Social bookmarking (Delicious.com)
1. In the National Archives I found an intrusting site called the virus of 1918 and wow the pictures are just amazing and it really paints a picture of what happened in Seattle at the turn of the century.
Primary sources are so important to students because they really tell us what happened from the point of view of a picture, video, or journal writing. It is a way of telling the truth of the past even though we do not want to believe it. A primary source usually makes many people see the past and except the experience of many. That is why by looking at these photos one can see what others had to go through in order to survive the epidemic. This was a very good scientific historical account of the past.
2. NEA-Achievement Gap.
The first group I looked at where the ELL Special Ed learners because teaching in southern California and so close to the border you will have a Second language learner sometime in your career. In my case not only did I have a Spanish speakers in my first public school experience but also a Ukrainian, and Mong speakers. I believe that in order to classify any of these students for testing one must understand what students that learn English as a second language go through in order to learn the English Language. That is why I feel that learning what ELL students are special Ed because I believe it is not right to classify all Second language learners as special Ed but rather in my experience as GATE.
The second group I looked at was a report on the status of Hispanics in Education and overcoming a history of neglect. Ever since I entered the credential program I knew that my population always has had issues ever since my mom and dad went through the U.S. public school system. The public school system has never recognized the importance of being Bilingual and not everyone can be bilingual. Unlike my parents and myself who are Bilingual we have had to find inspiration in Universities. The Hispanic population is currently growing at a fast rate all over the U.S. and I believe being culturally aware of my community will help out any future teacher. Especially when it comes to understanding how parents see teachers in such high regard and what they expect from their teachers in return.
The Third group I looked at where African Americans and how parents need to hear about the victories they have in the classroom. I really enjoyed reading this article in terms of the fact that in my first year teaching I encountered a student that had always been told negative things and never had been praised for the good things she did. I remember leaving a note on her desk for every day she did a good job and I can also remember the last day of class her parents wrote a note for me saying thank you for keeping us informed about our daughters positive behavior because she was new this year and we where afraid she would start a fight.
3. Stop Cyber bullying
My score was a Cyber Saint. I had not really done any of those things but when I thought about my classes and what where some of the problems we had as a class I see where many of my students needed to take this test.
I really liked all of these articles because it basically tells teacher that technology can be used in a positive way but with regulation. I also liked the article about instant messaging because in our school two students choose to play around with this feature on their own and got into some really big trouble. I can see how the school could have avoided this be informing parents and giving them the proper training. Again parents need to see what their kids are doing online and watching. I could see how many of these articles could help inform students, staff, and parents about what can be done in certain situations.
4. Kathy Schrock’s Guide to educators
In the subject access area I usually do use this site in my science class because there is a wealth of sites that I can incorporate into my daily classroom lessons. I usually get visuals for my students, for example the Bill Nye website that links up with this site just reinforces all of visual learners and auditory learner’s needs. I have also done some projects with enature.com and students just love researching and seeing the pictures and sounds from this site. I could not be more satisfied with these links and how many times I have used them through out my teaching career.
Under teacher helpers I could see that a future teacher would need help in following category about Podcasts in the classroom. I can see how podcasts could help a variety of students for instance second language learners could have certain books and listen to them as a resource. I could also see students as mentors or tutors explaining certain steps in math in order to help future students using podcasts. Or using this technology to help second language learners with projects it helps them refine their projects. Podcasts could also be created for other students to see what’s happening in certain classrooms.
5. Multiple Intelligences
Test results: bodily Kinesthetic: 100%, Interpersonal 100%, Intrapersonal 88%
The video I saw was Multiple Intelligences leave no child behind, what I learned from the video is something we where trying to do in Oceanside. But at that same time No child left behind kicked in and everything we had started fell apart because of testing. I really felt that this was one of the reasons I left public education because I felt like I just teaching a test and not really developing a students love or knowledge of learning. My experience in school was of learning songs and just having a great time and I know that no child left behind has put a burden to testing on many teachers. I totally agree with the video and how each child should feel a sense of pride and accomplishment every day at school.
6. Teaching Tolerance
The grade would be sixth and the subject science and health. I choose the following bullying guidelines for teachers because this seems to happen at every school site. I always have deal with bullying either outside my classroom or on the playground or in another classroom. Bullying is a big problem and most students especially in the middle grades tend to except it more in order to fit in. Most students do not even know they are being bullied because they think the bully is their friend when in reality they are being taken advantage off. I will use this in one of my next lesson to wake students to the realty that bullying exists in their class.
7. Multicultural education and equity awareness quiz
1. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, what is the percentage of U.S. schools with no teachers of color on staff? 40% , This is one of the reasons I went into education in order to help and give the perspective of Hispanic children and parents. I would also like to look at the schools here in California and I would like to see the ratio of students make up and their teachers. When I was in the credential program this was the most obvious case except the worse was we had no one of African American decent.
2. What percentage of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender high school students report that their teachers “never” or “rarely” respond to homophobic remarks made by other students, according to a national study by GLSEN? 84.5%, this was not a shocker for me growing up and hearing the jokes around the guys and teachers letting them get away with it was just something I could not let go. In my class know I try my hardest to say something when one of my students makes a remark about gender, or sexual orientation and I always tell them you are a product of your household. With that I usually get them to be quite and apologies.
8. Netiquette Guidelines
My Score: 80% why should we teach our students about netiquette because it is a good way of resolving future problems between students when dealing with online assignments? Teaching students the golden rule about treating humans equally is a very good rule to follow when dealing with junior high students going online and doing assignments. I also believe the use of Emit icons can be valuable in the classroom as long as they are used in good context and not used inappropriate. Since you can not send a picture of what your saying the reader sees the emoticons and can paint a picture of what your saying in that mood.
After doing this assignment I really found out how much students already know compared to me and the generation gap that is occurring in our schools. By looking at these sites and being able to use them with students this will allow me to make them digital citizens. Most of these sites have rules for students to follow in form of Netiquette.
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