Describe your reflections on your internship project—what went well, what would you do differently, and what stands out to yo

  I did mini projects where i would teach lessons on to make pinch pots and pinch pot heads to small groups of elementary students. After the students clay pieces went in the kiln i took small groups out side to glaze them. Having about 6-7 students out at once was alot more efficient because i could get through the whole class or almost the whole class in one day. I would cut all of the clay cut and have all of the supplies out and ready before the students came so that i didnt have to waste class time to do so.I found that it was better to tell them what to do, show a little example and to ask students that looked like they were struggling if they needed help vs being a little bit over controlling. Also a couple students were just messing around and werent doing the assignment so i would try to get them back on track by giving them ideas of what they could do. That usually got them back on track. If that didnt get them back on track i would separate them from the group so that there was less distractions.

  If i could do anything different i would have had more students for the first two classes come out and start the project. I only had about 3 students come out at a time for the first two classes that i started the project with. That made it so less students got to start on theirs so it took about two class to get through all of the students. another thing that i would maybe do differently is to keep all of the clay pieces separated by class.






















 The big project that i did was i made a tree to auction off at the gala. every year the school has a gala to auction off work to raise money for the school. the Gala is their biggest fundraiser and it helps pay for the students to go on week long field trips.
 for the most part i think that everything went pretty well for this project. i really liked how creative some of the students drawing were. some kids drew monsters or people or household animals which are something that i would have never thought to draw to put on tree. i felt that those drawings gave it character and made it look really unique. i really liked the final product.
   Something that i would maybe have done differently is having them all do their drawing on 8 1/2 by 11 paper, only because it made it easier to shrink all of the images down. the students that did their drawings on tracing paper or the clear sheets had to have their drawings scanned it one by one. I also would have kept the classes drawing organized a little better but everything worked out just fine.