C4T Summary Post

The teacher I was assigned to this time was great! His name was Tom Johnson, and he named his blog "Tom Johnson's adventures in pencil Integration." The first blog I commented on was about show and tell in his class. His class had to go home, sketch an item, and write a few paragraphs about it. The next day they would do "Show-and-Tell" in front of their classmates to describe the item. Mr. Johnson started off with his which help lead into the rest of the class. Some of the comments stated that it wasn't right to make the shy kids get in front of the class. I disagreed, because after reading the post it showed that the assignment really helped the class get to know each other. Plus, everyone should know how to get in front of peers and speak.
The next blog I commented on was my favorite. It was titled "How will people see Us?" The class took a few pictures and the students kept serious poses. The students began to ask questions pertaining to the future. One question was "Will people think we did not joke, or laugh, or have fun since we aren't smiling in our pictures? Will people think kids were always serious?" I had never thought about this before. Maybe the way people took pictures in past generations was just a sad moment or day, but really they had a lifetime of happiness. Maybe we take pictures the way we want people to believe we lived. Smile to make people think we are happy, frown to let someone know it had been a bad day, or a serious pose to let people think we were more intellectual. Either way, the camera leaves a small legacy on our lives.