Open Discourse in Secondary Classrooms
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The purpose of this Blog is to serve as a course activity in Blog development. Blogger.com is a fantastic tool to exchange ideas quickly and efficiently. Being that "blogging" is user-friendly and available anywhere a computer with internet is located, this facilitates effective discussions. Blogger.com is a great source of technology to use in the classroom because it is free. However, there exist many other organizations (i.e.-professional environments) that may be able to profit from utilizing a blog. Hopefully, by the end of this course we should (as professional educators) be able to use this technology to make information more accessible to students. This type of information presentation is desirable for use in the classroom because it is a form of technology that the students enjoy.
In this course Blog we will discuss why it is important to engage all students in a respectful, meaningful way. Considering this notion, why is it often times difficult to reach African-American males in low-income communtities? I believe it is very difficult to motivate disenfranchised black students in low-income areas that may have never had a good teacher (someone who cared to motivate them). Please feel free to refer to White Teachers/Diverse Classrooms and post your comments, concerns, and condemnations.
Thank you.
The purpose of this Blog is to serve as a course activity in Blog development. Blogger.com is a fantastic tool to exchange ideas quickly and efficiently. Being that "blogging" is user-friendly and available anywhere a computer with internet is located, this facilitates effective discussions. Blogger.com is a great source of technology to use in the classroom because it is free. However, there exist many other organizations (i.e.-professional environments) that may be able to profit from utilizing a blog. Hopefully, by the end of this course we should (as professional educators) be able to use this technology to make information more accessible to students. This type of information presentation is desirable for use in the classroom because it is a form of technology that the students enjoy.
In this course Blog we will discuss why it is important to engage all students in a respectful, meaningful way. Considering this notion, why is it often times difficult to reach African-American males in low-income communtities? I believe it is very difficult to motivate disenfranchised black students in low-income areas that may have never had a good teacher (someone who cared to motivate them). Please feel free to refer to White Teachers/Diverse Classrooms and post your comments, concerns, and condemnations.
Thank you.
