Sunday, December 9, 2012
Monday, December 3, 2012
VoiceThread
After using Voice Thread as
something to experiment with, I am very certain it has a great amount of value,
and the potential to have a long list of amount of uses. The first thought that
comes when using this application for teaching purposes, is to create an
educational video by the students perspective teacher. Not only would the
Teacher have the ability to fill the video with information that they choose
and want, but it would allow their students to view the video at their own
pace. I didn’t think of this method until it was presented to the class, but it
make clear and perfect sense to use it, having the student themselves create
the video on something they learned. This give the students the power to create
a lesson they just recently, giving the student deeper comprehension by
teaching and explaining it themselves, increased motivation to learn the
lesson, and the teacher would have a new way to assess how much the student
learned.
-Eric Valdez
-Eric Valdez
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Brenda's Bilingual Education History Timeline
Check out some other similar timelines online:
Legislation timeline
Source:
Cerda, N. and Hernandez, C. M. (2006). Retrieved from http://www.freewebs.com/cerdahdz/legislationtimeline.htm
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
En los últimos lugares
Hoy en día nos tenemos que preocupar
por muchos más problemas que dañan a nuestra sociedad que nuestros antepasados.
En nuestro mundo hay mucha violencia, crímenes y odio en contra del prójimo.
Sí, me preocupó por todo lo anterior pero quiero señalar aquí un asunto que me
precopa aun mas. Ser educado es algo muy importante para a ser un buen
ciudadano y es mi mayor preocupación. Un estudio muestra que “las personas que
dejan sus estudios integran un número más alto de personas en prisiones y en
lista para la cadena perpetua.” Esta
información apoya mi opinión de que el problema más importante de nuestro país
es tener un programa de educación más eficiente.
Una persona educada está preparada
para contribuir a su país como un buen ciudadano. Esto significa que tiene que
ir a la escuela y prepararse para la vida. Los estudiantes tienen que llegar
más allá que terminar la preparatoria. Hoy en día para tener un buen trabajo se
tiene que terminar la universidad. Según un estudio de The Broad Foundation
Education, 1.3 millones de estudiantes dejan los estudios antes de terminar la
preparatoria. De esta cifra el 44 por ciento no está trabajando. Esta
información es muy alarmante porque significa que casi la mitad de estos
estudiantes están en sus casas de flojos y sin contribuir a la sociedad. Es a
un más preocupante que estas personas estén vagando por las calles en donde
pueden cometer crímenes. Estos datos solo concluye que en los Estados Unidos es
necesario implementar un programa que retenga a los estudiantes en sus
estudios.
Las cifras anteriores son alarmantes
pero no más que el saber que 70 por ciento de los estudiantes del octavo grado
no leen al nivel de sus compañeros. Este porcentaje es muy alto pero a la vez
refleja el porqué los estudiantes no terminan sus estudios. El solo hecho de
saber que no sabes leer al mismo nivel que tus compañeros debe de ser algo muy
terrible. En mi opinión esta es la causa por la qué tantos estudiantes no están
terminando sus estudios. Pero este problema no empieza en el octavo grado sino
desde que los estudiantes entran el sistema educativo. Esta es la razón por la
qué en los Estados Unidos debe de haber más programas que detecten estos
problemas en los estudiantes antes de que sea muy tarde. El no saber leer o
necesitar ayuda se debe detectar en el segundo grado en donde se aprende a
leer. Si el niño/niña recibe esta ayuda entonces no tendrá que sufrir más
adelante y el problema será reversible.
Entonces, si estos estudiantes son ayudados a tiempo estarán igual de
capacitados que sus compañeros y no se sentirán menos que ellos. Lo mejor es
que van a seguir estudiando y llagarán a ser alguien en la vida.
Comparado con otros países los
Estados Unidos ocupa el número 21 de los 30 países más industrializados en
estudiantes que se gradúan de la preparatoria. Esto significa que nuestro país
está en una crisis educativa. Después de ser el número uno en donde la mayoría
de sus estudiantes se graduaban de la preparatoria a hora somos el numero
21. Esto demuestra que en los Estados Unidos
se está haciendo algo mal en sus programas de educación. La mayor preocupación
es que de los 30 países más destacados América es el número 25 en
matemáticas. Si este problema no se
resuelve muy pronto seremos el numero 30 porque los ortos países están progresando
muy rápido.
Como futura maestra este problema es
muy grave. Mi meta como maestra de la primaría es educar lo mejor posible a
todos mis estudiantes desde niños. El trabajo de ser una maestra es muy difícil
e importante porque tenemos el futuro de nuestra nación en nuestras manos. Esta
información solo muestra que tendré que trabajar mucho más para llegar a mi
meta. El problema de la educación es de todo
ciudadano y como estadounidenses tenemos que solucionarlo. La educación es la
única manera que los Estados Unidos pueda seguir progresando y otra vez llegar
a ser el número uno.
Source:
O'Donnell, K. (2011). High School Graduate Literacy
Levels. In eHowmom. Retrieved Novemeber 28, 2012, from
http://www.ehow.com/info_8772914_high-school-graduate-literacy-levels.html.
Bilingual Education In Spain
I was asked to research on countries' bilingual education system.The article that I found helped me realize the importance of bilingual education for the United States
and other countries. Today a person who is fluent in two or more languages is
able to communicate internationally with others. Therefore, many countries
focus on bilingual education in order to compete on the international level.
In Spain, if a
teacher conducts a bilingual curriculum then the entire lesson must be
partially in English; the lesson is in either Spanish or English. Bilingual education is a new development in
Spain but especially in Ronda. In Spain, these programs run for a very short
time; one year form primary school and three years for high school. There is
also a shortage of qualified bilingual educators in Spain. The bilingual education
programs in Spain have a different intention than those in the Unites States
because their focus is to allow Spanish students to learn English at an
enhanced level throughout their school years. The program’s main goal is to
produce a generation of Spaniards able to compete in the international stage
where English is acknowledged as the lingua franca (languages used as common or
commercial tongues among peoples of diverse speech).
Spain
welcomes English speaking children but with a different purpose. If the schools
have more English speaking children, then the non-English speaking children
will be able to retain and learn their second language more effectively. As
stated in the article, “If they had their way they would increase the number of
foreign students to give Spanish students exposure to the English language in
the playground as well as the classroom.” Even though there is an increase of
English speakers, bilingual schools are not able to offer 50/50 education. Some
classes are lucky if they even achieve much more than minimal English
instruction. Their goal for 2010/2011 was to increase this numbers from 25% to
30% of all education in English. In order to accomplish their goal, several
teachers helped coordinate the curriculum mainly by those that knew the English
meanwhile, the other teachers undertook English night courses at the
Escuela Oficial de Idiomas.
Ronda
is glad to offer a bilingual education curriculum and teachers are very
delighted to teach it. Most promising, the students are responding positively
to classes taught only in English. There seems to be a brighter future for the
students in Ronda because bilingual education is supported by the mainstream.
As stated in our textbooks, students succeed better in learning a second language
if their efforts are seen positively.
Sources: http://www.rondatoday.com/1213/bilingual-education-in-ronda
Cristal's Manifesto
10 Point Manifesto to Fulfilling
Teaching
by Cristal Carbajal Benitez
1.
Parent
are partners in education, therefore, I will make sure I connect with my
students’ parents’ or guardians from day one, if not before.
2.
I
will use my students’ test scores NOT as a measure of their abilities, but as a
measure of MY effectiveness as a teacher. I will take responsibility for
my teaching methods and modify them to ensure all my students are learning.
3.
My
students do not come to me as blank slates. They come to my classroom with
large amounts of knowledge, and it is my job to use it to go deeper and
further in their education by using what the already know.
4.
I
will push my students to do better than their best, because they are
capable of it.
5.
An
organized space is needed for an organized mind. My classroom and lessons will
be arranged in a way that distractions are at a minimum and learning is at a
maximum.
6.
My
job is not just to make sure I cover all of the Texas Essential Knowledge and
Skills, but also to teach my students the soft skills that will make
them lifelong and self-regulated learners.
7.
We
cannot expect people to run a race without knowing where the finish line is.
For that reason, my students and I will decide what success looks like and
what we expect to learn after a lesson
8.
My
classroom will be a positive place where all of my students’ identities and
cultures are acknowledged, respected, celebrated and investigated. Multicultural
education will be a part of my teaching methods so that my students know
that their experiences are important and worthy of sharing.
9.
I
need to understand what my impact is on my students. Understanding how
great of an impact I am making on my students’ lives will help me plan my
course of action in regards to their education.
10.
I will
make sure to stop and listen. Listen to my students to make sure they
are learning and listen to my fellow teachers so I can learn from them and
become a better educator.
-Cristal
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