January 18, 2017
Today was the first day of my urban gardening class. I have to say that I am a bit nervous. This is an important project and I hope that my students feel the same way.
After class:
This was a wonderful first class. I have 16 students (I allowed an extra). Usually I don't do this, but I had a very persistent student. He emailed me three times begging to get in. He showed up for class and WOW, he is very knowledgeable about gardening. This was a good decision. The rest of my student base are young, first semester, gen studies majors. I have one student who is a pastor on he Eastside and wants to learn gardening so she can build a garden. One of my other student's own a restaurant.
The students seem enthusiastic and ready to get their hands dirty. I mentioned that this was a pilot, there will be a lot of trial and error and if they do not want to get dirty, this isn't your class.
I am allowing the students to plan their own path through the semester. Not sure if this is a good idea.
Students will need to complete the research paper, reflection and times writing. Other than that, they make he decision what to do.
I asked the students to design an avatar. They seemed to enjoy it. Our class conversations were beneficial and positive.
Submitted application
Started journal entry one
stared class blog
designed an avatar
watched a film
discussed pro/con to this class.
