February 2014 Blog Posts (129)

http://dinero.univision.com/economia-y-negocios/noticias-economicas/article/2014-02-02/el-indice-de-pobreza-entre-hispanos-se-mantiene

When working on creating policies that addressed the nine components of digital citizenship, there were a lot of things that I knew about as a parent, but never really considered as an educator. I mean, we all talk about the need to use proper etiquette and other obvious items in the classroom and beyond, but I don’t think I have ever thought about addressing health and wellness as it relates to students’ use of technology. I guess this is because each child is very different when it comes…

This week provided me the opportunity to explore social networking sites that I can use in the classroom.  I also had the opportunity to look at how to prepare students to be digital citizens and the importance of emphasizing digital citizenship ideals.  After this week I have discovered that I have barely scratched the surface of using social networking in the classroom.  Today, I use tools such as Pandora, Google Sites, and YouTube.  After exploring…

This week we have discussed social networking in the classroom as well as digital citizenship.  From this week’s lesson there are some things that I learned, some things that have been clarified and some things that I would like to pursue to learn more.

One of the main focuses this week was digital citizenship.  Before this week I had heard of digital citizenship, but never really understood exactly what it meant.  I now know that digital citizenship is considered, “the norms of…

After completing week 4 of my Master’s class on Social Networking and Digital Citizenship I have discovered several new technologies and lesson ideas that I’d like to pursue.  One of my colleagues and I also created a Digital Citizenship Policy that I will use and share in my classroom when teaching digital citizenship and especially when expanding our connections to the outside world.

One of the new technologies I’d like to pursue and find out more about ways to integrate…

While I am a pretty technologically savvy teacher and have used many tools with my students in class to help them learn, there still are so many great options to learn about.  This week I immersed myself into the arena of social networking and how to implement it effectively in the classroom.  I was pleasantly surprised to find so many great reasons to consider adding these options to my teaching arsenal.

What have I…

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/clean-streets-key-new-chamber-commerce-president-article-1.1593143

En este artículo del New York Daily News, que habla de los 41 años de edad, activista de la comunidad de Jackson Heights (Nueva York), Alfonso Quiroz. Recientemente fue elegido para ser el nuevo presidente de la Cámara Hispana de…

http://noticias.univision.com/article/1836583/2014-01-31/mundo/noticias/canada-espio-a-viajeros-mediante-la-red-de-wifi#

Comunicaciones en Canada.

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/money/2013/09/13/looking-up-new-report-shows-huge-growth-hispanic-owned-businesses/

Este artículo es sobre el éxito que los negocios propiedad de hispanos han tenido en los últimos diez años. De acuerdo con Fox News (Latino) el número se ha duplicado , haciendo mejor que la tasa de crecimiento de las empresas nacionales…