triumph, are things that they will more than likely feel as they move throughout the project. My goal will be to walk along side them with understanding and empathy for having been there myself.

I enjoyed the use of gimp, picasa, inspiration, and learning to use and upload a screen shot in this project. All this is so new and exciting to me when I moved beyond the frustration level. My professional links and resources are cited below.

I hope you learn something; more than anything else, I hope you walk away knowing that believing in a God bigger than we are makes life much more joyful. Shelly

Professional Sources:

www.religioustolerance.org
www.workersforjesus.com
www.doe.state.in.us
www.picasaweb.google.com
www.temple.abi.org
www.onlinecfc.com
www.brescia.edu
www.thirteened.online
Armstrong, T. (1994). Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
Callison, D. (2006). The Blue Book.
Gardner, H. (1993). Frames of Mind.
Marchant, K. (2003). Great Religious Leaders.
Martin, M. (1985). The Kingdom of the Cults.
Stripling, B. (2003). Curriculum Connections.