Kahne and Westheimer - Reflection


                     After reading the Kahne and Westheimer article, it made me reflect on how I used to collect goods and donate to different organizations when I was younger. Service learning within schools is becoming more of a valuable learning experience to kids and it I am seeing it more and more. 
                    When I was younger, my middle school did a service project for people in Peru. We collected canned goods and other items to send over there. We also made boxes and put various items in there to send over. We put toothpaste, board games, card games, clothing, and other items in the boxes and sent them over to Peru. During this service project, it made you realize how lucky you were. 
                    Another service project that I was a part of was a peanut butter drive. This was collecting peanut butter and then donating it to a charity. This was eye-opening because there are many people out in this world starving and just a small impact can change there lives. I have been a part of other service projects with helping kids and just seeing there smile on their faces is a unbelievable feeling. Knowing that you are helping someone is heartwarming. 
                   As teachers, service projects can help kids learn and grow. Helping and giving is an important part of everyones life and it will make kids learn that there are people suffering in the world and that they need help. Service projects are eye opening and is a great thing that teachers should implement into their classroom. 

       

           Christensen - Reflection


                         As I was reading this article by Christensen, it reminded of me of my childhood how I used to watch Peter Pan, Popeye, and sometimes Cinderella movies. Now that I look back on the shows and how they were represented, the stereotypes that they had back then were crazy. You would never see a person of color and if you did, it was rare. Usually in the movies about princesses or for instance in Popeye, the women is always being saved. Whether it is from a bad guy or something else, the stereotypes are obvious looking back on it. As a kid, I watched these shows sometimes and I never really picked up on it until later on when I watched them back. When you think of princesses, you think of pretty, tall, white, and girly. When you think of the men you think of muscular, handsome, and charming. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5iQKRDDzYE

Here I have a link to a youtube video that shows the gender stereotypes in Disney movies. It shows that men are strong and manly and that girls need to know how to do chores and housework. 

            Rodriguez and Garcia - Hyperlinks

                     After Reading the article by Rodriguez and Garcia, translanguaging is a new term to me. The story that was told by Rodriquez was interesting and it is not a story that you hear everyday. Translanguaging can help more people than we think. It is a way to communicate between to people who are bilingual and also people are only know one language. It is usually used at home but using this in the classroom would solve many problems between the students and there teacher. Translanguaging in the classroom would make the children more comfortable and there success would shine in the classroom. https://blog.languagelizard.com/2011/08/27/5-tips-to-help-bilingual-children-shine-in-the-classroom/

This link will show how students that are bilingual can shine in the classroom.

After going to this link and reading, these are 5 tips on how to make bilingual children comfortable in the classroom. 

1. Be prepared and know your student before they come into the classroom.

2. Be supportive 

3. Be positive and make them feel like they are welcome. 

4. Make them feel equal in the classroom.

5. Make the classroom fun and colorful. 

When a student feels welcome in the classroom, it makes them want to learn more.