Not only did this assignment require me to really consider the questions carefully, but it also required me to go back through a lot of information that I was given throughout the institute. By going back through the information, I gained a deeper understanding of both SIM and Learning Strategies. I felt like it really just solidified my knowledge and will allow me to feel more confident when I am in a PD session and questions like these are asked. As helpful as it is to have the document, going through the process of finding the information and writing it into the document was the most valuable. It really allowed me to deeply learn and store that information in a way that I had not previously learned it. At this point, I am not even sure if I would have to rely too much on my document. In addition, this process also afforded me the opportunity to locate some other resources and information that I had never seen before which ended up being very helpful in answering some of the questions. Having these additional resources will be helpful for guiding people in the right direction when they have questions and for myself in creating PD.
After I shared this document with my mentor and received some feedback, I realized that it would be important to think about my answers through a different lens. I went back through my answers and added some answers that felt more like my own language rather than the language of the resources I had found. I feel like this will be more personable to whoever I am responding to. In reflecting on this feedback, I realized that my mentor hit the nail on the head. More than likely, I would not read it word for word, but will paraphrase it in my own words leaning to a more casual register rather than the formal writing style that I wrote it in. This feedback was very helpful in helping me refine my document and make it more useful for PD.
After I shared this document with my mentor and received some feedback, I realized that it would be important to think about my answers through a different lens. I went back through my answers and added some answers that felt more like my own language rather than the language of the resources I had found. I feel like this will be more personable to whoever I am responding to. In reflecting on this feedback, I realized that my mentor hit the nail on the head. More than likely, I would not read it word for word, but will paraphrase it in my own words leaning to a more casual register rather than the formal writing style that I wrote it in. This feedback was very helpful in helping me refine my document and make it more useful for PD.