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Blog #11 (part 2 class reflection)

 Good Afternoon and welcome back to my blog!   This blog is bittersweet as we are recapping 3 impactful activities/readings/videos we did throughout the semester.  Precious Knowledge documentary: This documentary really stood out to me. Hearing different students perspectives on how the school system has failed so many students. Having a class such as "ethnic studies" really brought so many students together in one safe space. In a community where students are struggling it was really special to me that school can be a safe space which is what I want my classroom to be for many students. Kohn Classroom chart- This highlights how certain dynamics and ways can help you connect to your students. I like the way it showed different ways to set up a classroom because it inspired me to come up with useful ways to set up a successful classroom.  Shalabys Troublemakers- I enjoyed reading this article because it showed a different perspective on kids. It showed that no kid is ...
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Blog #11 Sexual Orientation

 Today's blog post is a reflection of Sexual Orientation           We watched an inspirational video on sexual orientation and how many child who attended "Camp I am" felt for once included and safe in who they were. They felt confident because for the first time they did not have to hide who they were. They also mentioned how they felt shamed in their communities because this was not the "social norm." It even broke up families. I found it crazy how a parent could leave their child only because they were expressing themselves. Reid is now a support system and advocate at a camp who help children transition into their comfortable gender. And Milo's mom is now a photographer at "Camp I am" and continues to advocate for Milo. Having a mothers perspective in this Ted talk is important because their children are also struggling with this transitions, so having a open-minded parent up their it very insightful.
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Blog #10 Sex and Gender

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 Good morning and welcome back to my blog!   
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Blog #9

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 Good Morning everyone and welcome back to my blog!         Today is a reflection post about Ablism in education and how we can eliminate it as future teachers? In the article "   ​ "Eliminating Ableism in Education" is an article by Thomas Hehir.   Hehir defines ablism as "the devaluation of disability" leading to societal attitudes uncritically. He highlights how we diminish people with disabilities without being aware. Such as speaking instead of signing in a classroom. For example, a student who has a hearing impairment is given an aid. Although this is beneficial for the student, we devalue the student by not giving additional training to the main student teacher. These assumptions also lower the job rate for a person who has a disability because of the lack of training. We "assume" a child cannot do an activity because of their disability which is unfortunate.       I want to reflect on this reading back to the best ...
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Blog #8

 Good Afternoon and welcome back to my blog!          Today we read "Aria" and I'm going to explain and connect the reading to my classroom placement I am in currently. This reading was about a student struggling to communicate because of how limited his communication was because English was his second language. Unfortunately the student needed to have a student-teacher conference, where the teacher explained to the parents that in order to have a full education, the parents had to start speaking English. This hurt the parents feelings because they took the teachers words as forgetting the entire Spanish speaking lifestyle and everyday the distance between her and parents grew. Her parents did not speak/understand English and the student (Aria) was forced to completely understand English. The silence was very loud in her house hold.      Reading this opened my eyes as a future teacher. In my classroom, my teacher has been educating for more t...
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Blog #7 Re-evaluating our classrooms.

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 Good Morning and welcome back to my blog!      Today I read the preface and chapters 1 &2 of "Literacy with an Attitude."  This goes in depth with a new way of exploring our core classes such as: math, literature, etc. This book written by Patrick J.Finn, examines how we need engagement in our classroom to help the students fully learn and I whole-heartedly agree with this concept. The concept of not just throwing a text book with questions at the end but to come up with new and fun ways of learning. Although these three chapters I read were very influential I wanted to highlight two quotes I found interesting/ worthy of mentioning as well as adding my thoughts. Quote #1 "Do it this way or its wrong" (page.20)      Thoughts: In math there is a right and wrong answer, but never the wrong way of getting there I believe.  In a classroom not everyone learns the same way and I think it's interesting to see how this newer generation of teacher...
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Blog #6 Alfie Kohn

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 Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog!      As many of you know, I have been in my classroom placement for about a month now and the experience has exposed me to many new cultures and ways of teaching. My third grade classroom has been a wake up call because I never thought I would enjoy teaching the younger generations. I go there every Friday morning where they talk to me about their week, eat their breakfast, and do their IREADY math which can be tricky to help them stay on track. Previously I discussed the "Problem child" of the classroom and observed the students behavior. Their behavior I observed consisted of how they learn, who gets distracted easily, etc. But now our shift is to the classroom environment.         Previously, we were hyper-focused on the children, now we are focusing on the environment (classroom) and how they learned. IN the Reading Alfie Kohn writes, he provides a chart of what a classroom should consist of for suc...
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