Blog 11 - Overall Inspire Academy Experience

Reflect on the entire experience after teaching the two days in the academy.

I think the esperience at Sandtown was just what we needed. It was nice to talk about these new methods in class, but to actually be able to put them into practice and observe how the students react when made to construct their own knowledge gave us real insight for the future. I was impressed with several of the girls. They really have taken an initiative in math - Lauren especially. She reminded me so much of my smartest girl from last year. I think this method is empowering for both girls and boys. Students can get engaged and bring in prior knowledge to construct new ideas. This is exactly what we saw this week. I'm so glad we had this opportunity.