Week 8: Assignment #2: wordle or tagxedo

For our last class (yea!) on Feb 7th we will watch a movie (to be determined later). My last class watched Stand and Deliver but several other movies would work just as well. We will watch the movie and then discuss it in light of what we have learned in this course. To assist with that, I would like you to make either a wordle or tagxedo using at least 12 key terms from the chapters in the text. You don't have to send it to me, but bring it to class on Feb 7th so you can refer to it during the discussion. That's it for this week. Use the rest of your time to work on those assignments.

Week #8 Assignment 1: School Action Plan Discussion

This purpose of this assignment is to get you thinking about your school action plan. Several of you have told me about your good ideas already. Now I'd like you to share your ideas with your classmates, and maybe use this blog to recruit teammates for your paper.:) For example- "Hey Susie- I was thinking about the same plan for my school. Do you want to work together?" Post one original thought about your progress so far, your ideas, your lack of ideas, etc. and then respond to someone else's post, encouraging them in their endeavors for a total of 2 posts. Due date for this is before class on Jan 31.

Week 7 Assignment #3

http://cultureconferenceimmigration.weebly.com/ Here is the link to the blog we used to write about multicultural books. On the left side of the home page are the links. Click on "know your myths" and take the 13 question cultural quiz. Post a quick sentence or two about how you did or what information surprised you. This is the last assignnment for week 7. Good luck on your case studies. Email me if you have questions.

Week 7 Assignment #2: America By The Numbers with Maria Hinojosa: Clarkston Georgia

Although Clarkston, GA is nearby, it can feel like you've traveled thousands of miles to get there because the culture is so diverse. Your next assignment is to watch this program and then analyze the Clarkston community using the community formulas described on page 81 and 82 of your text. How would you categorize the Clarkston community? Your school community? Post a paragraph to complete this assignment.

Week 7 Assignment #1 (due Jan 24)

Chapter 4 in our text discussed learning styles and learning style inventories. Find a learning style inventory of your choice and complete it. Post a paragraph about your findings and consider the following: Do you think the results are accurate? Why/why not? Do you think your learning style is influenced by culture? Do you think you tend to teach using your preferred learning style? What learning style do you guess most of your students are? Would you or have you ever given your students a learning style inventory? Would you recommend it? or Would you be willing to try it?

Culture Nov 2012- Feb 2013: Assignment #1

Culture Nov 2012- Feb 2013: Assignment #1: Listen to the following article and write a 2-3 sentence response. Also, comment on one other person's response. http://www.npr.org/blogs/...

I liked this story and last year I saw much of what was described in my classroom. When I took over an existing class in November I had to set up a new culture for my classroom. I tried to create an environment where it was safe to fail but my students were very resistant. If they weren't successful at once they were embarrassed or ready to quit.
However, by the end of the year, after many conversations most were willing to keep working and they had learned that by trying and explaining what they had done that they often found and fixed their errors themselves.

Assignment #3

Your last post is related to your upcoming case study paper. This is the one where you will interview the parent of a student about their culture. Tell me what your game plan is. Have you picked a student? Contacted the parents about the interview? What part of this assignment do you think will be the hardest? What part do you think will be the easiest? I just want to get you thinking about this paper coming up. Give me at least 3 sentences and then respond to someone else's post for a total of 2 posts for this assignment.