Hey Guys,
I did my last diversity event this last week. I attended a event a floor in my building was putting on called the Eaton Hall Diversity Event. This event had a panel of six people from different backgrounds and had students ask them questions. Now you may be thinking why would people come to this? Well the floor used food as bait! The food was an interesting part of the event. We are blessed in Ames to have many different types of food available to us. Some of the food I had never heard of before, but I tried it anyway. There were these fried "meatballs"...... NOT a fan! I gained an appreciation for Indian food and Thai, both of which I didn't have much experience with.
Many of the questions asked by students that were there were related to the transition from the panel's home country to here. Many of the panelists said that the culture was very different here. Some said the shock of how few people are in this town was a big one, another said the proportions of food was a shocker.
I enjoyed this event, which is great I believe it is good for people to hear the differences international students have to face from their own countries to here. We are all quick to blame or make fun, but lets put ourselves in their shoes and give it a go.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Scavenger Hunt/ Video
Hello Friends,
This week we did a scavenger hunt in class. I have done these before, but this one was a bit different because I actually knew where everything was this time. The purpose of this scavenger hunt was to make sure we all knew where these services on campus were. It is important for us to know this so we can direct our students in the fall to these services.
It is a lot of fun to do these sort of activities with my other peer mentors it's great working with them and becoming closer as a group. One thing this activity did was make me really excited for next year and find out who my partner peer mentor will be.
This last week we have also been working on our digital storytelling project. I have discovered this is a ton of work and takes a lot of time. We came up with a great storyline that I think will send a good message and turn out to be a great video.
I am excited for class tuesday to find out who my partner will be. I CAN"T WAIT.
This week we did a scavenger hunt in class. I have done these before, but this one was a bit different because I actually knew where everything was this time. The purpose of this scavenger hunt was to make sure we all knew where these services on campus were. It is important for us to know this so we can direct our students in the fall to these services.
It is a lot of fun to do these sort of activities with my other peer mentors it's great working with them and becoming closer as a group. One thing this activity did was make me really excited for next year and find out who my partner peer mentor will be.
This last week we have also been working on our digital storytelling project. I have discovered this is a ton of work and takes a lot of time. We came up with a great storyline that I think will send a good message and turn out to be a great video.
I am excited for class tuesday to find out who my partner will be. I CAN"T WAIT.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
SMART Goals
Take the goal you set for yourself for being a peer mentor and expand on it, use it in the context of SMART goals and the four M’s. Maybe discuss what some of your other goals for being a peer mentor are.
This was the blogging prompt for this last week, my goal for being a peer mentor over the next year was to know the names and counties of each of my students by the end of the Fall semester. I will take this goal and break it down into SMART goals.
Specific- it has two main points that I have to meet knowing the names and counties of my students.
Measurable- because I will either know them or I wont.
Attainable- I can accomplish it.
Relevant- it will benefit the effect I have on my students.
Time Limited- it has a limit by the end of the next semester.
I have always had trouble with remembering names so this goal is something I really need to work on so I used it as my SMART goal. The other goals I have are to make a difference in the college careers of my students. This goal is a good one, but its not a SMART goal.
This was the blogging prompt for this last week, my goal for being a peer mentor over the next year was to know the names and counties of each of my students by the end of the Fall semester. I will take this goal and break it down into SMART goals.
Specific- it has two main points that I have to meet knowing the names and counties of my students.
Measurable- because I will either know them or I wont.
Attainable- I can accomplish it.
Relevant- it will benefit the effect I have on my students.
Time Limited- it has a limit by the end of the next semester.
I have always had trouble with remembering names so this goal is something I really need to work on so I used it as my SMART goal. The other goals I have are to make a difference in the college careers of my students. This goal is a good one, but its not a SMART goal.
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