Final Project Links

Hey everyone!

Hope finals went well and that you are finally able to take a little breather after a long semester.  Here are the links to your final projects (those that were public) so you can refer to them in the future!

Miss Jamie Goes to Kindergarten
Won't You Be My Neighborhood?
DELPIT Weebly
Collier Weebly
Christensen Prezi
Kohl Prezi

Thanks for all your hard work this semester.  It was fun!

LB :)

Link for Survey Gizmo for TEACHER DISPOSITION FORM

Please email your teacher with this link and ask them to fill out this form for you…. go look at it yourself if you want to understand more about this assessment.


Here is a sample email you could send to your teacher asking him/her to fill this out.

Dear XXX,

Thank you so much for hosting me in your classroom this semester.  I learned a lot and enjoyed the opportunity to work with xxxx.  

As a requirement for my education program at RIC, I am asking you to please submit this very short form assessing me and my dispositions.  

http://faculty.ric.edu/ptiskus/
 
It is just 8 questions, and you will need the following information about me in order to fill it out:

Name:  Jane Doe
ID #: xxxxxxx
Program/Major:  History/Secondary (go look at the list to find your correct one)

Thank you for submitting this on my behalf.  It needs to be posted no later than Dec. 20, 2013. If you have any questions, please contact me at the numbers below.

Sincerely, 

Jane Doe
Email@email.com
Cell phone

Introverts...

Resources for SL Projects

Some sample projects from last spring

A list of great DIGITAL RESOURCES to use…
(look on the right side bar for the resource list)

Worth your 10 minute and 57 seconds...

We talked about allies today in class...  and we have also talked about making hard decisions about who you want to be as a teacher, youth worker, baker, or artist.  I saw this short Ted Talk tonight and thought of you.

Would love to hear what you think...

SERVICE LEARNING GROUPS

Service Learning Groups

COLLIER (Digital Tool:  
Lauren
Alex
Rebekah
Julia

KOHL (Digital Tool:  
Julie
Nelsy
Jessica

KOHN (Digital Tool:  
Jaclyn
Dorothy
Emma
Billy

DELPIT (Digital Tool:  
Chelsea
Kyle
Nick
Karen

AUGUST (Digital Tool:  
Jocelyn
Shanelle
Cathy

CHRISTENSEN (Digital Tool:  
Elizabeth
Wally

KOZOL (Digital Tool:  
Doug
Christina

SOLO 
Cara (Digital Tool:  
Jamie (Digital Tool:  

Responding to Taveras?

Letters to the Editor
http://www.schoolandstate.org/Handbook/sampleletters.htm#straight

http://www.ala.org/advocacy/advleg/advocacyuniversity/frontline_advocacy/frontline_public/goingdeeper/editor

http://www.ascb.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=943&Itemid=408

Notes from Tuesday Class:
Kozol shows that you can't blame individuals for the failures of the institution.
Tim Wise talks about the dangers of exceptionalism

Google Doc for 11/5

In class on Tuesday, we will be discussing the context and content of the Brown v. Board of Education decision handed down by the Supreme Court in 1954.

Click here to access the GOOGLE DOC we will all be writing together…

Just in case:
Volume 2
Volume 3

"Readings" on Brown v. Board of Education

The readings for this week are not exactly readings, but things to check out online. This week marks a shift in the syllabus. Up until this point, we have been reading about broad theories about diversity and difference including the Culture of Power and issues of White Privilege. Now we are going to start to look at historical moments where these topics came into view in our schools.

Our topic this week is about Brown vs. Board of Education (1954), the historical supreme court decision that made the segregation of public schools unconstitutional.


You have FOUR tasks for this week:

1) I want you to explore this website to give you some background on Brown v. Board of Education. We will be using this in class to build a Google Doc reference sheet together, so take a lot of notes so that you feel well prepared to teach others about this court case.

2) Then I want you to watch these two videos that highlight the work of Tim Wise, author of "Between Barack and a Hard Place." Take notes while you watch so that you can refer to specific quote in your blog post and in class. What does Wise have to do with Brown v. Board of Education?





4) Read this very short article from March 2011 New York Times.
How do the issues that Bob Herbert raises shape how you think about Brown v. Board of Education?

3) Now blog about it.
What is the relationship between the historical issues you see in the website on Brown v. Board of Education and the contemporary issues of race that Bob Herbert and Tim Wise raise here?

Leave comments if you have any questions...
LB :)

Midterm Assignments

Per the syllabus, your Midterm is due next week on Thursday, Oct. 24. 

If you turn in these two assignments (see below), you will get an "A" for 5% of your course grade.  If you do not turn in these assignments, or if you turn them in late, you will get a ZERO for 5% of your course grade.  You need a B- or better to apply to the FSEHD.  This assignment can take your grade from a 78% (C+) to an 83% (B-), a significant bump!  Similarly, it can drop your grade from an 83% to a 78%, essentially requiring you to retake the class.  Please take this assignment seriously.

Next Thursday:

1)  You must bring in a sealed, plain white envelop with your Midterm Letter inside. (I handed out the letter assignment in class on Thursday, Oct. 17.)

2) You must share your Blog Log with me by Sunday, Oct 20 at midnight.  First, make sure that your document is up to date.  Carefully self assess each blog you have written and give yourself a score in each column.  Then, open your Blog Log and click the blue SHARE button in the corner.

Then, where it says INVITE people, type my email address:  lbogad@ric.edu.  This will allow me access to view your document.

Promising Practices

It's time to register!!

Click here to sign up for the conference on Saturday, Nov. 2nd.

(See me if you don't have access to a credit card to use for registration...)

Readings for October 15/17

Here are the two texts for next week:

Kohl, I Won't Learn from You

Kohn, 5 Reasons to Stop Saying Good Job

Link to the reading for October 8th

Here is a link to August, Safe Spaces.

I also sent you the PDF to your RIC email account.

Have a good weekend!

LB :)

Some resources we talked about in class

DonorsChoose.org
Website for teacher to solicit donations for classroom projects

Teacher Recycling Center
low- or no-cost materials that allow you to provide virtually limitless creative opportunities for your students or group members

Service Learning Sign In Sheet

I will bring this form in hard copy on Tuesday, but if you need to print it before then, click here to find the Tracking Sheet you need to sign each time you go to your placement.

See you Tuesday!

About me

hey everyone at RIC... i am testing this blog post
 

Welcome to Schooling in a Democratic Society

Welcome to this FNED 346 blogging adventure!

Sometime before September 22, you will set up your own blog to use this semester for all of your Talking Points assignments, and to keep track of your thoughts about any of the issues we cover.

A blog is your very own, personal online journal. It is public, in that I and your classmates can read it and comment on it, but it is your space and you can control most everything about it. (If you want to make it private so that *only* members of this class can read it, I can show you how to do so).

In the context of this course, your blog has two purposes:

1) Your blog will provide a space for you to keep all of your Talking Points assignments over the course of our semester together. You will not hand in written assignments to me each week; rather you will post them on your blog. In this sense, your blog is merely your assignment notebook that you will use as you read and prepare for class each week. You will also be posting any additional thoughts you have: responses to class discussion, after thoughts, things you forgot to say in class, relevant experiences you have, etc.

But importantly, your blog is a public space and as you post (and comment on others'), you will gain a much richer understanding of everything we read and discuss in class. I want you to think of it as interactive and intertextual in that way.

2) Creating your own blog will also introduce you to the blogisphere if you don't know this place already. I hope that you will discover creative educational uses for this online medium. You will see how easy it is to use blogger.com, and perhaps it will inspire you to bring blogs into your own classroom someday.

To start your own blog, you will go to:

www.blogger.com

SET UP AN ACCOUNT:

If you do not already have a Google account, you will need to create one.  If you do have a Google account, sign in in the box at the right. 
  

Click the button that says NEW BLOG (you will see this even if you have blogged before) and follow the instructions to get started.  Don't forget your Username and Password!! You will need them to login everytime. Please write them down on the top of your syllabus so you don't forget!  

NAME YOUR BLOG:

As you fill in the info, you will be asked to name your blog. This title will appear at the top of your blog. (Mine is called "FNED 346 Fall 2012")

CHOOSE AN ADDRESS:

Every blog has its own URL, or web address.

http://_______.blogspot.com

This will be the web address associated with your site. you can call it anything you like. Be clever or simple (or both) -- it is up to you.

CHOOSE A TEMPLATE:

You will also need to choose a design template for your blog. Look through the options listed and see what appeals to you. You can change this later so don't worry too much about it initially... 

START POSTING:

Once you have the account set up, you can start posting. A “post” is an entry on your blog. (For clarification, you have one blog, but many posts). Give the post a title and then compose as you would any journal entry. When you are finished, hit the button that says Publish. It will not appear on your blog until you publish it. You can always go back and edit old posts and create new ones.

Your First Post:

Your first post should be a short introduction to you: who are you, what you did over the summer, why you are taking this class, what do you do when you are not in class, etc. (Just a short paragraph — no big deal).

POST A COMMENT WITH YOUR ADDRESS:

When you are done creating your site and posting your first entry, please come back to this blog and post a comment at the end of our first post (scroll down) that includes your blog address so that we can post it in the blog list to the right.

Some Tips and Helpful Hints:

• Once you are in your blog, look at the top right corner of the screen. If you click on the word DESIGN, you will be able to make design changes, create new posts, edit old posts, etc. (You can only do this if you are logged in to your blog.)
• Once you are in the DESIGN screen, you can do all kinds of things to make your blog a bit more interesting. Change your fonts and colors, edit a post, change your settings. See the tabs at the left side of the screen for all kinds of options.
• Poke around online and make a list of websites related to gender, social justice, feminism or anything else relevant and post them on your blog. You can add all kinds of things by ADDING A GADGET from your LAYOUT screen.
• Just do the best you can with this. If you get stuck, don't fret... I am happy to help you anytime as you work on getting this started. And remember: you can't break it. It is just a blog. Everything can be changed if need be!

Good luck!!

LB :)