Reflection on this course

I feel so lucky that I can take this course and get an opportunity to meet with a group of great candidate teachers.  This course is definitely an eye-opener for me.  Without this course, I would not learn that math could be embedded with music, dance, and arts.  For instance, I had so much fun creating the Sierpinski triangle Christmas tree in the mathematical art project.  I want to try to make earrings using this pattern during winter breaks and look forward to sharing these ideas with my future students.

Through this course, I have learned we can learn a lot from puzzles.  I love solving all the puzzles in this course, spending hours figuring out the solution, and enjoyed hearing my peers explain all the different ways to solve the puzzles.  Puzzles are a good way to motivating and inspiring students to learn math. 

Through this course, I also practiced teaching mini-lessons online within a short time limit.  This really helps to give me a sense when I am trying to make a lesson plan.  I have to admit that it is challenging to teach and learn online.  If this course teaching in person, I believe we will have more opportunities to interact and discuss with my peers.