Introduction
The Box Activity
Starting Activity:
Inside the envelope is 3 slips of paper.
Write down 3 things that make you who your are or connect to your identity.
Examples:
female, athlete, Jewish, brother, educator, artist, Christian, Giants fan, optimistic, pessimistic, outgoing, strong, Asian American, Latino, student, middle class, and so on....
Considerations:
What does it mean to reduce your identity to "choice"?
What did it you believe it to be like to be told how many parts to your identity you are alloted, that you cannot change, or that you were "given" the opportunity?
My Intro..............................................................................................
To
most this photo is nothing. Or maybe it's a rustic looking brick wall,
maybe it seems rough. But to the immigrants it is a place of rest. It is
a small stop along a journey of many miles. A place where they can
sleep, shower, eat, heal the wounds in their feet.
Journeys that involve riding on top of a train, leaving la casa, la familia, their wives. A journey of many journeys.
It is only one place of rest before walking on foot many more miles, or jumping on a train, strapping their body with a belt so they may sleep for a bit. Often they are stopped by gangs or goverment officials, pushed off, stripped of any money, shoes taken, but they still journey. They still smile. Some are young, jovenes, 20, some older.
Because, like all of us, they have dreams. They want families. They want to provide, they want simple things yet they must cross rivers, face violence, discrimination, borders that don't really exist, borders that tell them they don't deserve these humane dreams. The immigrant of central and South America choose to take this journey because their is no work, the money they have and work hard for is often taken, they have families to support but not much left to give. Their rights are stolen. They love their homes and describe them con amore. They want to return but they cannot stay as it is.
Despite their losses, they share their stories, they share their hope, they share their smiles.
I hope one day I live in a world where humanity is considered a whole not a part.
Love is walking (listening) in another's shoes. Love is people that have no objects, no shoes on their feet, but they welcome you anyway.
Journeys that involve riding on top of a train, leaving la casa, la familia, their wives. A journey of many journeys.
It is only one place of rest before walking on foot many more miles, or jumping on a train, strapping their body with a belt so they may sleep for a bit. Often they are stopped by gangs or goverment officials, pushed off, stripped of any money, shoes taken, but they still journey. They still smile. Some are young, jovenes, 20, some older.
Because, like all of us, they have dreams. They want families. They want to provide, they want simple things yet they must cross rivers, face violence, discrimination, borders that don't really exist, borders that tell them they don't deserve these humane dreams. The immigrant of central and South America choose to take this journey because their is no work, the money they have and work hard for is often taken, they have families to support but not much left to give. Their rights are stolen. They love their homes and describe them con amore. They want to return but they cannot stay as it is.
Despite their losses, they share their stories, they share their hope, they share their smiles.
I hope one day I live in a world where humanity is considered a whole not a part.
Love is walking (listening) in another's shoes. Love is people that have no objects, no shoes on their feet, but they welcome you anyway.
Connection was the message!
The message:
The Biggest change you can make in the world is through the relationships you create around you. This includes the students you will be fortunate encounter to and work among.
First ask,
What's your student's story?
Blogging for Students
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What is a Blog?
Blog is short for web log. It’s a bit like an online diary or journal, except blogs aren’t necessarily private, instead they’re created for an audience. And just like a diary or journal, a blog is relaxed, making it an easy and comfortable way for students to get writing.
Leads doors to open to collaborate with other students, get feedback.
Online (always accessible)
Giddy and Geared up students (Active Engagement)
So many possibilities...
Why use blogging in the classroom?
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- The format of blogging is simple and oh so organized!
- No matter what site you utilize for blogging, the same basic components are there.
- Through the simple format students can still personalize if they have individual blogs.
- Can upload (integrate) images and videos
- Insert links for a convenient place to access curriculum
- automatically connects you to sources via the internet
- Chronological
- Subject orientated
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Leads doors to open to collaborate with other students, get feedback.
- Blogging can allow students to interact with other classrooms (campus, locally, nationally, & globally)
- Students can get feedback from other students & the teacher easily (this can be set up to be approved prior to publishing).
- You can invite professionals to leave comments (for example; my students had an art blog and a group of artists gave feedback to them).
- Comments are the most exciting component for my students in 4th and 5th grade!
- Publishing and collaborating pushes students to think about what they're talking about. Participatory culture.
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Online (accessible)
- Students can access blog from home (i.e., class blog, other student blogs)
- Parents can view blogs, check out curriculum links, watch videos with their child.
- Teachers can use any computer, phone, tablet, etc to work on blogs, leave feedback, etc. Blogger has an "app".
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This is the best part!!
Giddy or geared-up students (Active Engagement)
- Students love blogging!
- In my research project, I worked with students who present with super high anxiety to write even a sentence, they were begging me to do their blogs.
- Start with exploration to open the door.
- FOCUSING on the public/publishing element is a motivator for students.
- Blogging builds a writing connection.
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- Any SUBJECT can be a focus of a blog...
- Art Blogs (publish, critique, and reflect)
- Literature Blogs
- Altering perspectives (being a character on a blog)
- Class Newsletter blog (collaborating as a class)
- Homework blogs
- Teacher centered blog (updated information) or as a tool for lesson planning, daily schedules
- FLIPPING THE CLASSROOM blog
- Portfolio blogs (showcasing readiness, form of presentation)
- Study of other blogs
The emphasis on collaboration, creativity, and publishing all connect to students of the contemporary society and embraces the qualities of participatory culture. This in turn sets up the classroom conversation to include elements critical to the modern student (i.e., online safety, what publishing means and the imprint of that, projecting oneself, etc.).
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The organization and functionality of blogs tune into simplicity but still is a vehicle for creativity of writing and personalization.
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Blogs provide a place to be reflective while also being recorded into a virtual space making the teachers life that much easier.
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TOP 5 teacher Tips:
1. Breathe
2. Self-Care
3. BE awesome at 2-3 things NOT Everything
4. make BFF's with the Librarian and Custodian
5. Class Management and Expectation settings is EVERYTHING
6. self-care
Useful links/tools
- This BLOG/PRESENTATION
- http://www.blogger.com/features
- Blogger via google, connects to your google drive
- http://edublogs.org/
- http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/06/ultimate-guide-
- http://elearningindustry.com/how-to-use-blogs-in-the-classroomto-use-of-blogs-in.html
- http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Campbell-Weblogs.html
- www.kidblog.org
- www.pinterest.com (I use this to pin my images I want to add to my class daily blog)
- http://www.readwritethink.org/professional-development/strategy-guides/teaching-with-blogs-30108.html
- http://www.slideshare.net/jhorame/using-blogs-in-esl
- www.wordpress.org
My student art blogs examples, early stages:
http://rainbowsunshinecoyotewolf.blogspot.com/
http://immortalcoyotehd.blogspot.com/
http://20zombielife.blogspot.com/
http://eatfleshzombies0.blogspot.com/
http://glitterbuglightning.blogspot.com/
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