Lesson 1 EDU224

I will use blogs to publish assignments, resources, and keep students and even parents up to date on class events, due dates, and content being covered. Also to  help students' master content and improve their writing skills. My first step in blog creation is choosing a platform.  Edublog.com  is the number one site for education blogs. It lets you create and manage teacher and student websites. You can customize your design and even add photos, #videos, and podcasts. Learn more about this free, private, and secure website platform in their engaging  edublogging video . Kidblog.com  is a safe, secure publishing platform designed for grades k-12.  It’s free for up to 50 students per class. Some of the features include no advertising, privacy, password-protected, no personal information needed from students, and simple to use so students spend more time publishing. WordPress.org is a free blogging site and a good choice if your blogs go public. There is no need to purchase a

After reading and pondering the debate about teens lacking adult reasoning capacity, yet being held to adult consequences, what do you think this means for you as a teacher? As a teacher, I believe this means that I need to have grace and reasonable expectations. Just because my student is taller and stronger than me doesn't mean they are capable of making adult decisions.  As a teacher, this could be tricky. Students could pull the "I'm a teen, my brain isn't developed so I didn't do my homework" card often. I just need to be creative and in tune with my students. With the information I learned, I am thinking I will need to change my teaching technique and not just bunch all teens in the same category. Male teens obviously need more hands-on and guidance activities.  

It impacts me as a teacher in the sense that with the wealth of information I gained from the videos, I would encourage students to play an instrument knowing it not only affects their brain but also changes it. They have the potential to get higher test scores. I will also play music as well as have the students engage in music as much as possible. In regards to math, knowing having some math knowledge at home helps their math skills,  I will send home and encourage math games and activities. I will have math games available at school. I will incorporate math throughout my day in a fun way. 

The language and reading videos were a confirmation how important language development and reading are. I want to teach kindergarten, so this is vital information for me to know and to hone in on. I feel like I can prepare myself (depending where I teach) for students who will come to school with no prior reading and who won't be read to at home throughout the year. I can at least do my part at school to expose them to as much rich literature and opportunities to read with others and listen to an audio as possible. I found the videos very enlightening especially how infants need human interaction to grasp language. Also how the back of the brain is affected for those with dyslexia. The information was informative. I know have the background knowledge to be sensitive to those who could have dyslexia and perhaps have a conversation with the parents or with specialists. I am such a passionate (prior) homeschooling parent who has read continuously with and out loud to my kids and s