Thursday, February 25, 2010

Social Bookmarking 2010

1. National Archives: The available free sources over the internet are invaluable. To aquire copies of the originals and other resources for class samples would be expensive. Students would be intrigued by the original drawings, photographs and brief explanations available to them. They would not get inundated with information, but just enough to let them know about an event in history. The site I found interesting is Observing Constitution Day. This site has fun activities you can incorporate into the class on what happened on the day of the constitution.

2. National Education Association (NEA)- Achievement Gap
The groups that are at risk of being affected by achievement gaps: students w/ who are multi-ethnic, English language learners, students w/ learning disability, and students from low income families.

3. “Becoming a Culturally Competent Educator”
-Engage school staff in discussions and activities that offer an opportunity to explore attitudes, beliefs, and values related to cultural diversity and cultural competence.
I'd enjoy learning from my fellow peers about their attitudes, beliefs, and values related to cultural diversity and competence. Listening to other share about their background will bring insight to dealing with the diversity that teachers will face face in classroom situations. Learning directly from a direct source is a great way to learn. i.e. National Archives originals
-Ensure that your school has a mission statement that commits to cultural competence as an integral component of all its activities. The cultural competence committee should be involved in developing this statement.
Working together in developing such an important statement would be a challenge but well worth the effort put in by all the participants. Having a such a component in the mission statement is a wonderful reminder and will help teachers focus when planning an activity or lesson. This statement will benefit the students, parents, and teacher by creating an open environment for cultural understanding.
-Gather and organize resource materials related to culturally diverse groups for use by school staff.
I enjoy collecting resources and putting together something that others can use. It is helpful having hands-on materials that can work as a quick reference guide. Gathering data will give a deeper insight to the cultural diversity we face as teachers.
3. Stop Cyber Bullying
"0" Cyber Saint. I've never done anything close to any of the cyber bullying items listed. Growing up I was bullied face to face which I believe molded by thoughts on bullying. Over the years I have made written complaints to supervisors, complaint departments and Better Business Bureau to vent my dis-satisfaction. Something new I learned is that you're able to use XBOX and other gaming tools to access the internet not only to play games but also to commit cyber bullying. I'm not sure how, but I definitely believe its important to present this subject. I probably would have students go to the cyber bully site to look around and take the test.
4.Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators: How would you use this site for the future?
On hot/rainy days this site gives many game idea and that are beneficial for the different grade levels. I could use it for an organized class recess by playing games together. I would use to get new ideas for school field days or school carnivals. This site is filled with great back-up ideas for those unforeseen days. I could even print out party ideas for healthier snacks for parents. I have noticed more this year that teachers are responsible for their own class physical education and this would be a great tool to use.

5.Multiple Intelligences