My article group was bomb

I honestly had a blast working with my article group.  When I chose Hip Hop for the presentation I was a little nervous because although I do listen to a lot of hip hop music, I am not very up to date on hip hop pop culture, or even how hip hop could be used in teaching literacy.  However, when I started working with my group and reading through some of the dense material we had, I learned so much more than I expected.  One of my favorite things I learned from my entire work within article groups was how hip hop freestyle affects the brain.  My favorite activity was having the class try the freestyle rap and then try the collective, memorized work.  I am someone who wants to teach in a diverse school because of the fact that I know it will be a challenge, yet come with so many rewards.  I think that learning about how so many teachers and professors around the world use hip hop and rap to communicate with students is an incredible resource to have because as we saw in the video “Watson and Crick,” students are stimulating their brains and working hard to learn about an otherwise mundane subject through the practice of hip hop.  I was very skeptical about leading my own workshop, but I really think that a lot of people took away important information from out presentation, and I know that I hope to someday incorporate some of those practices into my own classroom.