Tracy's Lesson

Thanks for a great lesson, Tracy. The night sky is magical and fascinating, and your enthusiasm for the constellations and their accompanying myths was exciting to see throughout the class. You used a number of different genres and gave us a lot of good background to help us with our own myths and get excited about what was coming next.

In the computer lab, you were supportive and kept us on track with gentle reminders about getting started on our own myths, and also allowed us the freedom to find new sites to share that would help us in our own mini-research assignment. The myths our classmates shared were full of meaning; some were funny, others were poignant. At the end of the class, we had the choice of whether or not to share our myths, and I chose not to share my work in progress, "The Myth of the Garter Snake," but that doesn't mean I won't return to it and try finish it up! I think maybe I didn't have my head completely in the constellation game at first :-), but after hearing the others' myths, I get it, and am really looking forward to adding some meat to the bones of my garter snake myth.

This lesson has motivated me, and probably others, to go back to Google Sky and Google Earth and play around some more with the constellations. Or maybe it's time to finally buy that iPad!

Thanks again for a really cool experience, Tracy!