There will be two opportunities to attend a mandatory meeting before practicum. There will be a PowerPoint presentation followed by a question and answer period. You must attend one of these meetings. Attendance will be taken.
Tuesday 9/13 @4:00pm in Newton 204
Wednesday 9/14 @ 2:30 in Newton 202
Welcome to xopc29.org. Once you register, you will see a link in the left sidebar that will reveal when you click on it how to use this site.
As you may know, ning.com is under new management and is moving toward a pay model. I have found some free alternatives that look and work like ning. Here are the links:
socialgo
grou.ps
spruz.com
They are in no particular order. They are very straightforward. It took me about 7 minutes to register and get my own started.
NY Times Texas Curriculum Changed
Texas twists things around in the social studies curriculum to support their agenda, whatever it may be. After reading that it concerns me. Not only are they changing it to favor/influence students to one side of certain arguments while shielding them from others, but it will cause problems for students either moving in or out of the state of Texas to have to deal with such a vast difference in curriculum. Sure there are always minor differences state to state but this seems a bit much.
What do you think? Should any state (whether dealing with this situation or a hypothetical one) be able to change what their students are being "fed" to support their personal beliefs or agenda. (examples, science only teaching creation, politics only supporting capitalism, democrats, or republicans, history that fosters an ethnocentric or even xenophobic look at the world)
Plans are underway for our third annual University of Exeter Exchange Program. The dates this year are May 24 – June 11. this is an international field experience program where students spend two intensive weeks working in a school in Newquay, UK on the Southwest Coast of England. You will also be
enrolled in a three-credit course (EDUC 363/463) titled International Field Experience. One week is free for travel. The program is open to education majors who have completed their junior year, those currently student teaching, or those finished with student teaching and interested in picking up graduate credits.
Our deadline for application is listed as Monday, March 8 but will be extended through the end of the week – March 12. If you are
interested, please contact John Williams (williamj@geneseo.edu or call 245-5473)
I have a friend who works at RIT as a a distinguished researcher in Imaging Science. He has a team surveying Haiti from the air for the World Bank. He has been sending me some of their pictures. The images will be up on Google Earth/Maps soon, but you are seeing them here first.
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Click on this link to learn where you can help.
There will be a panel presentation in Newton on Wednesday the 27th of January212 at 2:00 pm.
Representatives from various schools will discuss
opportunities to tutor/mentor students that can also satisfy service
learning or practicum requirements especially for those in the Adolescence
programs.
The following schools will be in attendance: Livonia, Mt.
Morris, Pavilion, Perry, and Rochester City Schools. Open to all majors!
This sounds like a great opportunity.
Source of Success, a United Way Agency, in Caledonia is looking for mentors to work with 6th and 7th grade students after school. Students are identified by their teachers as needing a little extra help with homework and skills.
We are looking for college students to share their time and talent!
Once the students are signed into the program they come to Connor House 2 days a week from 3 till 5:00. The 6th grade students attend on Monday and Wednesday, 7th grade on Tuesday and Thursday.
We also have adult volunteers from the community. A one day commitment following the school calendar and orientation are all we are looking for. This is a separate entity from the school district but we have open communication with teachers and administration, forming a team to help kids. If interested, please contact Sharon Balonek, Director at 538-2003 or
sbalonek4@yahoo.com
The Xerox Center for Multicultural Teacher Education offers a number of opportunities such as weekly seminars, monthly student colloquia, tutoring and mentoring opportunities, and an annual conference on urban education. If you attend all the seminars in a series, you can receive a certificate. The tutoring and mentoring opportunities provide a great chance to get experience and do good at the same time. Xopc29.org will post announcements from the XCMTE with all the details. For now, go to the link above and check them out.
