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Masking and Unmasking in the Classroom. Top Story - March 2021.
Each morning, around halfway through my commute, my Ritalin kicks in. Today is no different. I'm exhausted; last night, I convinced myself it was a good idea to stay up late listening to a podcast. I've had three cups of coffee but the only result is a hollow ache in my stomach.
By Erin Eliza5 years ago in Education
New Models Of Teaching And Learning
While parents and communities stress the importance of students having access to technology, it is a mistake to focus primarily on students. For the educational enterprise to adapt appropriately to our new world, we must invest in training teachers to integrate technology into the curriculum. School districts frequently use staff development opportunities to train their teachers to incorporate new technologies; this is a complex process. Traditional staff development training in technology involves a day's instruction, including hands-on experience with the software. Most of this training ignores the developmental process of adults--the need to understand relationships, to reinforce concepts with frequent use, to explore and be challenged, and to conceptualize an entirely different teaching methodology. Districts rarely have support staff available to help the teachers work through these innovations. The combination of reticence, frustration, and inadequate training threatens to sabotage the opportunities for technology to enhance classroom learning.
By Megan Wilson5 years ago in Education
To Share Knowledge
I would like to honor Mrs. Marva Deloris Collins. She was born on August 31, 1936 in Monroeville, Alabama. Her father, Henry Knight, owned a funeral home and worked with cattle. Her mother was Bessie Knight. Marva grew up in Atmore, Alabama and went to a strict, one-room schoolhouse, elementary school. This experience influenced her later on in life. She went to Clark College in Atlanta, Georgia and there she graduated.
By Nola Hipsher5 years ago in Education
The Missed Issue with the TMEA Bassoon Presentation
Recently, the Texas Music Educators Association allowed Frank Chambers to give a presentation at their annual conference. This presentation focused on what Chambers believes are the qualities of a good bassoon student. The issue was that his list of qualities were incredibly discriminatory and mostly based on factors outside the potential students control. Many people were rightfully outraged by the presentation. The presentation was contrary to what many musicians believe about the inclusivity of music.
By Emily Christina Grace5 years ago in Education
Come See Magic
Dead face, eyes shut against our world now. Pale skin, his familiar features that once transmitted such fiery energy, obviously powerless now. A sick feeling suddenly weakened me as I stood there staring at my lifeless brother, and I caught my breath to keep myself from falling. I could feel tears starting to form in the back of my eyes that would soon rush out to publicize my moment of excruciating sadness, so to counteract the occurrence of that event I blinked hard and stood up straighter. Several United States flags surrounded and covered my brother, and their image swam in the small amount of tears which I hadn’t been able to prevent. I raised my right hand up by my forehead and gave my brother Andrew the most respectful, crisp, solemn, and heart-felt salute I had ever given him. And then I turned and slowly walked away.
By Susan Moore5 years ago in Education
Dana Didn't Know The Difference
The other day in class a student of mine said “I didn’t know that we could learn about science in art class.” In the teaching field this is what is called an “aha” moment, and it’s kinda what we live for. I was teaching my third grade students about shadows and silhouettes. As an art teacher I have learned over the years that this is something students tend to get confused about as it is common to think that shadows and silhouettes are the same thing but they are not!
By Tiffanie Maas5 years ago in Education
Love 'N' Security
Hey, guess what's not the norm but loved by society? Being incredibly smart! With so many 'outlets' on the internet a.k.a websites, that require your login accounts, I just wanted to get into data security because I'm really smart and have a really 'big head'. Not just in college to protect society. But also to make that knowledge spread. My name is Dana and I figured I could contribute, at 25 years old, with a PHD in data security, year of 2012 in my classroom to any future students who just simply wanted to protect. So I had this one student, Simon, who seemed very diligent, consistent. He also was, seemingly enough, very, very likeable. He had to be past my age though, let's not get it twisted. And so I wanted to focus on him more, naturally. But I noticed that with his likeness, other women whether in the classroom and probably off campus would try to get in on his 'good side'. Okay get in his 'campus'? I'll just cut to the chase-- they get his number, sleep with him and of course, he puts it in his little black book. Watching his game throughout my class though, expectedly enough, that's exactly what ended up happening. The names of all these hoes had to be there and with my vanity issues, I just wanted to know how many women he'd been saying yes to. Well was it my luck, when one day he left behind his miniature-boom-boom-tracker in my classroom. To my surprise as I, of course, read through it, there were all these unencrypted details of these accounts, some for social subscriptions and another which I could tell regarded his bank information. The usernames and the passwords. Of course, of all the logins I looked at, it was the bank sign in one, in his booklet, because being a student is tough. Let me tell you, the sum of money I found in his account. He was a billionaire! $9,760,000,000 worth! I thought about why he would need help with the subjects of data security, programming, and all the other things I teach in my class. As far as the money he already had, he must either have inherited his daddy’s money or maybe he was already an entrepreneur -- of what--I didn’t know. But with my guidance I knew it would be beneficial for him, I just knew. Putting the two and two together I realized he could start his own business. Online. Which was the new way to go about it, then and now. Making his own websites from scratch, updating, upgrading and just overall tech savvy. And basically behind every aspect in his ‘business’. With the least amount of investment of time and money, tuition and equipment fees, and the most amount of output of my classes,...He could be or be even more independent -- and for me I could finally have a reason for being on my game about teaching and parading around the class with a tight dress! I was so insecure! Like, what does it take to get a man! Immediately, I needed to forget that he was just my 'good looking' student and realise, either way of how I wondered how he had this money, that he was of high prestige-- basically 'rich'... and 'good looking'... and my student... and my age! Five minutes passed after these wonders and realizations and someone was knocking on the classroom door. It was him. Now I'm pretty straight forward so I logged out of his bank account influenced by those pretty numbers on the screen. Him walking in though and then what he said next, you could tell he was pretty straight forward too. But what really stood out to me was to get that he was smart enough to recognise why his long-ass passwords are stronger--which is also one of the things I teach in my class-- but not smart enough to retain them in his head. So I said of the passwords, "So, you know they were just supposed to be easy but random associations?". So, he civilly gassed, "Well yeah... I mean it 'worked' right?" Let's just say recently, I bought a $100,000 engagement ring. That's more than my tuition was in '08.
By Victoria Frazer5 years ago in Education
4 main differences between American English and British English.
There is no doubt that English is and will continue to be one of the most popular and spoken languages on the planet. This language is the official language in 57 countries around the world, despite this, it is estimated that English is spoken in 3/4 of the globe, taking into account that according to the UN (United Nations), there is 193 countries around the world; this would be equivalent to English being spoken in approximately 145 countries. It is without a doubt the language of science, technology, music and business, however there are two types of dialects which have become standardized and predominate among people who want to learn this language, these dialects are American and British . Pretending to think that one is better than another, is from my point of view absurd, since that type of comparison is very subjective and is not the subject of analysis in this article, then we will analyze the main differences between them.
By tasica campbell5 years ago in Education
Got a Key?
Let me just start by saying that I have the utmost respect for teachers. Regardless of the age or grade they teach, these are truly special people. It takes someone with the right personality and temperament to be put into a room with anywhere between 10-40 kids/teenagers/adolescents. Who am I kidding? It takes a special person to be able to teach 1. It takes a super hero to teach more than that, more than once.
By Emma Merritt5 years ago in Education
