Throughout the semester, I made efforts to contribute to the learning of others in the class. While I wasn’t the greatest at being a vocal participant, I made constant engagement through comments on my classmates blog and staying a bit active on our Discord.
Here’s the breakdown of how I contributed and support to our learning projects.
Reading and commenting on other classmates’ blog posts each week had helped me stay connected to what everyone was learning. I tried my very best to leave encouraging, and meaningful comments on blog posts that spoke to me or showed a lot of progress. Here are three of those example:
Adair’s Plant Propagation Project:
Adair shared her accomplished in finally propagating cutting after so many attempts, and I was super excited for her, so that I had to leave a comment to cheer her on:
Carys’ ASL Happy Birthday Video:
Carys did a thoughtful thing for a family friend that is deaf and learned how to use ASL and sing “Happy Birthday” to that friend, and I really thought that was such a meaningful thing to do! So I had to comment about it.
Morteza’s Calligraphy Challenges and Practices:
Mort gave us an update on his calligraphy about refining it by modifying to a 52-degree slant. I found his commitment and challenges inspiring, so I had to comment.
Even though I didn’t directly respond to my classmates’ messages on Discord, I made an effort to stay engaged and actively posting throughout the semester. I shared updates on my learning project about astronomy, and participated in class discussions and group work, and put my thoughts on the weekly topics.
I posted 8 times in the Discord group, which helped me stay present and helped me along the way in this class and to let others know what I was working on and what I was having troubles with.
Although my contributions weren’t in the form of constant conversation or resource creation, I tried to consistently show up. Commenting on classmates’ blog posts and being actively engaged on Discord has helped me feel like I was part of a supportive learning environment. I learned that small encouragement or sharing progresses with each other can go a long way in making classmates’ feel seen and heard!
This class made me realize that learning ins’t always about personal achievement, but about building space where all of us can grow together.