EDU 270 blog assignment 8

This week I have been thinking a lot about how I will use my blog in the future. What I keep coming back to is using it as a sort of book/music/activity review for my students and their parents. One thing that I think would be neat is an optional book club for my students and their parents. As a parent of elementary children we read aloud every night. We make it a family activity. I have seen all three of my children develop a love for reading and a love for exploring new worlds through literature. I have friends who have said to me that they wished they could put something in place for family reading time. I think it would be neat, as a teacher, to post a different book each month or quarter on my blog to encourage my students and their families to read at home and discuss. Of course this sort of thing would be optional for my classroom but I would recommend that they check it out.

I would also like to highlight different artists: singers, bands, visual artists, etc. I feel my students would enjoy or learn from. I love the idea of having a positive place full of ideas that my students can discover on the internet.

I believe that the best thing parents can do for their children is to be present and spend quality time with them. Sometimes parents get to feeling stuck about what they can be doing with their children. My goal with my blog would be to provide questions and activities for children and parents.

EDU 270 blog assignment 7

            After reading and pondering the debate about teens lacking adult reasoning and yet still being held to adult consequences I think my number one job as a teacher is to compassionate. I may not understand everything that my students are going through but I will do my best to educate them on how their brains work. I believe that when people are educated on how things work they process and think things through more. When my students understand that they are not abnormal and they are accepted for who they are they will feel safer walking through their emotions. My job will be to make every child I come in contact with feel accepted for who they are even if their behavior is unacceptable. I will try not to take things personally and I will encourage my students to not take things their peers do or say personally. I believe that when people are well rested and feel like their feelings are validated then they have an easier time adjusting to what is going on. I will encourage my students to get the rest they need and to acknowledge what they are feeling on a daily basis.