In reviewing the articles and blogs I have commented on throughout this course, I think that this has been an excellent way for me to be exposed to a wide variety of issues concerning education. My topic involving the students who fall through the cracks in the educational system, really enlighten me to the diverse spectrum of reason for this phenomena. I was able to look at the rates of student failure from the perspectives of educational opportunities from the prison cell, No Child Left Behind issues, discriminatory policies, race and socioeconomic issues, and language divides. I think that this wide perspective allows me to think of ways to deal with this issue of illiteracy and failure from different vantages. I think the information I have received during the past weeks will be helpful to finding individualized answers for the individualized problems of my students.
The opportunity to respond to some of my classmates blogs allowed me to get their ideas and opinions on many controversial issues. I think that issues like censorship and banned books are very interesting and worthy of our time and investigation.
I liked using the RSS Agregator to compile the articles of interest. This is a tool that I will continue to use for both my personal and professional development. Even though I am planning to teach in an elementary setting, I think that using a technology component is important to expose myself and my students to the world and other opinions. I think that having the ideas of others as close as a computer screen will be a great asset to my classroom and a lot of fun for my students. I also think that information is the key to ending fear. I know that the exposure we have had to all of these educational issues will go along way to debunk the myths that create fear.
