Zandra+Hall

Initial Sample Scenario: An issue that I had in a classroom a couple of years ago is that I had a student that would not communicate with any of the students nor myself. She would not speak at all and her handwriting skills were very low, therefore I had no way of finding out if the child was learning any of the material. She didn't have and IEP nor did she have a 504 plan. This is just one of the many issues that we could possibly discuss. It is early one Monday morning in October and I woke up eager to go to work. I really don't know why I was eager, being that I just had a miserable weekend. I also knew the students would be really hyper since they hadn’t seen each other in two days. They acted as if it had been months. I pulled up on campus, gathered my belongings, and got out of the car thinking this would be a great day. I passed by a number of students on the playground, who refused to enter the building until right before the tardy bell rang, they couldn’t miss one second of freedom. As I entered the building I signed in and grabbed a cup of coffee out of the lounge. I passed by the cafeteria where the students who arrived early were eating breakfast and chatting with their friends. I walked into my classroom to put my bags down, but the intercom came on just as I entered the classroom. "Ms.Jones could you please report back to the principal's office." All types of thoughts crossed my mind. Did I park in the wrong spot again, was I driving too fast on the parking lot, was I talking on my cell phone and not paying attention the students on the parking lot? Who knows what he wanted. As I walked in I noticed a neatly dressed young child with her parents, she wasn’t saying anything, but I noticed that she was very busy. The principal Mr. Holmes said, “Hello Ms. Jones this is your new student Brooke and her parents Mr. and Mrs. Smith.” Her parents spoke, but Brooke kept right along playing. I said, “Hi Brooke,” but she didn’t pay any attention to what I was saying. Her parents said she was very shy, but her actions didn’t show me she was shy. Her records from her previous school had not made it yet, but should be there by the end of the week. By this time the bell was ringing so I took Brooke by the hand and walked to the classroom.

Hey Guys I also put PBSkids on the page. I am now looking for a video to go on the page

I did not find any videos, but I did find a couple of more websites and a book. [|www.kidsource.com] www.brighthub.com and the book is Hard-to-handle kid by C. Drew Edwards, Ph.D.

Reflection When I looked at the syllabus and saw that part of the class grade would be Wikispaces, I was overwhelmed. I had no idea what we were going to encounter. I am familiar with many sites that require networking, but I am one that pulls away from technology. On the first day in the lab, I was confused and did not understand the entire logic behind Wikispaces, I felt that it was a waste of time. Being that the entire class was in the lab, I think it defeated the purpose of Wikispaces. We would talk to each other rather than network on the site. Looking at the sample case did not help me as much as I would like. The second day entering lab was a lot less tense. The tutorial that was given the first day was broken down much smaller. I think this should have been done the first day. My group also started to communicate more through posts. By this time we got the hang of the project. I understand that this is a graduate level course, but I do believe the tutorial should have been a little more elementary. Overall, I believe this project was very interesting. The next time this project is assigned I feel the directions should come from one person. Receiving directions from two instructors was a little confusing. This was not said to be negative, but once I was able to ask questions one-on-one this made the project a lot easier. This is a good way to make a class network, rather than the more familiar sites. The next time this project is incorporated into a class I think there should be a way to set a security in order to keep other groups from viewing your page until the completion of the project. Overall this was very informative and allowed those of us who never use technology go outside of our box.