...Individual Analyzing Internet Sources Week 2 What did you learn? I learned more than I expected from the Pearson student lab activities. In the first activity I knew most of the information presented, but in the second activity I learned quite a bit about researching a topic. I did not know that the URL .org is no longer limited to a non-profit or research organization; which makes it harder to use that as a reliable resource but it can still be useful. I learned it is important to look for non-bias opinions, information with publish dates are resourceful, research based, and the best domains to find good information on are .org, .gov, .mil, and .edu. Although just because the site has one of these domains it does not mean the resource is accurate or correct necessarily. What did you not learn? Well as I said in the previous paragraph in the first activity most of the information that was present I acquired before. The comparison between the library and the internet are basic knowledge to most people. The Library is based for research purposes, with trained staff to help you, but closes at certain times. The internet has multiple reasons for use, with no trained assistance, but it never closes. They each have great traits that can be used for study. I also knew it is not safe to purchase items online you must be careful when doing this. You need to do research and make sure the site is reliable. Some people think because a paper has a title and author that it is true but...
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...EDU-230 August 25, 2012 Module 2 Journal Multicultural education is viewed by some teacher’s as irrelevant. On page 31, is states “Content integration deals with the extent to which teachers use examples, data, and information from a variety of cultures and groups to illustrate the key concepts, principles, generalizations, and theories in their subject area or discipline.” I feel that the knowledge Construction Process is an important concept. This is a good way for students to understand how knowledge is and how it’s created. Prejudice Reduction is another key concept that sticks in my mind. It goes to show us how teachers can teach their students to develop a positive attitude about race. Teaching materials are important when it comes to teaching. There are so many things that are needed and that include teaching race, attitudes and behaviors. Teachers need to make sure that their techniques and teaching methods are appropriate for their students and cultures. To do this the teachers have to be knowledge about cultures. On page 35 it sums up a lot to me: Research indicates that teachers can increase the classroom participation and academic achievement of students from different cultural and language groups by modifying their instruction so that it draws upon their cultural strengths. The eight characteristics of the Multicultural School is something that I feel will benefit my classroom. I think that each one of these characteristics is something...
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...Tahra Meshell EDU230 October 10, 2015 Jamie Morris EDU-230 Teaching Strategies in Second Language Acquisition for English Language Learners Scenario 1: An elementary-aged student is an English language learner. The student is comfortable (low affective filter) trying new words and linking words together, but is not pronouncing the words correctly and/or putting words in the correct order (syntax). Development stage of second language acquisition and rationale for your choice: This scenario is an example of developmental stage 3 because it supports the student’s use of short phrases and the frequent grammatical errors that often interfere with the student’s communication. Teaching strategies that can be used to support the student with rationale: The teaching strategies that I would use to support this student would be the strategies that analyze the learner and educate them on their individual character (strategy 1), set up goals and expectations for the learner based on their characteristics (strategy 2), and finally, guide and give materials to the learner to master the language, as the ultimate decision is on them to do it or not (strategy 3). Scenario 2: A high school student is familiar with key words in her secondary language. Further, she is beginning to scaffold words to demonstrate a higher level of comprehension and retention. Development stage of second language acquisition and rationale for your choice: This is an example in the...
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...Vanessa Inight June 29th, 2016 EDU-230 Sean Diana Home and School Connection Part One: Parent/Guardian Interview Ms. Liz 1. How do you find out about the activities and decisions of your school? “I work at the school.” 2. Do you think that the school strives to meet the needs of its students? Is it successful in this venture? Why or why not? “I do think that the school strives to meet the needs of its students. It is successful in this venture because of all the parents that participate and help these needs become a success.” 3. Do you feel welcome at the school? Why or why not? “I do feel that my time, creativity and hard work is welcomed. During our team meetings, teachers that have worked extra hard and/or come up with new ideas are recognized on a monthly basis.” 4. What are the strengths and weaknesses of communication from the school? “The strengths of communication are email, monthly news letters, and each grade is divided into groups having our own communication via email as well. The weaknesses of communication is lack of communication verbally, one person will change the date of an activity and tell three people. It would help if ALL changes were made via email.” 5. How would you respond to an increase of electronic communication? “This question scares me! I am not tech savvy, I am open to the idea as long as there are classes to teach me how to use the electronics.” 6. Would better home and school communication improve your child’s education? “Depends. I feel...
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...to help an existing lesson plan * Current knowledge and research based | | | | | | Amelia WhiteEDU-230 | | | | Advantages and Disadvantages of SIOP and EEI Lesson Plans | Helping students find their balance! | | | | | Define SIOP! * Sheltered * Instructional * Observation * ProtocolSIOP is an instructional model that teaches in English only. SIOP is not additional or replacement instructional but a complete curriculum for non-native speakers in a content area. The instructional form is meant to extent the time ELLs students receive in language support for academic content area that is required to graduate. | | | | Define EEI! * Education * Environment * InitiativeThis is an environment-based curriculum. This curriculum features 85 individual units. Each unit is aligned to up to 100 selected Science and History-Social Science content standards. This vision encourages an active and hands on experiments. This positively impacts the leaders of tomorrow and their families, schools, and communities. | | | | | | SIOP Key Points * Concrete the structure * Useful for teachers through peer review/self-reflectionEEI Key Points * Teaches Science, History and Social Science standards to mastery * Supports English Language standards | | | | | | Amelia White January 23, 2014 EDU-230 Professor Jeff Martin Multicultural Lesson Plan Analysis 1. Are the objectives aligned with academic standards...
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...Educational Citizenships Programs Krystal S Wilson Grand Canyon University EDU 230 Professor Shelly Riccolo March 4, 2012 Education Citizenship Programs The two education citizenship programs that I found are Wise Skills and Education World. Wise Skills implements the principals of character that are the most critical for success. Wise Skills involves the most important influences in young people’s lives which are family, school and the community. This program is a wide overview of grades K-12 which includes Elementary, Middle and high School. With Wise Skills there are funding resources available. The teachers are provided with grants to help them to provide materials for special projects that are done in the classrooms for economically disadvantaged students. There is a list of grant providers through Wise Skills that helps educators with opportunities for the classroom. Wise Skills provides schools with training in each level of school for the staff and the staff works together in small group activities so that they can plan specific ways to use Wise Skills with their students. When you order Wise Skills you have to send them an e-mail and upon receiving the e-mail you are sent a quote on how much the program will cost. After that you can confirm the order and the orders will be shipped along with an invoice of what has been ordered. You can also get a free 30 day preview of the program or the school can request an extended preview time of Wise Skills...
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...in instructional technology. Teaching, learning, and computing report, report 8. Retrieved February 25, 2008, from http://www.crito.uci.edu/tlc/findings/report_8/startpage.htm Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow (ACOT). (2000) Influences and barriers to the adoption of instructional technology. In Proceedings of the mid-south instructional technology conference. Retrieved April, 20, 2008, from http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Eitconf/proceed00.htm Van Dusen, J. (2000) Integrating technology into the classroom: eight keys to success. J Technol Teach Educ 10(1):95–100 Perkins, L. (2001) Putting the pieces together. Paper presented at the international conference on learning with technology, does technology make a difference? Temple University, Philadelphia, March 2000 Erickson, N. (2002) Combining universal access with faculty development and academic facilities. Commun ACM 41(1):36–41. doi:10.1145/268092.268106 CrossRef Roblyer, L. (2007) Oversold and underused: computers in the classroom. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA 1. Glyn, P. (Winter 2005) High access and low use of technologies in high school classrooms: explaining an apparent paradox. Am Educ Res J 2. Debard R, Guidera S (2000) Adapting asynchronous communication to meet the seven principles of effective teaching. J Educ Technol Syst 28(3):219–230. doi:10.2190/W1U9-CB67-59W0-74LH CrossRef 3. Dede C (2000) Rethinking how to invest in technology. In: Pea Roy D (ed) Technology and...
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...Racheal Yorek EDU -230 May 18, 2012 Module 4 journal Classroom Management and Cooperative Learning There were many different things discussed this week in our readings. I have chosen two that stood out to me as being the most important of this week’s lessons, classroom management and cooperative learning. Classroom management might be one of the single most important things to having a successful teaching career. Some teachers have terrible discipline problems, while others create an atmosphere in the classroom that is conductive to learning, with little apparent effort. Of cause it can be some natural talent to captivate students from the very beginning of the lesson, keep them busy and involved in work all the time and easily solve discipline problems if they appear, and all this without bothering much. There is definitely a lot to envy. Especially when your dear students always disappoint you with misbehavior, constant talking over you, fooling around and growing restless and as a result – poor knowledge of the subject. Fortunately there is a way out – start learning rules of classroom management. I think that if you can focus on four major things you can have good classroom management, these are: effective lessons based on a well-conceived curriculum, good organizational skills, good teacher-student relationships, effective discipline (which can be easily achieved after the first three conditions are satisfied.) The first of these...
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...EDU-230 Cultural Identifiers - Challenges and Responses Example One: Child does not celebrate birthdays Cultural Identifier: Religion Identify Potential Challenge(s): Offending those who do not celebrate and upsetting those who do Identify Appropriate Response(s): Have an approach that is educational and not devotional Example Two: Limited/No parent support OR overly demanding parent * Cultural Identifier: Socioeconomic Status (Class) Identify Potential Challenge(s): No parent support at home Identify Appropriate Response(s): Educating the parents on things they can do at home Example Three: Other students complain that there is an aroma of curry as a particular child passes by. Cultural Identifier: family of origin Identify Potential Challenge(s): Seriously offending a student due to their culture Identify Appropriate Response(s): informing the students that everyone has different tastes in their homes Example Four: Wheelchair bound student requests a desk at the back of the room, farthest from the door in an overcrowded classroom. Cultural Identifier: Ability Identify Potential Challenge(s): This could make it hard for the student to get around Identify Appropriate Response(s): Asking the student if they would prefer a seat closer up front and closer to the exit Example Five: Before school starts, a student is found sleeping on the restroom floor...
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...Amy Jones EDU 230 May 8, 2012 Patti Lucas Multicultural Fieldtrip In today world there are multicultural among us, through each different cultural we are able to learn something. As I take a multicultural fieldtrip I notice the difference in every culture, from The Philippine Agta, Ngbaka, Southeast Asia, Yi of China, and etc. In every culture lies a unique heritage trail, the Philippine Agta has great skill when it comes to natural forest environment, they are great hunter. They can develop a symbiotic relationship with their agricultural neighbors. “The Agta retained a way of life similar to that of the early inhabitants of virtually” (International Museum of Cultures, 2012). http://www.internationalmuseumofcultures.org/philip.htm Exploring into the South America, I was able to know that it’s one of the most biodiversity continents and there are many unique and interesting species of animal live (International Museum of Cultures, 2012). http://www.internationalmuseumofcultures.org/sioux.htm The people are best known for their pottery are the Quichua (Kichwa) women living in Ecuador. The girls would gather clay and wrap it in banana leafs to keep it from dry out. They made different pottery with a unique design, and they get this idea from their surroundings. One of the interesting cultures I found is the Shipibo culture. They have a unique culture that started when they are a little child. When a child is born the madrina will give them their tribal name...
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...Keisha Johnson April 14, 2010 EDU 230 Jeffery Sheritti Multicultural Fieldtrip: Children’s Museum of Phoenix Visiting museums has always been an interesting experience for me since I was a child. When I would go on fieldtrips with the schools that I attended, I preferred going to museums rather than amusement parks because I enjoyed learning about the history of people and was extremely ecstatic with seeing art. When I was given this assignment I was excited, not only because I was going to go to a museum here in Phoenix, but also because I choose a museum that my five year old daughter Erica would enjoy as well. The Children’s Museum of Phoenix was by far the most interesting museum I’ve been to and the environment was also something I’ll never forget. As we arrived to the museum I was taken aback by the look of the building until I realized that it was actually a school at one point. I did some research before going and most of the reviews I saw stated that the museum was every child’s dream museum, however this resulted in it being overly crowded at times, luckily we went on a day where this wasn’t an issue for us at all. There were quite a few families there, that ranged in many different cultures and backgrounds and it made the experience more pleasant. Since the museum didn’t focus on true history and art, it made it easy for anyone from any background feel welcomed to come through the doors. The entire building, all three floors were dedicated to children playing...
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...Patricia Rodas EDU-230 Cultural Diversity in the Classroom April 15, 2012 Ashley Calhoun Autobiographical Interview When and where did Patricia Chloe Rodas come from? On my father’s side, my grandfather came from Kansas on horseback and buggy and my grandmother came the same way but from Arkansas. On my mother’s side my grandmother was born here in Oklahoma but her parents both came from Arkansas. My grandfather’s family are Native Americans have been in Oklahoma since my great-great-grandmother and her mother came from Arkansas and before that there traveled here from Georgia on the trail of tears. They came to Oklahoma when it was a new state, in the early 1920’s, with their families on horse and cart. To me my culture is how we care and share many of the same values towards family. We are a large family but a close knit one. We are made up of many different races ranging from black, white, Native American, Chinese, Mexican, Guatemalan, German, and French. If anything you would call our culture a melting pot. Even though we are made up of many different races we have the same morals and values. I first became aware of our culture when I married my husband. He is from Guatemala and they are also a close knit culture but only to their own. They soon learned I was not like that and I do not care about where you come from. It has been ten years and I still learn things about my husband’s family and culture all the time. . The thing I value about my culture...
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...Running head: Influences in the Teaching Environment Influences in the Teaching Environment Joe Smith Grand Canyon University: EDU 536 August 28, 2012 Influences in the Teaching Environment There are many negative classroom conditions and disruptive behaviors that can influence the teaching environment. These include, but are not limited to, large class sizes, unmotivated and disrespectful students. It is important for teachers to be prepared for these conditions and behaviors, and have effective strategies to deal with them. These strategies need to include preemptive tactics that prevent disruptions from happening. However, some disruptions are unpreventable and inevitable and strategies need to been in place to deal with these when they occur. One classroom condition that a teacher has no control over with the growing populations of students is large class sizes. Large classes will only add to difficulty of classroom management as there are potentially more students to create disruptions. It is the teacher’s responsibility to keep the students engaged to avoid students losing interest which could lead to misbehaviors. Spencer Kagan, Patricia Kyle, and Sally Scott provide that disruptions and misbehaviors can be prevented by, “An interesting, stimulating teacher who adapts the curriculum to student interests and needs” (Charles, 2008, p. 155). Engaging lessons are extremely important in an overpopulated classroom because of the larger number of students...
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...Tionna Shivers EDU-230 November 18, 2012 Michelle Jervell Multicultural Field Trip The APEX Museum The APEX Museum is known as “African American Panoramic Experience Museum” (APEX, 2012). The museum contains timelines about the African American culture. There is a time line describing the accomplishments of Africans. Some accomplishments include: mastering basic arithmetic, cultivating crops, carving the first colossal sculpture, and creating glass windows. The museum also shows pictures and artifacts from that time period as well. The museum also describes the process in which Africans were brought to America through the Middle Passage. In addition, it shows how they were shackled, the type of “money” that was used to pay for slaves, a badge from the plantation police, and the door of no return. It describes the story of Henry “Box” Brown, the African American who was shipped up north in a box. There is also a section of the museum which describes the goods that were of value such as cotton, tobacco, and sugar. Also, there is a replica of a slave ship. In addition, there is a Wall of Achievement which outlines every African American who made some type of contribution to Georgia’s history. Invasion Before the invasion of the surrounding countries, Africa was separated by tribes. Some of the tribes were: Kush, Ghana, and Lake Kingdom. France and Britain invaded majority of Africa during that time period. Other countries who invaded Africa were: Portugal, Germany,...
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...Running Head: Multicultural Education and the Various Challenges Multicultural Education and the Various Challenges Oletha Y. Mask-York Grand Canyon University EDU 230, Cultural Diversity in the Classroom April 29, 2012 Issues within Multicultural Education As an educator I realize that teaching can be challenging. It requires one to be dedicated to self and the population they serve. It can be exciting or boring. It is how you approach this profession that makes a difference. Teachers have to look into themselves and critique their beliefs and values about the prejudices of the world we live in. Can they open their minds and hearts to a world that has so many different cultures that has breed so many children? These children can have learning disabilities, mental or physical disabilities, or be English Language learners. It is left up to us to follow a curriculum that is exceptional to the needs of all children and it can be challenging. Some critics of multicultural education oppose teaching about different cultures because they believe it will lead to numerous problems. They think it divides cultures and teaches students to think of themselves as being different from the rest of society. Some believe it does not allow students to express their individuality places too much emphasis on the diverse backgrounds. They think that educating students about the U.S. democracy it will focus on the origins of Europe. The belief is if people do not assimilate into the mainstream...
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