This week was our last week of group presentations. The two groups that went had music and journaling/expressive writing. For the music presentation group we played rockband, using the drums, microphone, and guitar. This activity really worked on teamwork because we we divied up and took a high score from each group to determine who won. I'm not very good with the rockband thing but really focused and my group ended up coming in third! I think rockband could be a beneficial activity for various populations including geriatrics and at risk youth. With geriatrics you could adapt things very well with the drums and guitar because there are easier settings and from volunteering at a nursing home, the residents LOVE music and love to sing! I strived to get out of my comfort zone because we had to perform a song as a group in front of the class. I really enjoyed the second group as well! We did one main activity and that was book altering. There were four stations and at each station we focused on something different; modge podging, voiding out words, scrapbooking pages, and doing some journaling. I've never done this kind of activity before so it was a lot of fun to me and I enjoyed being really creative. There was also this aspect to it where ruining a book was not acceptable behavior but it was okay to do it now. I thought this was very freeing and relaxing activity that could be used by pretty much anybody. It was a unique way to add our twist on something that had already been creative.
I've had a lot of fun this semester working with everyone in class, especially the people in my group, on creating wonderful innovative activity presentations. I have learned a lot from my classmates that I can carry over into my future and apply to different populations!
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