P. 4 - Due Thursday, April 13 - A Visit with the Guidance Counselor

Recently, you had the opportunity to visit with one of your campus guidance counselors and learn about a number of factors surrounding his/her job.

Make a comment/compliment sandwich on this blog which includes something about one of the following:

• Her education background
• The journey that brought her to the position as a guidance counselor
• The tasks she has to do on a regular and irregular basis
• The personal characteristics needed to be successful as a guidance counselor
• How she serves students, faculty and staff, and the community
• The skills necessary to be a successful guidance counselor
• The rewards of being a guidance counselor

Be sure that the comment portion of your remark adds value to the discussion.  Other readers should be able to take something thought-provoking away from your entry.  

Required:  You must BEGIN with your name, followed by the compliment/comment sandwich.  

P. 1 - Due Thursday, April 13 - A Visit with the Guidance Counselor

Recently, you had the opportunity to visit with one of your campus guidance counselors and learn about a number of factors surrounding his/her job.

Make a comment/compliment sandwich on this blog which includes something about one of the following:

• Her education background
• The journey that brought her to the position as a guidance counselor
• The tasks she has to do on a regular and irregular basis
• The personal characteristics needed to be successful as a guidance counselor
• How she serves students, faculty and staff, and the community
• The skills necessary to be a successful guidance counselor
• The rewards of being a guidance counselor

Be sure that the comment portion of your remark adds value to the discussion.  Other readers should be able to take something thought-provoking away from your entry.  

Required:  You must BEGIN with your name, followed by the compliment/comment sandwich.  

Period 4 - Due Friday, April 7 - A Visit With the Librarian

Recently, you had the opportunity to visit with your campus librarian and learn about a number of factors surrounding her job:

• Her education background
• The journey that brought her to the position as librarian
• The tasks she has to do on a regular and irregular basis
• The personal characteristics needed to be successful as a librarian
• How she serves students, faculty and staff, and the community
• The skills necessary to be a successful librarian
• The rewards of being a librarian

After discussing the class guidelines for making comments and compliments on a blog, add a compliment/comment sandwich as a comment to this blog.  Try to keep it to one or two sentences.  It may be a compound sentence, but do not turn it into a run-on sentence.   Be sure the comment portion remarks on something you learned in the interview conducted with the librarian.  You will need to use her name in your remark.



Example:  I love the comfortable sofas for reading in the library, and I was surprised that Mrs.  ___________ has to ______________ as part of her duties as a librarian.

Example:  Mrs. __________ is so friendly, but I was shocked when she told us that _____________ are hardly every used in the library.

Example:  Way to go, Mrs. ______________!  You have improved the library by (describe improvement).

Example:  I agree with ____________.  You work very hard, as evidenced by the (describe task) you have to do every year.

Note:  This is a daily grade in which you must use proper writing conventions: spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar, sentence construction.

Period 1 - Due Friday, April 7 - A Visit with the Librarian

Recently, you had the opportunity to visit with your campus librarian and learn about a number of factors surrounding her job:

• Her education background
• The journey that brought her to the position as librarian
• The tasks she has to do on a regular and irregular basis
• The personal characteristics needed to be successful as a librarian
• How she serves students, faculty and staff, and the community
• The skills necessary to be a successful librarian
• The rewards of being a librarian

After discussing the class guidelines for making comments and compliments on a blog, add a compliment/comment sandwich as a comment to this blog.  Try to keep it to one or two sentences.  It may be a compound sentence, but do not turn it into a run-on sentence.   Be sure the comment portion remarks on something you learned in the interview conducted with the librarian.  You will need to use her name in your remark.



Example:  I love the comfortable sofas for reading in the library, and I was surprised that Mrs.  ___________ has to ______________ as part of her duties as a librarian.

Example:  Mrs. __________ is so friendly, but I was shocked when she told us that _____________ are hardly every used in the library.

Example:  Way to go, Mrs. ______________!  You have improved the library by (describe improvement).

Example:  I agree with ____________.  You work very hard, as evidenced by the (describe task) you have to do every year.

Note:  This is a daily grade in which you must use proper writing conventions: spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar, sentence construction.

Blog Due on Tuesday, March 28

Title:  Issues in Education: How Much Do Voters Know?

You have recently learned who some of the top administrators of education are in your school district, the state and the nation. You have learned about some of the current "hot topics" that are on the minds of education policy makers.  It is important to be knowledgable on issues that affect so much of a country's population when going to the polls and casting your vote.  The decisions made by voters and the officials they elect (or are appointed by those they elect) affect the overall well-being of the country.

See how much the eligible voters around you know about who their education administrators are and what the current "hot topics" in education happen to be.  Administer the survey you received in class to 5 people of your choice (20 points for each survey = 100 daily grade).  You may administer them to teachers, administrators, parents, community members and other students who are voting age (18) or older.  If you are over 18, you may fill out the survey once. All surveys must be fully complete and signed to count. (No partial points for an incomplete survey) You must not have more than 3 students in your sample.  You must include at least one school employee.

Review your completed surveys by filling in the table linked on your CANVAS account.  Be sure to make a copy of it,  and then post your results.  Insert a screenshot of your completed table on your blog (20 points).
Answer the following questions on your blog:

• What do your results say about the voters you surveyed regarding their level of knowledge when voting on issues related to education? (10 pts)
• What are some things (more that one) that could be done to expand the current awareness of issues that voters have on these issues?  (10 pts.)

Remember the blog rules.  2 media sources, original ideas, and follow spelling, punctuation, capitalization and grammar rules. Complete the rubric for your blog and staple your completed surveys behind it.

Title:  It's All About Me - How I Best Learn!

Due Date:  Friday, February 3, 2017

Everyone has a unique combination of experiences, expectations, and abilities.  This allows us to showcase the particular qualities that make us individuals.  However, in education, often times there is an unwritten expected mold that students are supposed to fit into.  If your background, knowledge and skills plays to this expectation, then you will be rewarded with academic success.

What about the students that do not fit into the mold?  How do teachers make them feel valued and accepted?  What if you are one of those students who needs a climate where your differences are fostered?

As you begin to uncover your learning preferences and the characteristics that allow you to learn best, record the following information on a blog post.  You will update this blog post regularly as we add new information in class.

Be sure to begin with a title (above) and include a reference to this blog post.

My Learning Style(s)
After taking the learning styles indicator on Career Cruising, indicate your preferred learning style(s). Post a brief description in your own words of what characterizes your style(s). Discuss activities next to each of your styles that you especially like to do.  For example, if you are an auditory learner, you might indicate that you enjoy reading passages from a novel aloud in your English class.  Add a screenshot of your Learning Styles graph to your blog.  Add a media source.

My Multiple Intelligences

Add the Multiple Intelligences (2 - 4) in which you had the highest scores.  Explain briefly what each of them mean about you related to the way you like to learn.  Give an example of a learning activity or strategy that would suit you. For example,  a person with musical intelligence may like to write a song and perform it rather than write a report.  Add a screenshot of your Multiple Intelligences graph to your blog.  Add a media source.




My Hemisphericity Preference

Indicate the side of the brain you prefer to draw upon to learn.  List 5 characteristics that learners who use this side of the brain usually exhibit?  What dialogue might you be caught using with your teachers?  Add a media source to feature in this area. 

My True Colors

Indicate your "True Color".  Add a list of 10 bulleted words or phrases that best describe you from the scoring tool.  Describe what a bad day looks like for you using information from the references provided.  Add a media source. 

Blog Title:  My Biggest Challenge as a Future Teacher

Blog due:  Wednesday, January 13

Recently you watched the video, Beyond the Blackboard, chronicling the teaching journey of Stacey Bess at the School With No Name.  Throughout her first year, she encountered many challenges and hurdles as she tried to help the children succeed academically. 

Think about your future as a teacher.  What are two of the biggest hurdles or challenges you think you might encounter?  Describe how each challenge will affect the academic progress of your students.  What steps can you take to deal with each of these hurdles or challenges?

Note:  Be sure to reference Mrs. Kallas's blog post.  Add at least 1 additional source of media.  It may be a pic, an embedded video, or a link to a related article.

Click here to see what others think are major challenges.

Here are some more ideas about what challenges teachers face.

These ideas may give you a different perspective on classroom challenges.