4/30, Day of Learning

Overall, our workshop went pretty well. I had a few fears of not having enough kids in it, but we had a lot. Apparently the blurb we wrote worked. It was fun seeing the kids try and answer the easy, medium, and hard questions from their memory; it proves that we were teaching them something. The idea of giving them a sheet with all of the answers for two minutes before the questions start seems to have worked the best for teaching them the facts about malaria. I also had worries about the actual quiz not lasting long enough, but it took 15 minutes because we added the Final Jeopardy. (Kids would bet their points on a question at the end) Also, during the five minute long parts where my workshop members and I had to talk, we did not make any mistakes about what we said. We gave each workshop member a subject, and they explained it and connected it to what I and the others said.

The Day of Learning was something I was confused about for a while. I didn’t quite understand what we would be doing, but the activities that were planned worked very well and I am happy we made movies and taught workshops.