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week 3 reflection

This week I struggled a lot to keep on time with all my assignments. I also realized I titled my blogs incorrectly so I apologize for that.

This week I learned a lot. I will be honest I didn't know there was a difference between gaming and gamification. I find myself thinking a lot about my experience in high school during my French class. I am very curious to learn more about the games the Spanish teacher used during her class. It would be interesting to look at if there is a difference in retention or success rate of students in the french vs spanish class. Just something I have been thinking about.

Something else related to that I wonder if the reason the French teacher didn't implement games is because she was an older teacher who had been teaching for a while. The spanish teacher was younger and was a fairly new teacher. This seems to be an important factor when it comes to trying new ideas out in the classroom. This is why to a point I am working on my masters before having my own classroom.

This week my textbook finally came in. Gotta love living in Alaska when they say and item will be delivered one day and it arrives 1.5 weeks after that date. But finally its here and I am really enjoying reading it so far.

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