Monday, April 19th Presentations

In Jessica’s presentation about coed housing, it was nice how she included both the positive and negative effects of coed housing in order to get a comparison, which leads her to her argument. I think that she should definitely keep the coed room aspect, because it could be considered the next step/future to coed housing. I also agree that she should go in chronological order in her paper, explaining the history of housing, then specifically about coed housing, and about coed rooms. Greg did a nice job of explaining the role of geography in education, and that it is not only just about maps, but that it is human, cultural, and physical as well. I think he could possibly include some information pertaining to why geography is covered so minimally in schools in comparison to other classes. In his presentation, I liked his idea to put a quiz question in at the end since it helped the class get more involved. I think Lisa’s topic of inclusion and co-teaching sounds interesting, because I have never heard anything about it before. I know that the benefits of the teachers are her main focus, but I think it would be nice to see the benefits and costs for the students as well. I would be curious to see if inclusion possibly hinders the other students’ learning. Overall, I really liked all of the topics discussed in presentations.