The Time is getting closer.....!

This past week has been an amazing roller coaster and it will be worst for the next 2 week before we are in our way to student teaching field experience. And I am not too excited about that. I know that is going to be fun but it is very intimidated to be in a classroom already with our little experience. Somehow I feel that it will be okay.

Everything, every class content is coming together like a puzzle. Every key assignment is building up to what the real deal about becoming a teacher is. This is a very important step of the

beginning of our journey.

Last week, I also learned on Social Studies that we just have to stay calm and that we have been trained professional. On Foundation of American Education, we learn that they are so many little details that can get us in big trouble if we are not careful. Things such: copyrights, teacher-student relationship, classroom management, some other topics.

In Creative Arts we were working on how visual arts can help the students to learn in a meaningful way and retained the information that they learned. And psychology, we also talk

about how meaningful teaching, including Multiple Intelligence can enhance our student's learning process, not to mention how effective that type of teaching will help our students with special needs. Specially with visual arts and technology tools such as Web quest, Digital Story, and pod/vid casts. Teaching is really doing a 360 degree rotation.

The Video for this week that saw was "A Vision of Students Today." This video is eye opening because it shows how important it is that we as country, political leaders, teachers,parents, and students may come to a resolution to step up and

help our students to learn in a 24 century style like China....By year 2016 they will be the #1 country to speak English and right now they have more honor students than people in the US. We need to do something.

As a mother and future teacher, I feel the great responsibility to step up and do my part by making sure that my own children and future students receives the latest and best technological tools and the most creative and engaging type of education. China and other countries are doing it why not us and now.

I wish every parent, every political leader, and every teacher can see how important it is to get out the cycle of the old school style of teaching.

A Vision of K-12 Students Today

ENJOY...!!!!!

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Music, Dance /Movement, and Curriculum

For the las two weeks we have learned that dance is the B.E.S.T and music is AWESOME!!!!!

This components can make a lesson plan to be meaningful and unforgetable for years.

For example in Music, a person/students learn how to perform, sing, analytical and critical listening, read music and regular material, and also to make connection of times and places to their own personal life.

In dancing, students not only use their memorization but they must engage Body, Energy, Space, and Time all the same time in order to perform in a choreographic; which they could be abstract, move-shape-move, theme and variation, and cannon. All these kind of moveme

nts requires a great

deal for critical thinking and concentration.

As teacher we have the dear responsibility to integrate all of those elements with core curriculum material to enhance the education development in every child in our classroom. Once again, if teachers integrate creative arts and core curriculum, They will be satisfying

all requirements and responsibility from the board of education, using almost all M.I at the same time and making fun and educational classroom for ALL students.

After experimenting by myself with my classmates in making a lesson plan where music (Folk) and dance were incorporated, I can see that is doable and effective...AND FUN!!!!!

Last Thursday, I learned lots of core curriculum material such: Social Studies, Geography, Science, P.E. Some lesson plans that stick to my were: the Indians tribes of Utah, Rocks, Water Cycle, movements to certain tune or music genre, the Preamble. These were very good and engaging lesson plans. I love all of them. I know more core curriculum material that I did before. It was an excellent elementary content review!!!

I personallly do not understand how some classroom are painfully boring and bland. Some teachers excuses are "There is not enough time to do fun things; and others said "I am to busy to play games." I believe that if you take the time to make your lesson plans "accordingly to the core curriculum" and integrate arts to it such: dance/creative movements, and music; their lesson duration time will be the same and teacher could have more time to cover more material, assessing, and/or review for a test.