Class Update: 2/24/2011

Today in SPED 200 our small group presentations started.  The first group did their presentation on Chapter 4, Exploring Diversity in the classroom in relation to culture, language and gender. I thought they did a good job of explaining that culture is the knowledge, attitudes, values, customs, and behavior which are all part of a person's culture. They also explained that cultural diversity refers to the different cultures that we will encounter in our classrooms, and how these cultural differences affect learning. I thought they did a very nice job informing the class about how important this topic is to future teachers.  It has made me aware that I want to learn as much as I can about other cultures to become a better teacher in the future.  Next they showed us a video on exploring diversity in the classroom, which had some very good ideas about how to bring diversity into the classroom. The power Point they displayed was informative and professional. They did a nice job getting the audience involved, and the jeopardy game they chose was fun and interactive.  Overall, I was impressed, and thought they did an outstanding job.

Mrs. Johnson handed out the test results from our Intercultural Diversity Inventory (IDI) test we took last week.  She went over a little bit about how to read the report, and then instructed us to read it over the weekend and she will answer any questions we have next Tuesday.