Did you know?

This is a video I found on http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/2006/08/did-you-know.html
It stops and makes you think. As an educator, I do not feel that I am doing everything I should/can do to prepare my students for the future. Technology is limited by funding. Everyday I see where my students would benefit from being able to have constant access to a laptop.

This year every student in my class, with parental permission, created a Gmail account. Now children can create, save it though Google and work on it at home. Web 2.0 has amazing tools to enhance and engage students.

Last year, I was able to set up a computer for a child who had a lengthy illness. We used Skype to communicate on a daily basis. She was able to see and hear her classmates.

I believe that there are many useful tools on the Web. Parents and educational leaders need to look at this issue and help with looking at funding issues. It would be remarkable to have a parent group work on grant writing to purchase laptops for every child.

What issues concern or interst YOU???

Expectations for education

What are your expectations for education? As an educator and parent, I want the schools my child attends through his life to prepare him for the future. I want him to know all the possibilities that are out there for him. Teach him to know he is limited only by his imagination. Possibilities are endless when you are committed to reach a goal. It is important to set goals throughout your life, to change and modify them as time moves forward. I want teachers who are nurturing and sensitive to every students' needs. As a teacher, I want to work with dedicated group of teachers, who collaborate and work together exploring and sharing educational issues, practices, trends, and research.

I was interested in parent involvement and found an article that claims 86% of the general pubic believe that support from the parents is the best avenue to improve schools. I am not surprised. I think the heart of all schools lies within its parents. Parents can be a very powerful group when advocating for children.

Personal experience has shown me how powerful parental support is for the learning environment. Parents and teachers working together for a common goal (the child) is a powerful network.

What do you expect or want from education? Please identify your position-parent, educator, administrator.........