This blog records the survey and excavation of the old orchard found on the Dominican Sisters of the Congregation of the Queen of the Holy Rosary grounds. This work is being undertaken by the students of CSU East Bay's Field Course in Archaeology class of Spring 2011. Check out our blog and see what we're up to!
So now that the first day of actual class has passed, I can say that I am excited to return next week. I understand that any class starts out in a leisurely mode, but being in a big open field helped facilitate a calming environment for learning. I saw the kinestethic learner that resides within, spring forth when it was time to show off what we learned about the Transit and how it works (aka "The Instrument" as Andrew Meewis cleverly calls it). Hands-on practice coupled with smaller groups to learn with made this far more exciting than I expected. And the shocking part is that with only an introductory course to archeology as my background, I fully understood what we were doing in class last Saturday. Amazing.
Thank you for posting this Kristen.
ReplyDeleteSo now that the first day of actual class has passed, I can say that I am excited to return next week. I understand that any class starts out in a leisurely mode, but being in a big open field helped facilitate a calming environment for learning. I saw the kinestethic learner that resides within, spring forth when it was time to show off what we learned about the Transit and how it works (aka "The Instrument" as Andrew Meewis cleverly calls it). Hands-on practice coupled with smaller groups to learn with made this far more exciting than I expected. And the shocking part is that with only an introductory course to archeology as my background, I fully understood what we were doing in class last Saturday. Amazing.