Chapter 6 Technology, Digital Media, and Curriculum Integration
Bilingual Education
Children learning English for the first time should not be held accountable for the first couple of years. But shortly after then children should be encouraged to speak and conversate in English more often in school with other classmates and teachers. The more you practice at something the better you become at it because learning another language is not an easy task to learn. LEP children should not be forced to speak in English only but I do believe that the transition will have gradually. Sometimes I think that ( LEP)children are afraid to speak in the English language because of the other children bothering them for speaking with an accent. Children can be very hurtful and cause others to feel bad about themselves because they don't talk of look like the majority. Children can practice the English language by using the Spanish/English CD's or DVD's that have different pictures in English and in Spanish and even have people conversating in English to Spanish and from Spanish to English. I also really think that another child that speaks the same language can help the teacher with a student with (LEP). What's really important due to cultural diversity teachers need to continue to enhance a little something about different cultures. Whether it be vocabulary, or simple every day words for activity of daily living to help make our children of (LEP) transition more comfortably into our classrooms and schools.

Essay #1 Net Censoring /Education Issues

Essay #1 Net Censoring / Education Issues

Should schools be allow to Internet censorship ? Yes, there should be censorship on the internet during school hours. Children need to stay focus on school materials and participate less on surfing the internet during crucial hours of learning. Without stipulations, the teachers are aware of the amount of activities that students can easily be drifted into by just one incident of internet surfing. Learning is also an important issue, if we don't give them the opportunity to look and probe around they are being restricted on learning more about the computer and the different windows involve just by being on the internet/computer. Broadening their computer skills can only happen through frequent visit on the internet.There is nothing wrong with being on Wikopedia, You Tube, and even the Weather Channel ,but does it refers to what your teacher is speaking about in class. Filtering programs and Acceptable Use Policies(AUP) are good resources because you can restrict the usage of unuseful viewing sites that students frequently visit. Working together to come to an agreement on the welfare for our students using the internet is better than trying to come against one another because this problem will always exist. School should not ban the Internet but limitations are always important and will always be necessary. I would use the Internet with the necessary filtering programs and Acceptable Use Policy when using the internet in my classroom in order not to offend or angering the parents. Parents should also offer their support in reference to seeing that their children are safe from all harm or dangerous predators on the internet. The internet should be a place of learning constructive things/ideas and not corrupt things. This is very important for teachers and parents to have their guards up at all time when their students are using the internet. Giving all students the benefits of all doubts until proven guilty because not all student are surfing the wrong sites.