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1.The value of using primary resources in education will be a valuable tool to use once I am in the classroom. I looked at the "tokens and Treasures" exhibit and I was amazed on the display of gifts that were given to our former Presidents. I am thrilled to have such interesting and fun information ready and available to me 24/7.
2. The three area that I would be most competent in doing to help create a culturally integrated community in our school system would be ones that help network people together. I am great at delegating and getting the ball rolling on things. I tend to make quick decisions and use good judgment with creating new tasks and jobs for people.
~Create a cultural competence committee or task force. Include administrators, teachers, education support professionals, students, family, and community representatives. The committee can serve as the primary governing body for planning, implementing, and evaluating organizational cultural competence initiatives.
~Build and use a network of "natural helpers" at school and in the community as well as "experts" who have knowledge of the culturally, linguistically, racially, and ethnically diverse groups served by your school.
~Network with parent, family, minority community, and faith-based organizations concerned with the needs of diverse students. Solicit their involvement and input in the design and implementation of initiatives for culturally, linguistically, racially, and ethnically diverse groups.
3. I loved the colorful graphics in this 7h grade social studies site. History can be so dull for so many people but the website of the Gold Rush had a virtual tour of the museum as well as offered a audio version to go along side it. It was interactive, had information for teaching curriculum and used real pictures to tell the story of California's past.
4. This website has been my greatest find so far! Easy and simple to use and a ton of information. I am still discovering new things. I looked into the Eyewitness to History and liked that there were stories, journal entries, pictures and other media used to tell a fist hand account of so many famous people.
5. How we think and learn has always fascinated me and it seems very simple, but so complex. When I have taken the multiple intelligence test in the past and read the description of it, I knew it was dead on! So, with this informational website, I can study further into the intelligences and use the awesome resource page. This is a useful and insightful website that I will check into often.
6. Teaching Tolerance is a subject that has so many facets to it but with one general purpose, and I was happy to discover new ways of thinking and educating students. With living so close to the Mexico border, I thought that the lesson plan about discovering family roots and immigration would be appropriate. We have many students in San Diego from Mexico as well as other countries whose families have migrated here in the last generation. At one point all out ancestors have and it is good for the students to realize that we all have one purpose in mind, freedom and equality. Check it out at http://www.tolerance.org/teach/activities/activity.jsp?cid=331
7.I thought I had this quiz in the bag! My score was 3/10 correct! All the questions provoked thought into how unfair and unequal our society is. Here are the two I chose to ponder...
13 Based on a 2007 report from the Economic Policy Institute, the annual earnings of the average full-time U.S. worker is roughly equal to:
(Answer=The DAILY earnings)
the hourly earnings of the average CEO in the U.S.
the daily earnings of the average CEO in the U.S.
the weekly earnings of the average CEO in the U.S.
the monthly earnings of the average CEO in the U.S.
14 What portion of the U.S. Government budget goes to welfare and Social Security?
(Answer= 20% Social Security and 1% Welfare)
25% to welfare and 25% to Social Security
less than 1% to welfare and 20% to Security
20% to welfare and 1% to Social Security
less than 1% to welfare and less than 1% to Social Security
It is pretty incredible that CEO's get paid that much more than the average working Joe. I'm sure that does not include all the perks that go along with the wealthy upper class. On that same note, I have a problem with the highly overpaid and glamorized professional athletes and movie stars who have a very plush life. We never seem to talk about them.....maybe its time we should.
In regards to the welfare and social security funds, I don't have an answer on how to fix it....it seems so complicated for me to even think about, and I am sure that is what those who are receiving those benefits are thinking as well. Their lives are too stressful and hard enough to try and make a difference in the system, so everything changes at a snails pace.
8.I am proud to say that I scored a 9/10 on the Netiquette Quiz. My Great-Grandmother would be so proud! Netiquette does seem to be simple common sense, but som many people out there don't often use theirs! So, as in life, it is important to set some sort of rules or guidelines for people to follow to create civility amongst all those out there in cyberspace!

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