A Whole New Mind

I was already introduced to this book in another one of the courses I'm taking at UMF this semester with Professor Evans. We have been completing various tasks from the book, a couple different assignments for each principle that is discussed throughout the book. In fewer words, I was excited to hear what you guys to say after reading the book. The video was an excellent way to start the presentation; I was definitely focused on watching the trailer of that video. You did a nice job implementing technology into your lesson by creating a wiki page; it demonstrated a well organized flow for the lesson. To go along with your hook, you guys did a nice job getting students engaged by having them move around the room for your opening activity. Overall I enjoyed the various activities you had us participate in for each principle presented in the book, but I especially enjoyed the activity where we tried to identify the facial expressions during the "empathy" section of the lesson. A couple of the suggestions that came to mind while I was involved in your lesson were that you could have possibly had us design something creative as a group during the "design" portion of the lesson. Also, I would have liked to have had a couple handouts that outlined the essential ideas from the text, or maybe have even read specific sections from the book.