I saw the exhibit called Every Four Years: Electing a President at the national archive’s website. The exhibit explores the process in which our nation elects a president with sections covering the power of the presidency, political campaigning, marketing the candidates, election day, and inaugurating the president. Primary sources from the national archives and other valid sources are very important in education. They serve as the raw materials to interpret the past, and when they are used along with previous interpretations by historians, they provide the resources necessary for proper historical research.
Students who are at risk for being part of the achievement gap are most likely racial or ethnic minorities, English language learners, students with disabilities, or students from low-income households. When reading “Becoming a Culturally Competent Teacher,” I feel that creating a cultural competence committee, networking with other schools that are developing and implementing culturally competent systems, and networking with parent, family, minority community, and faith-based organizations concerned with the needs of culturally, linguistically, racially, and ethnically diverse groups would fit my teaching style best. I love networking and getting group input on issues that need to be resolved. So by creating a committee from within a diverse community and networking with other schools and organizations in the community would be the most effective way of ensuring a culturally competent learning environment for the students of a diverse population.
Well my cyber score according to how I act now on the internet now is a cyber saint with a score of 3 for cursing in an online game. But, thinking back to my teenage years I was a total cyber sinner with a score of 17. I had a rough childhood with my parents going through a really nasty divorce and as a teenager I was not the nicest kid. I did make fake screen names to harass some one I didn’t like and stupid things like that. It’s embarrassing now thinking about it at age 23, that I could have been such a punk to other people online. When reading the section for teacher on the cyber bullying website I learned that I was the inadvertent cyber bully when I was a teenager. I made fake screen names as a joke or out of anger rather than out of a need for power or authority. This shows me that even if your not purposely cyber bullying some one explicitly, like mean girls or hackers, there is still serious damage that can be done on the internet from making fun of some one, threatening some one or just playing a joke on some one.
On Kathy Schrock’s website I looked at the art and architecture section of the subject matters drop down and I also looked at the presentation support section of the teachers helpers drop down. In the art and architecture section there are plenty of tools I could use as a teacher in my classroom such as Artlex, which is a dictionary/glossary of over 1600 art terms. In the presentation support section there are also many tools that would help make my teaching more effective from navigating primary source material on the Internet to using PSA’s in the classroom.
My highest intelligence level is in the logical and mathematical section, second is in interpersonal section, and in third I tied between visual/spatial and bodily/kinesthetic. In the video “Thrive in Smartville” I really enjoyed how every child felt smart in one way or the other because of the idea behind multiple intelligences. Each student talked about which kind of “smart” they were. “Oh I am mostly visual smart, because I love to draw and color,” one student stated. In the school they focused on what they were good at rather than what the weren’t good at, and I believe that to be a huge confidence booster for children all across the board.
I chose the early grades and decided to focus on creative arts. The lesson plan I chose was called “Everyone has a culture…everyone is different.” This is how the lesson plan would look: (1) Write the following statements on the board.* No one is exactly like me.
* I have many things in common with the members of my family and community.
* Every person in the world needs some of the same things I need. (2) Ask students to share ideas that support these statements. (3) Point out that people in various groups often look at people in other groups as "different." (4) Ask students to describe some of these differences. Why may people in one group behave differently from people in another? (5) Explain that many differences are related to culture -- ways of living and beliefs that are handed down from one generation to the next. Working from the list on the board, explain that all people share basic needs (food, shelter, etc.), that each of us learns a set of behaviors and beliefs from the people we grow up with (the kinds of houses we build and foods we eat), and that each individual has unique talents and preferences (I'm good at math; I don't like chocolate). When we talk about the behaviors and beliefs that a group of people have in common, we are talking about culture. (6) Ask students to complete the worksheet in order to help them identify aspects of their own cultures. Explain that each student should answer each question with one sentence or phrase. Then students should rank each item as to how important they feel it is to their culture. (7) After students have completed the worksheets, ask them to share their answers in small groups. Ask the groups to compare and contrast various aspects of their individual cultures. (8) In some schools, students may share many cultural traits. Some students may not identify with a particular ethnic or foreign culture. Ask students if they think there is one American culture. Discuss characteristics of your region (immigration patterns, geographic location, etc.) that might explain the similarities and differences among student responses to the worksheet.
The U.S. military budget is by far the highest of any country in the world. How much higher is the U.S. military budget than that of China, the world’s second biggest military spender? The answer is seven times higher. I wasn’t surprised by this answer because growing up in San Diego left me with the impression that our military was our most important industry. The bay is filled with navy battleships, we have a giant marine base and an air force base filled with the newest technology. The fact that our country spends so much money on our military makes me feel extremely comfortable and I truly believe the power of America on the global scale is highly tied to the strength of our military. According to UNICEF, the wealth of the three richest people in the world is roughly equal to the combined Gross Domestic Product of: the world’s 48 poorest countries. This question didn’t surprise me either, but it did spark the question of how people with that level of money should spend their money. Bill Gates said that when he passes away he is going to donate the majority of his estate to the public, but he also said that he unfortunately doesn’t think many other billionaires and millionaires will do the same thing.
I got an 80% on my Netiquitte quiz. Teaching netiquitte is important because it explains some of the technical limitations of online communication, it will help one create a positive impression on those who you meet in cyberspace, and it explains the conventions already used by millions of cybernauts like :) to show a crying face or L for a sad face.
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