Class Update: 3/29/11

Today in SPED 200, we had a guest speaker, a former student of SCSU, named Rachel. Rachel graduated in December of this year as a special education teacher.  She came to talk to us and show us her power point about her experiences student teaching in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. She learned many things being immersed into a different culture from her own. She described it as one of the most enriching, rewarding, and invaluable experiences of her life, and she highly recommends student teaching abroad.

Group 5 presented their presentation on chapter eight from the text, Introduction to Teaching. Chapter 8 is about the Organization of American schools. They covered how to be an effective school, school personnel, 4-day school week, all day kindergarten, and block scheduling schools. Overall, I think they covered a lot of material, and put on a very professional presentation.