1. I read a National Archives article called The Deadly Virus: The Influenza Epidemic of 1918. I was amazed to read that "influenza" claimed 16 million lives. It is quite scary because we had such a bad swine flu outbreak currently. I hope it isn't a repeat of the influenza epidemic of 1918. I think it is wonderful to use primary sources in your classroom. There is no better way for students to learn something then to actually experience it themselves first hand.
2.I think it is important that students keep their culture while attending and growing in the public school system. It is important for the student to still appreciate, relate, practice traditions and learn about their families culture, all while learning about American culture as well. I experienced this growing up. I am Jewish and anyone who is Jewish knows that Judaism is not only a religion, but a culture as well. I went to public school, but also Hebrew school on Wednesdays and Sundays. I would definitely encourage children in my future classes to continue learning about their culture all while embracing American culture...it can only make a more well-rounded person. I would encourage students in my class to not only practice and learn about their own culture, but to teach the class about it too. A good idea is that if you have a multicultural and multilingual class, to have each student teach words from their cultural/language besides English to the class. I also liked the idea of networking with other schools in order to develop and implement culturally competent systems. I think adaptation is the best. So, it is important to adapt your cultural "system" each year as your student's needs change.
3.I took the cyber bully quiz for ages 7-10 years old. I got the score 0-5 so I was a cyber saint! I learned the 4 types of cyber bulling are the vengeful angel, the power hungry/revenge of the nerds, the mean girls, and the inadvertent cyber bully/because I can cyber bully. I was surprised to hear the "because I can" cyber bully because I can't imagine anything more cruel then just bullying for no reason except because they felt like or "can". This section really helped me as a prospective teacher becasue it opened my eyes and explained what to look out for to help prevent cyber bullying in my classroom. It is also really helpful to know that there is no "one size fits all" solution and that each cyber bully "case" needs to be treated as its own and dealt with that way.
4.On Kathy Schrock's website I really like the health, physical education and fitness area. I am really in to healthy eating and fitness, so this part of the website would definitely be useful to me when I become a teacher. It would be fun to have the kids use the fitness calorie counter and they could calculate their own calories they used by do physical exercise that we did as a class. I would like to teach the younger grades (but in the beginning I will take anything to get my foot in the door) and I would like my room to be bright, colorful and fun. So, the bulletin board ideas and artwork under the teacher helpers area would be very helpful to me as I begin to set up my classroom. I could easily duplicate or even print off and blow up some of the examples on the website.
5.My top 3 intelligences/learning styles were: interpersonal (75%), intrapersonal (69%) and verbal-linguistic (42%). I watched the Multiple Intelligences Thrive in Smartville video. I was amazed at how much the kids understood about the "way" they learn. It was also interesting that the little boy at the beginning said that since he is at the smart school, if he doesn't know something he doesn't feel stupid.
6. I chose grade 1-2, the subject of reading and language arts and the topic I chose was tolerance. The lesson is about teaching young kids to like who they are and not want to change to be more like others. In a class, I would start out by saying" you are who you are. For example Jimmy is who Jimmy is and Sara is who Sara is". Then i would read them a story that exemplified this concept. Here is the link to the lesson plan I chose. http://www.tolerance.org/activity/i-am-special
7. I was surprised to hear that out of all the tax money we pay, less then 1% of our money goes to welfare. I would think it would be more...but I guess not. I also thought that it was interesting that in order to be convicted of a minimum of 5 years in prison, one must possess 500 grams of powder cocaine (which is used mostly by the wealthy) and only 5 grams of crack cocaine (which used more by the poor). That is a bit unfair I think. why should richer people be able to have more of something illegal without a penalty. That is completely favoritism in favor of the rich by out law enforcement.
8. I got an 80% on the quiz. It is important to teach students about netiquette because it gives them the knowledge to safely use the internet and also be courteous to others while using it. If students learn netiquette and use it whenever they are online, their parents and teachers should always be :^D (aka happy and approving) of their internet use.
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