Blog #3 Myths
Creating a myth allowed me to use a lot more creativity. When I studied for a myth, it proved to be helpful when writing one myself. When we are tasked to study a myth, the majority of the time is taken to consider how it would influence and how we can connect to students. Creating a myth consists the creativity to flow in a different way than research and lesson planning did. Creating a myth felt like doing an assignment we’d ask our students to complete. Being about to take inspiration from random objects or individuals to develop crazy stories like the one I did and others did, was not easy. At least for me it wasn’t easy. For the majority of the time, I was stuck on how to make my idea into a myth. It definitely took some time but inspiration struck when I needed it. While research and papers are important for students to get into a habit of doing, I learned that giving them an assignment to look forward to, is something we should give as teachers. Especially when you want s...