Year-End Debrief through Creative

ReflectivityAngelpreet Singh

Student Learning CommonsApril 2, 2013

TaskReflect on your learning experience as a Peer Educator at the Student Learning Commons in an imaginative way (e.g., poetry, song, drama, story, visual art) using the materials and supplies provided on the table.

When you are finished, you will have an opportunity to share your creative reflectivity with the rest of the group.

Reflective QuestionsWhat specific skills have you used in your role as a Peer Educator?Describe a person you’ve encountered at the SLC who made a strong impression on you (positive or negative).Did anything about your involvement surprise you? If so, what?Has your view of the students with whom you have been working changed? How?Have your career options been expanded by your work as a Peer Educator?What are the most difficult or satisfying parts of your work? Why?Talk about any disappointments or successes of your work. What did you learn from it?

Source: University of Minnesota. (2013, April 4). Reflection in service-learning classes. Retrieved from http://www.servicelearning.umn.edu/info/reflection.html

SLC Forest“We have the two pillars that hold us all together and they are labelled Ruth and Darcy. Then we have everybody's name labelled on the tree because we all support each other.”

Playdough Creatures“Lots of things to represent all of us and then all of the subjects that we work with.”

A Poem“The four of us worked together to write the poem.”

“It says ethos, logos and pathos cause those are business terms.”

“I drew a globe because the SLC program will be exported around the world.”

“I didn’t expect to see that many business students and that many memos and that many letters.”

A Cat “All the times I’ve been explaining grammar in consultations using cats as examples.”

The Solar System“Each planet represents an area of growth too deep in meaning to explain here.”

A Processual Model

“We have words on it that say process and change and metamorphosis and growth, which is what the client undergoes when they come to the consultation.”

A Poster“As undergrads we are able to help other undergrads do well in their work.”

Explosion“I love my role as mentor!”