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Module #1 Write a brief - 2- page (500 word+ or -) report describing the influences you observed and discussed. Put you first reflection on your individual wiki page.

America history X By Lina M. de los Rios Spanish teacher Seventh grade The Columbus School Every day is a challenge, and if you are a teacher, even more. ¿What is the importance to be a good teacher? I think this question need a lot of answers.

American X history is a movie that can define a lot of these answers. First because I believe that is the first time that I watch this kind of movie searching the way to become a real and excellent teacher.

I have to start explaining what happened in this violent story. I could see in this film, different shades of a society that desperately needs teachers who can provide guidance to those students, who for some reason had lost the horizon. I will make a comprehensive analysis of the film, determining the importance of the role of each sector of society.

The family is the first educator of individuals of a community. The film presents a situation where the Derek’s father s, the main character, talks about the negative view of African American literature. This it was very sad, because he couldn’t understand why his father tried to convince him that this kind of books didn’t have interesting information for his life. This was the beginning of a bad teaching.

The neighbors are those people in the community that help everyone can identify different ways of thinking and acting. Derek begins to feel that it was not possible to live in one place with people who think differently and is becoming increasingly difficult, when Cameron takes advantage of the vulnerability of Derek.

The school is the place where you can also start situations of hatred and intolerance. Here teachers must play an important role where the critical moments will have a good solution.

American history X shows that we can help a person even when we stop believing in it. Derek it was a mess, but his teacher Dr. Sweeney, didn’t give up and continued doing the best to help Derek and his family.

I liked very much to watch this movie with another point of view, and be realize that our role can change a lot of minds and that we can do a great job for the community, trying to do the best and believing in all of our students.

Finally, I can say that with a lot of perseverance and patience, we can change a person even the world. To be a teacher is not a job is a feeling, and only with this feeling we can do a better job, introducing every day the enthusiasm and the joy that allow us to help students with difficulties.

Module #2 V iolence - Prediction, Prevention and Intervention - Myth vs Reality - Write 5 Sentences about your reaction to the statistical data showing the trend below. (Remember your initial estimate on violence in the last 30 Years.)

I thought the line would grow. I can not believe that they remain at that level. I put the line in the beginning at the lower and at the end on top because I thought that if people had more violence would grow. The economic system shows us that capitalism makes distance between rich and pooor is bigger, so I thought there was more violence. I felt in shock because I tought that this time is most violent than the past. I hope that all this information be true.

Module #3 Hearts and Minds Describe three things you plan to do in your teaching practice to reduce stress and win the Hearts and Minds of your students and co workers. 1. Having a personal conversation with the students. 2. Playing games. 3. Using humor inside and outside the classroom.

Module #4 Do the Personality Prototype test with another person. Discuss what the results mean. When you Teach you learn. Tell us on this site what you learned by sharing PP Results with another person. I did the test with my husband and the test show me that he is in the "peoples person" group. When I talked to him about his condition, I could identify a lot of features, that made me aware that I haven´t realize before. Al this information makes me feel better, because I will can understand him and will have a better comunication. At the same time I explained him what was my group and i taught him how can he recognize the features of my personality.

Module #5 Moral Dilemma - Develop a MD for use in your teaching practice. Outline it here. Use any lesson plan style or outline that you might have for your class / subject / or grade level. Describe your audience, age, demographic and what you will do.

Audience- 7th grade Spanish students

Age- 12 and 13

Demographic- The Columbus School students (Colombian)

Moral Dilemma taken from the film "The Help" that they watched in class, to recognize the beggining, the middle and the end of the movie. Also i wanted that they tried to have a reflection about discrimination and racism.

What I did it was to present to the students a dilemma that comes from the movie. Students will make a written reflection about discrimination and racism with the rules of correct writing.

MD- Discrimination and racism is a difficult situation that we still having in our society. The student could watch in the movie that maids are a very important persons in their lifes, specially for this kids, because their had the oportunitie to grow up having a maid just behind them. Each student must to write a reflection, answering the next questions:

1. Describe a similar situation that happened at your house. . 2. What would you do to have a better treatment with your house and school maids? 3. Who will share this experience? 4. Finally, they must have to a written reflection about discrimination and racism using a good written rules and also must make a written with a good start,a good development anda good outcome.

Module #6

Post 2 eye messages - (positive) comment on the reactions.

(This happened with my mom ) 1. Mom, When you call me everyday Behavior I can feel support by you consequence And i feel happy. Feeling

(This happened with my students) 2. Kids, when you up your hands to say something Behavior We can do a better job and will have a very good time in class, consequence and that would make me feel really happy. Feeling

Post 1 "I" Message (negative or corrective) Hopefully, with practice, I would get better and be more direct and say: (This happened with my husband at home) Baby, __when you dress up and go out with your friends__ Behavior __I can´t spent time with you,__ Consequence and I feel sad__.__ Feeling Post 1 "I" Message (negative or corrective) (This happened with a student in my classroom) Felipe, __when you say what you feel about the class__ Behavior Other students can hear you__,__ Consequence and I feel inconfortable.__.__ Feeling

Module #7

1. Open a copy of the book IN STEPP. Read the Chapter on Time Management. Including Ben's Story.

2. Go to this Web Site. [|Values and Stuff] Explore the links that you find on the page.

3. In the upper left of the page, under the heading of tools look for the Mission Statement builder. Click on the link.

4. Then when the MSB page opens click on the link on the far right of the page (Your Values) and build a mission statement.

5. Post a copy of your mission Statement on your wiki page.

The most important value for people is to respect. Love help people to be happy. Giving is better than receiving. Hope is the last to be lost. the family is the engine of our life. there is always someone who can help. accept the other as is. the best gift is a smile. never forget that the most important is the family. there is always someone who needs our help. the difference makes us human. hard work to achieve our dreams.

Module #8

Select any one additional chapter to read. (Not Time Management) Describe the Chapter you read and your reaction to the chapter. Pick one activity from the book and describe how you will use this for Conflict Resolution

InSteppPrintedVersion.pdf

Chapter Two: All you need to know about stress.

The chapter talks about stress. Scientific papers show that stress has existed since the first humans and has been always present since before the beginning of our human evolution. The chapter says "Without stress there would be no life itself" and also says that "negative stress is a major contributor to all forms of disease". for me it was very important to know all this information, because as a teacher I must recognize if any of my students suffer stress. For me is important too, because this chapter could help me to identify why i'm feeling tired and sick and can do something when i feel stressed.

Chapter Two Activity Sheet Three Stress busters (page 1 of 2) Six Stress Busters to the Rescue! These exercises are intended to help you manage immediate stress. They can reduce the short term effect of stress to help you get calmed and relaxed after some stressful experience. They can help improve focus and concentration. It is important to me to have this kind of exercise, because inside the classroom we can find some students that have a bad behavior, maybe because they are feeling stressed and could causes problems between the students. The activitie pretend have focus on your breathing, have neck exersices and allow write positive things about your life. Is perfect for my students and for me. . Module # 9 Post two new resources for conflict resolution on our Wiki site under Video / other resources. Give your self credit. I puted the videos links in the video place.

Module #10

This is my web site: (I tried to do the best) []

offers an alternative of two assignments.

B. Go to this site [] follow the directions to join the site and make a class specific Weebly site for use in your classroom. This is an easy to use web page making tool. Here is an example made by students in this course from Honduras. []

Your weebly must include the following elements: OR See other Web Alternative Below

 * 1) ====== A definition of conflict ======
 * 2) ====== At least 3 resources that are grade specific to your teaching practice that could be used in conflict resolution. ======
 * 3) ====== Identifying information to tell us who you are and for whom the weebly is intended to be used. ======
 * 4) ====== At least 2 conflict resolution activities that are grade specific to your teaching practice that could be used in conflict resolution. ======
 * 5) ====== This assignment is intended to provide you an opportunity to be creative and to use and apply the elements of our class experience. Have fun, be original and make something useful. ======
 * 6) ====== Once you have finished this assignment and all of the other 9 assignments on this Wiki site send Hank an email Hank's Email letting him know that you are completely finished. ======
 * 7) ====== He will then review your work and email you your grade. ======
 * 8) ====== It may take a few weeks from your submission until the grading is complete. ======

Module #11

William Hundert. A teacher, mature, has been called ina luxury hotel for a meeting of former pupils. Memories crowded in his memory, that course of 72 in the prestigious school of St. Benedict. The movie shows that William was able to use educational resources to feed the natural curiosity of young students. Hundert is clear: not only teaches a subject. Front of him there are people, young people, with a whole life ahead of which in the future will occupy important positions in society. He meets a troubled student, Sedgewick Bell, the son of a senator , a smart student but under enormous pressure from his father.

This it was a rich and evocative film, very attractive to those who are engaged in teaching. It shows a character, very well played by Kevin Kline , with undeniable vocation for teaching. But it also has its weaknesses.

Their sense of justice emerges when they break the rules. It occurs in the exciting scenes of the competition of the emperors.

Is it possible to awaken student interest in the history of ancient Rome? Here is the dilemma. Depends on the passion that puts the teacher when giving his classes. The competition of the emperors is a test, that Hundert, encourages its students to study the history of Rome.

I support all the strategies used by Hundert, because i think that all teachers must identify what is the problem inside the difficult students, and should try to turn a negative student into a positive student.

offers an alternative of any one of the 10 modules above.

Watch the movie Emperors Club.

Then write a reflection of 250 words (+-) describing the values choices that Mr. H made and discovered through the end of the movie.

Describe your alternate choices or support his.

For What would you walk the "I" beam?

=Finally! Please finish all your assignments by April 15th. Hank will be checking in after that date to grade your pages and comments. Any work submitted after that date will be subject to a diminished scoring for failing to learn how to manage your time. My plan is a negative scoring of 2.5 points / day of tardiness after April 15. So what would have been an A will be and A- one to two days late, B+ 3 to 4 days days late, B if 5 to 6 days late, B- if 7 to 8 days late. C if more than 9 days late. Incomplete after that.=

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=If you have a good reason to be late and make the request of late grading, at my discretion we may agree to extend the due date. BUT the request should be made prior to the due date! Remember that this is conflict resolution.=

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=I enjoyed working with you and will look forward to getting your work for EDU640.=

=Until next time!=

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