Sachi's English Class Reflections

**EDIT: I just noticed I had forgotten to publish this, so it's out of order. This was supposed to come right before my "Working Time #2" blogpost. So sorry about that!** Today, our teacher let us have a working period, so I'll be talking about how the hour went. We didn't make as much progress as we hoped to, but we found some great furniture ideas. One site that stood out to me was Smithsystem, as they had classroom furnitures and gadgets to fulfill all our needs. For example, they had compact individual desks that allow you to adjust the height so students can stand up when they want to feel refreshed or increase productivity. Also, when our group was brainstorming, we decided we wanted to incorporate hexagonal tables so I was mesmerized when I found exactly that! I'm glad we were able to decide on those two products, since the desks are an essential part of a classroom and will allow us to think of even more creative ideas. Then, I did some research on c...

Today, we got into our groups and reflected on our project. Even though we are done with our presentation, learning doesn't stop there! As Mr.Paterson said earlier, reflecting helps us make our next projects better, and I think it really does help! The final project is important, however the PROCESS is too! So, as a group, we talked about where went wrong, ways to avoid that from happening, as well as what was good about our project. I think I should've made every person's jobs more clear. Maybe I should've given each person specific assignments/things to do. I didn't know we were all going to research different things  until it was time for us to present, and I definitely will make sure to do so for the next project since now we know that everybody is supposed to present what they researched about a certain topic. Also, I was told by one of my teammates that I should've let the team know before making a new Google Document ( for brainstorms, research, etc ), ...