Assignment 26: Sabrina Lozada

This year the most helpful thing was the process of writing and grading essays. I think that it was useful and beneficial having that peer feedback. That being said, I found it to be much more effective, although a little more time consuming, to peer grade in smaller groups of 4-6. When there is a smaller group you can focus more on each essay and are forced to actually read it and to actually give it feedback. I would have more of these small group grading sessions. 

Socratic seminars were another "big" part. These discussions were interesting but not necessarily helpful. It could be that it is because there is such a large group, but I feel like people would restate what other people already answered in order gain the participation points. I think that if these are to be continued that the best way to have them be more useful is to have smaller groups in order to generate more substance to the responses. Another comment is on the selected readings. I personally enjoyed the last few readings we had better than the first couple because I felt like they were more intriguing and paved a bigger path for discussion.