Class Update: 1/20/11

Today in SPED 200, we broke into our small groups for our small group research project.  I am in group 6 with two other wonderful people, Andrew and Kirsten.  We will be doing our presentation on a subject yet to be determined from chapter 9 of our text, Introduction to teaching. Chapter 9 is about Government and Finance: Regulating and Funding Schools.  I am excited to collaborate with my new group to see what topic we will choose to study in-depth. We will be presenting Tuesday April 5.

We also watched a You-Tube video called RSA Animate: Changing Education Paradigms. This video asks the question, "How do we educate our children in the 21st Century?"  I thought it brought up many interesting points to think about relating to our current education system, and what changes need to occur to educate our children in the 21st century.

We also went over the syllabus again to make sure everyone was aware of what is expected of us for the duration of this SPED 200 Introduction to Education class.