Week 11: March 31

It's the eleventh week of the semester; this week in University Studies 311, we learned about resources on the Iowa State campus, as well as different methods of informing our mentees on all the on-campus ISU resources that they can take advantage of once they come here as freshmen.

Megan and Jessica led the discussion this week, and I thought that their activities were very relevant to how we'll have to act as recitation leaders in the fall. Their "resource recall" activity was a great way to refresh our memories on the numerous resources at Iowa State that we have at our disposal; I even learned about several more, including an all-hours on-call nurse for non-emergency medical situations! This was an especially important exercise, because as peer mentors we are going to be something of a resource ourselves; leaders who can point out the experts to help our mentees (with any of their problems including health, academics, registration, etc.).

Their ending activity was a variation of Jeopardy to test our knowledge of ISU's on-campus resources, including a couple I had never even heard of! I love incorporating this game into lessons; I added it to my own "ISU History and Traditions" lesson plan for the fall, because it is a great way to increase the students' interest while still allowing them to learn something relevant to their experiences as an Iowa State student. I wish we would have had more time to finish the game, but it was nevertheless a nice change of pace to just have fun and unwind in the middle of class!