A highlight of my project was when I did my workshop for the class, I was very stressed out. I don't know why but I felt like everything was going to go wrong. My class and Mr.Ted were extremely supportive of me and helped me not only improve my workshop but also made me feel safe and comfortable with with I was presenting. After I presented I felt much better about working with the kids and my overall stress level dropped.
Something that I was proud of was my presentation in general. I struggled a lot with finding a topic that I felt was interesting and that I myself wanted to teach the kids. In the end I was truly happy with what I was presenting. Not only did I find it interesting, I also was excited and passionate about teaching it to the kids.
Lastly, I was happy that I talked to Ted about my stress and got a result that I was happy with. I was extremely stressed out about my project and what I was going to present because I wasn't happy with the topic. Before I was supposed to present I talked to Ted about my stress and why I wasn't happy with my product. We talked about what I could do from that point and we ended up with a solution we were both proud of in the end.
What would I do differently?
The biggest change I would have made is to have spent more time on choosing a topic that I enjoyed and could build a lesson around. The main cause for any stress I had was because I felt like my lesson wasn't interesting that the kids wouldn't enjoy learning about my topic. I could've easily solved this problem myself in the beginning if I chose a topic that was easier to create experiments about. I over complicated things, and thus stressed myself out an unnecessary amount. I would also make sure to communicate with Ted throughout the entire project about how I'm feeling about it. Ted helped me a lot in choosing a better topic and I know it would have helped me a lot of I had a conversation with him about different topics earlier. This project really just taught me to always communicate and make sure I'm happy with what I'm doing.