My 2nd International Blog Post

My second International blog came from Manaia Kindergarten
Manaia Kindergarten Blog New Zealand. http://manaiakindergarten.blogspot.com/

The site showed many different things going on in their country such as Christmas, gardening, flax weaving activities, gross motor activities while at school. It has many different colors and tabs to look through and a lot of feedback from American teachers through a visitor‘s log and they have a link to U Tube, Check it out….

My 1st International Blog Post

My first International blog was of Tom Barrett’s classroom at a Priestsic Primary and Nursery School, Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The website is : http://tbarrett.edublogs.org/. He teaches grades 5-6. I enjoyed the site because it gave views on how children love the computer so much and had a Kids on the Internet link. We all know that computers are up and becoming an important part of our Early Childhood learning. The children are learning how to download and use windows. It also explained how to install kid safe sites.

2nd U.S. Blog

The KinderKids' Classroom, by Maria Knee can be located at http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger, has a lot of links from teachers from around the states. It show cool animation and video clips. The teacher posted assignments for the students to use and the students entries as well, mainly about spiders. It also listed all the students names. There is a comment section, artwork and pictures of the school. There was the coolest thing on this site, it told about another teacher from NY that was going on an Antarctic expedition. The KinderKids sent him a flag they designed and he in return sent them the flag from his expedition. They read the teacher, ( Jeff Peneston’s on-line journal and watching the videos he made to learn more about his trip).

1st U.S. Blog

Lois K. Feibus, http://theacademyforearlylearning.blogspot.com/, the lead preschool teacher in the Little White House Preschool program at Wyoming Seminary College Preparatory School in northeastern Pennsylvania was my first choice a teacher‘s blog in the U.S. I was able to read on things such as easy play dough, 21st Century learning. There were links to a website which included the mission and philosophy for Environmental Education in Early Childhood Education and Early Primary Grades at: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~eeec/index.php.

Did you Know?

I am happy to know that 70% of our pre-k children are introduced to the PC now-a-days, compared to when I was 4-5 years old, I had no clue how to navigate nor have access to a PC. Having the use of the Internet is very open today and a part of our everyday routine almost. It was interesting to see how far we have come with technology and yet how far we have to go. I do believe our youth are more captivated by media these days than when we were children in the 60s-90s. Because media technology is on the rise, we must change the way we think and learn. Other countries are rising and productive, and must do this as well in the U.S.

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ACCESS

ACCESS, The Alabama Connecting Classroom, Educators, and Students Statewide (ACCESS) Program is a Distance Learning program for students. According to the ACCESS link, it connects classrooms, Educators, and Students Statewide and provides opportunities and options for Alabama public high school students to engage in Advanced Placement (AP), elective, and other courses to which they may not otherwise have access.
The students are allowed to take Advanced Placement courses during regular school hours through a web-based program, one-on-one lectures, and recently added, the students are now able learn through interactive video conference with their teachers. When visiting http://accessdl.state.al.us/, prospective students could learn more about ACCESS and how it can accommodate you, your child, and/or student(s). There are different tabs that you can go under such as About ACCESS, Courses, Students, Educators, Parents, Contact Us, Help, and Resources which describes the ACCESS program; under the Courses tab, it identifies the courses that are available through ACCESS. The Students tab tells the students what type of activities and devices they should look forward to doing and using and shows the students were classes will be held.

The Educators tab, tell teachers who are interested in teaching in the Distance Learning(DL) program may see what jobs are available. The Parents tab describes ACCESS and lets them know what their child will be learning, and where the classes will be held and where they are offered. The Contact Us tab has information such as telephone and email addresses for which one can use to contact someone who works for ACCESS. The Help tab has frequently asked questions and the Resources tab identifies the type of exams and tests the students will be taking. There is also an option to look at a PowerPoint on ACCESS at: http://accessdl.state.al.us/showaccess.php?Ink=about access. The ACCESS program will be something I will use to keep my students and their parents informed about DL, if I teach it in later years.

ALEX

ALEX is a website indexed to help teachers with many time-saving, one-stop resources in the classroom. Parents are also able help meet their child’s school goals at home by using ALEX (http://www.21stcenturyskills.org), by using this can get the overall benefit in the classroom. The ALEX website has eight different categories you can choose from. My favorite was the different lesson plans for different grade levels. It allows you to click on a subject and plan for your classroom needs. This is a great tool for any new and old teacher by implementing a variety of new educational sources and experiences. The links you can follow include: Courses of Study, Web Links, Lesson Plans, Search, Personal Workplace, Professional Learning, Distance Learning, and Help. Under the course study there descriptions of what every grade level subject area that teachers, administrators, and students can use.

The Workplace tab allows you to create a personal login to tap into educational resources The Distance Learning tab it will provide a person with access to the Alabama Connecting Classroom, Educators, and Students Statewide (ACCESS) program. The Professional Learning tab helps a person keep up with the latest news and find learning tools among other things. I think ALEX will be a good website for a beginning teacher and those who may need to brush up on the changing educational world.

About me

Hey Everybody,

My friends call me Jay and I am one of your classmates this Spring semester at USA. First, I love to Internet browse, whether it's for shopping purposes, email or just to have something to do.

I currently have an AA in Early Childhood Education and teach 18 children. I am a Junior at South and I am pursuing a BA in Elementary Education, so that I may teach overseas in a few years.

I am married (21yrs) to a handsome retired Naval man. We have three children ages: 24(b), 19(g) and 15(b). I have one grandson who is 2yrs old and a daughter-in-law.
I have lived in California, Texas, Washington State, Virginia, Florida and Bahrain. I have visited Dubai, Spain, Italy and various other places.

I hope this information was worth your time to read and I look forward to reading about the rest of the class.

Peace,

Jay

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