an eye opener

I really like this video...If you find yourself in a moment where in you feel like lost and don't know how to inspire your students to learn...this video is for you

Click 'n Read

This is a great phonics program that my dyad class uses.

New Horizons For Learning!

I found this website on line that I think would be a great tool for teachers. It is a large site that has many components such as articles, teaching and learning strategies, lifelong learning, student voices, special needs children, transforming education, as well as journals, links to handbooks (Cherry Banks handbook of research on multicultural education is here) and much more! It is a good resource from what I have explored so far and a helpful tool for new teachers!

Here's the link:          http://www.newhorizons.org/

Global economy and education

Yesterday, I was reading the newspaper and they have an article entitled,"Global trade puts kids astride 2 cultures". Talks about the pros and cons of having students migrate and adapt to a new academic envrionment. I was really intrigue how the article felt that American students are growing fast and students in foreign countries such as India do not. Is it because we keep on bombarding our young students advertisements of "stuff". I grew up in the Philippines, and whenever people ask me which place I would prefer, I still don't know. I mean I like the idea to raise my family with the Filipino values I have at the same time I want them to have the great opportunity I have here. One thing that I learn when I migrated her, and that is to be appreciative and thankful for what I have. It is really an eye opener when you see with your own eyes and expereince two different cultures. Seeing people who just accumulate "stuff" and see another group of people who do not enough really changes one's perspective in life.