I played around with the nine different journal writing techniques throughout my writing of my journal for the past nine days. I wouldnt say i found one easier than the other, but more i found them all helpful in there own ways and could adapt to suit my needs. Here are the nine different formats:
Description: I wrote about an average day for myself, nothing to special. It was more about writing in basics where I was, what I did and when. Even tho writing wasnt easy or difficult I did however find that I wanted to diverse into my feelings, which I did fight back and kept on track. This wasnt my favroite format as I normally would like to write down my feelings about the events etc, but felt that een though I didn't feel to good about it, when reading it back realised that it didn't matter too much about writing my feelings down as when i read it back I felt them all again and was able to reflect on the day, the way I would normally of writen. Still not my favroite but not a wrtie off.
Initial Refleaction: This format gave me more freedom to write about my feelings, as i finished writing my feelings of the day, I noticed and jotted down the one main feeling i had. This felt more confortable for me as it was how I would normally of wrote my Journal and therefore was alot easier for me. This is defently the main bases of my journal, even though now after the nine days i feel more confortable trying new ways.
List: This was once again strange for me, but i didnt fully enjoy and understand it. If i was going to wrtite a longer journal entry, but didnt have much time on my hands this would deffently be my first choice. I did however feel that i had short changed myself with this format as I hadnt really gone into detail or anthing. It was truly the bare minimum and for me made me fell uneasy.
Evaluation: This for me was all about asking the question, why it happened? The good, the bad etc This is were my reflective practise was most seen, I was able to look into my thoughts in more indepth way than I had previously done. All in all this format in my journal made it feel like a more mature and controlled outlook into the events of the day.
Graphs:
Figure 1: This first graph shows the concentration, ability and progression within the class of my students. I teach four diffrent age groups 2yrs-4yrs (Baby), 4yrs - 6yrs (Junior), 7yrs - 9yrs (Middles) and 9yrs+ (Seniors). This helped me to understand and better my teachings, I was able to understand which groups needed work on which areas, so that the progression within class and the term would be greater. For me this didnt help or hinder in my journal writing.
Charts:
Figure 2: (The Pie Chart) This chart enabled me to see the difference of progression between the age groups and helped me to understand that the more concentrated and the mor ability the class had the more progression was shown. This was useful for me in my Journel writing as i was able to see and evaluate the progression of my students as a whole and not by class.
Diagrams:
Figure 3: This diagram still dipicts the progression my students make throughout class but helps with more of a verbal sense. Showing in words how and what progression they make throughout the class. This was my favroite out of all the graphs, charts etc as it helped with more of a verbal recigniation of my students weakness and strengths instead of numbers. This was the most useful for me out of the three.
What If?: Truth be told i never like asking this question it makes me question everything i do, what if i did this? Even though at first i felt unconfortable with this format I did stay strong and worked through it. I found that by the end even though it was uncoftable I came out with a greater insight into why I do and say or write what I did, and therefore believe that even though my feelings for it arnt great it is still a good format and in time I may revist it in my Journal writing.
Another View: At first this was a little wierd but it did grow on me, being able to veiw my thoughts and feelings through the eyes of another did help me to understand that even though I feel and see things one way another person or creature does not. It made me think deeper into my thoughts and feelings and work out what it might look like to someone else. For me it was questioning every thought and feeling to see what i really was and not what i wanted it to be.
All in all I have enjoyed writing for the nine days in the nine different ways, I found out new ways to write, ways i felt unconfortable in and also ways that felt natrual. It helped me to understand that even though sometimes it can be unconfortable it is also sometimes worth it.
(DIAGRAMS TO FOLLOW, WHEN I WORK OUT HOW TO PUT THEM ON :-S NOT TOO GOOD ON COMPUTERS, STILL LEARNING)
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