Last USF Blog Post- Reflection

Building a new home from the ground is exciting for anyone but theres more to it. What if I told you one of the main reasons I wanted to build a house was because it was newer and had less chance of needing house projects done. This sad statement was a reality for me, until six years passed and we needed to move again. Now I am in a home that was built in 1926 and a 2012 addition.

I certainly will need to do housework projects for when things break now!

That is what I felt like when I finally admit that I was terrible at projects around the house. My father in law built his own home and I can barely get a screw to go in straight! So genius hour was a perfect opportunity for me to try and improve on something that I feared...handyman stuff.

The genius hour project can be summed up in a few words...buy the right tools. I learned this from my father in law and brother in law. They both told me to stop bing cheap and buy the right equipment to do projects around the home. The process took a lot of time researching online for each up and coming project. What would people do without YouTube? This is one of my main resources besides friends and family. It amazes me how easy it is to find someone that is an expert on some  specific project. New exterior door...brother in law, mounting a TV...close friend.

Through this entire project I envisioned how I could apply this to my classroom. I now see clearly on the answer. Students need the right tools and teachers need to have patience. We as educators need to try harder at differentiation for each learner. One tool for Jonnie might not bee the same tool for Sandy. Who says that they need to both use the same one to get the project done? I also saw first hand how patient my teachers (family and friends) were with me when doing projects. I actually said to my wife at one point during the genius hour that their calm actually made me less nervous when completing projects.

Buy the right tools because once you have them they can help you succeed in the future projects.

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