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Welcome Posting

Welcome to the first posting of my Summer 2012 Teaching Diverse Populations' blog. Each of you will create blogs to post your reflections for this class. 
 

You are responsible for writing journal entries that respond to course readings, classroom activities, and other learning experiences related to the class such as the service learning project with Lowell Community Health Center's Teen Coalition.  You should view the text as a starting point of conversation and reflective practice. You can make connections to the text by asking yourselves:

1.  How is the text that I am reading connected to what I experienced personally as a student (i.e., in K-12 system and/or college)?

2.  How is the text related to my work as an educator?

3.  Are my experiences similar or different from what I have read?

4.  Does the text remind me of any other literature that I have read in the past?

5.   Is the information challenging or reaffirming my background knowledge?

6.   How is the topic that we are reading and discussing in class connected to the larger community (e.g., in my hometown, U. S. or global community)?

7.   What questions does the text provoke?

Journal entries should not just be a summation of what the text already has stated but an engagement of intellectual exploration. Questions, reflections, and/or points of departure are encouraged. Reflective practice is an integral part of the profession of teaching.

I look forward to reading your blogs. Happy Memorial Day Weekend!  

Cheers, Phitsamay