Sharing Web Resources

Question 1 What specific section(s) or information seemed particularly relevant to your current professional development?

While I am in the practice of being the best teacher I can be the section that really stood out to me the most that would help me in my professional career has to be the section on  " Research that Benefits Children and Families --Uplifting Stories". Not only was the stories humbling, but it allow you to see the different mind state and living conditions of families. Everyone is different and actually reading different examples about different lives allows you one to understand everyone learns different and how it can be helpful to have different strategics when dealing with numerous of children. 

Question 2 Which ideas/statements/resources, either on the website or in an e-newsletter, did you find controversial or made you think about an issue in new ways?

We did a blog about "Pen Down Poverty"   in the assignment we had to list different social economies from different areas. I personally think that poverty has nothing to do with someones brilliance. People with meager means can have the most common sense as well book sense because they have nothing else to relay on. A person of means does not have to think of different, clever, yet legal ways of survival because money is no issue. Yes there are several people that choose to not listen or apply themselves but one would say there are several "rich kids" that are the same way but maybe brought themselves out of the situations -----money can go alone way.



 Question 3 What information does the website or the e-newsletter contain that adds to your understanding of how economists, neurosciences, or politicians support the early childhood field?

In a discussion that was due I included a link discussing how President Obama wanted to start a program that started children learning the fundamentals toward studies at a young age. The whole theory that if a kids starts to learn at a young age that would start a kid on the right path. A child's mind is very sensitive so whats child learns in his youth will effect them for the rest of there life.


 



 Question 4 What other new insights about issues and trends in the early childhood field did you gain from exploring the website or e-newsletter?

There are a lot of programs that are starting to help children in there youth to develop a mind state of brilliance. Children from different culture already start to coach there children on numerous things pertaining to studies like the basic like math and English. There really is no blue print to raising a kid no more than one thing applying a great amount of attention. 

Pen Down Poverty

I did my own research on poverty in my area. Personally I am not in the area of poverty but not to far from me are locations where families are less fortunate. I have learned that a lot of families are really lacking a lot of things that can make a house a home. For example a family might live in a house but don't have hot water. A family could have children that have a few outfits but don't have any food to eat. Now like every area there are locations and programs where homeless people and individuals that lack means can go and obtain help, but do they really help? My point of view is that poverty is a mind state. One can know that they are in a situation in which they don't want to be in any more but its also so up to them to deliver themselves out of there situation.

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/preparing-cultural-diversity-resources-teachers

















                                                           
Although I have not subscribed, The newsletter that I chose to focus on and look at was Edutopia.  I thought it was great in the sense that it looks like it is in class with us right now. They seem to be focusing on the things that we are focusing on in class with issues on diversity in the classroom. One of the things that I learned from reviewing this site is teaching tolerance. Tolerance is something that has to be developed at a young age and sharing best practice on how a kid can grasp the process was very helpful. The issues that caught my eye on the site was dealing with the students parents. To help the process of growth with the children the administration would like the whole family to be apart of the process. Great idea to include as many family members as possible but the issue would occur if parents rejected the help for whatever reason. It could just be something as simple as continuous schedule conflictions . A good way to assure family involvement is to schedule a monthly time where the administration and the family met together so each party had convince with time. The newsletter does offer a different perspectives on how to learn and reach children. Children are the future so its great that new ways are developed to inspire the growth of young minds.