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Sin embargo,  una otra sesión de la escuela ha ido y venido. El tiempo pasa tan rápido, especialmente cuando se están divirtiendo. He tenido una gran…

In the forward of William Parrett and Kathleen Budge’s recent book, Turning High-Poverty Schools Into High-Performing Schools, Michael Copland describes standing in front of the faculty in an after-school meeting to discuss data regarding…

Today Is the first time we feel ,

while still not understanding,

that the younger…

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Wow! Just creating this page and trying to make this post has been a stiff cold slap in the chops for me!  I am most certainly a digital immigrant with only one foot in the water!  I can remember being in high school and experiencing my first introduction to the World Wide Web.  My parents missed the technology train and so my family didn’t and still doesn’t have a computer.  While I have had to become more progressive there are still many things that totally overwhelm my…

I am a Digital Immigrant.  Reading the article on Digital Immigrants gave me a deeper understanding concerning the work I have to do to reach the Digital Natives that are in our classrooms.  Digital Immigrants speak a different language, have expectations that limit student potential, and have troubles understanding the Digital Natives that sit in our classrooms daily.  How do we reach this generation?  The research states that current students in K-12 think and process differently than…

The articles that I read for Unit 2 were interesting.  The first one “Digital Natives Digital Immigrants” by Marc Prensky was thought provoking.  I am a digital native, but this article helped me understand my parents and older people in education.   I remember when I was in high school and college thinking to myself how much faster this lecture would go if the teacher just put it online.  Instead of “sit and get” let me go on the internet and search for myself.  I feel like “edutainment” is…

            “Classroom management” or la gestión de una clase es tan importante para el aprendizaje de un idioma segundo porque los estudiantes necesitan portarse bien para aprender.  En mi experiencia en Sevilla, la gestión de una clase es similar pero diferente también de la gestión en los Estados Unidos.  Por ejemplo, en mi clase la profesora usa la técnica de un semáforo que significa el comportamiento de los estudiantes.  Los estudiantes quieren estar en la parte verde del semáforo…

     For the third portfolio project, I am going to reflect on the classroom management skills, or lack thereof, that I’ve witnessed at the Playschool. From the Classroom Management module, Evertson and Weinstein define classroom management as “the actions teachers take to create an environment that supports and facilitates both academic and social-emotional learning.” One part of that has to do with management, discipline, and control of the students. Problems with this can lead to teacher…

This article has helped me to put words to what is going on in our world today regarding technology, especially in education.  I feel that even though I am fairly comfortable with technology, I am a digital immigrant.  The other day I was having an issue with my iPod and my middle school cousin was at my house.  I asked him to help me instead of trying to troubleshoot myself.  I would have had to research a solution through Google.  He was able to fix my problem without looking anything up! …

After reading both articles and videos I have come to the conclusion that I am neither a digital immigrant or native. Right now I consider myself to be balance. It is good if there is a mixture of traditional and digital because it keeps students thinking critically and allows to them to communicate in all types of ways. Marc Prensky brought up a good point in his article when he said, "Did you get my email?" In correlation to did you get my phone call. With the resources given it appears…

Me olvido de lo increíble que es estar hablando con un grupo de personas en un otro idioma. Me siento alegre de compartir un vínculo con los inmigrantes…

I’m old enough to have typed papers in high school but young enough to have been introduced to early desktop computers when I was in elementary school. I suppose that would put me somewhere between a “digital immigrant” and a “digital native.”

Let me start by saying I think school should embrace technology. They should demonstrate to students legitimate educational and business uses for technology. Almost every aspect of what I do at school is linked to some technological…

I wholeheartedly agree with Marc Prensky when he says, “the single biggest problem facing education today is that our Digital Immigrant instructors, who speak an outdated language (that of the pre-digital age), are struggling to teach a population that speaks an entirely new language.”  I believe this is evident in classrooms across the country.  Although some teachers are unwilling to change and grow, I would venture to guess that most teachers desire to meet students where they are at, and…

From shifts in the economy to advances in technology, the career choices of Americans have changed dramatically since the 1900s. Since the days when “farmer” was a popular occupation, to the present when 50 percent of the top 20 fastest growing jobs are in healthcare, career choices have certainly shifted over…

I am a digital immigrant.  My own children and students are digital natives.  That said, I have embraced technology usage, so I understand the frustration that students can often feel, sitting in classrooms listening to lectures when they would rather be using an iPad or their smart phone.  I experience many of the same frustrations during professional development and meetings!!  I find that my students are very creative and like to learn through self-discovery and collaborative, technology…

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     El aprendizaje-servicio es muy importante que hacer, incluso si no es para ayudar en el aprendizaje de otro idioma. Pero es especialmente útil en el aprendizaje de otro idioma. Hay muchas ventajas a hacer un servicio de aprendizaje de otro idioma. Una de esas ventajas es la capacidad del estudiante para tener más confianza en su capacidad para hablar el idioma. El aprendizaje-servicio también ayuda con la fluidez con la que el estudiante es capaz de hablar el idioma. Algunos de los…

     Una de las cosas que estoy de acuerdo con la mayoría en este artículo es que si son de diferentes culturas, incluso si ambos hablan el mismo idioma que puede ser muy duro para que usted pueda comunicarse entre sí. Cuando esto sucede, porque tiene tan poco en común, empezamos a ser vago con la forma en que responde a las respuestas, porque sabemos que la otra persona no lo entendería. El español es un gran ejemplo de esto. La razón es porque hay tantos…