Citations

Hi Everyone-
Remember, you can do both, MLA or APA citation format. On the right hand side of this blog there are links to the Purdue OWL sites for help on citations.

Finishing up 448

Hi Everyone -
Here are thoughts about the final post and your final projects. Hopefully they will give you guidance and help you finish your work. Remember, everything is due by exam time at 7:45 a.m. This means all your blogs should be up, your blog post sheets (all 3 of them) should be turned into me during class.

Final Blog Ideas-these are things you could focus upon but you can choose to do what you want - you are an individual who has learned different things than others have!
Ideas: what you expected from the class and what you learned; reflections on one week or two in particular that highly impacted you; questions you are leaving the course with; issues of diversity that you feel you understand much better and will pursue in classrooms; areas you feel you still need to read about and discuss with others; and many more ideas...and feel free to cover more than one of these ideas in your final post.

Final Project - remember to post the following: your review of a professional resource, 3-5 critical reviews, and discussion of your set. Feel free to include photos, quotes, but don't forget citations.

I can't wait to see all you have learned through these two final assignments. It has been great learning about diverse issues with all of you!

Proposition 8

We have talked a little about Proposition 8 and how it relates to our course this upcoming week. I wanted to give you some links presenting both sides of the issues on Prop 8. Feel free to post your thoughts about what is occurring.

Vote No
Vote Yes

Actual proposal

Trillium Poetry Opportunity

TRILLIUM
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>College of Education Evening of Poetry
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>Thursday, November 13, 6:30 p.m., Erickson 252
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>Once again, the College of Education is holding a Trillium Evening of
>Poetry. The evening will feature poetry by Laura Apol and Janine Certo.
>Open mike time will include readings by staff, students and faculty
>across departments and levels. Music of any form is also welcome.
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>Please consider participating in any way you wish: read an original
>work, read a favorite piece by another writer, read a translation or a
>poem in your own language, be a part of the audience, bring students
>and friends. If you are a visual artist, please consider displaying
>your work; if you are a musician, please consider performing.
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>Open mike readers and musicians will be given 3-5 minutes for their
>performance; please plan accordingly.
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>We are looking forward to another wonderful evening. Please plan to
>join us, and please announce this event to your classes and to the
>elementary, middle and high school teachers and students with whom you
>work.
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GLBT Safe Schools Meeting

October 30th from 4:30-6:30 p.m. in 252 Erickson Hall "For the Bible Tells Me So" presentation. Join them to view and discuss excerpts from this award winning film that "provides a perfect example of how Christians can accept homosexuality without betraying their beliefs" Philadelphia Inquirer.

New York Times Article

This deals with Native Americans, schools, and language - you might find it interesting...

Article

Citations

TE 448 - Please make note of these websites for the rest of your papers for this course. You must give credit where it is due and it needs to be done following either MLA or APA citations. Here are links below to a great website to help you learn to cite correctly in either format.

APA: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/08/

MLA Purdue: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/

GLBT Issues in Education Session

On Wednesday, October 8th from 6-7:30 in 252 Erickson, GLBT Safe Schools will be holding a session on the topic: "Issues of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Schools"

Please attend if you can! Pizza and refreshments are served.

After Week 8 - The movie "Blindness" and the controversy - take a stand

The new movie Blindness has created some controversy. After session 8 - please read the articles posted and then on YOUR OWN BLOG take a stand on this issue. Mention if you have seen the movie and your thoughts after watching the movie and reading different sides of the argument. If you have not seen it - look at both sides of the issue and take a stand without having seen the movie.

Article - looking at both sides of the issue
Press release from the National Federation of the Blind

Various Diverse Children and Young Adult Literature Awards

The comments below are links to actual blog posts on diverse children and young adult literature awards. The following awards and information on the awards can be found:
1. Coretta Scott King
2. Pura Belpre
3. Sydney Taylor Award
4. Asian Pacific American Award
5. Lambda Literary Foundation Award
6. Schneider Family Book Award
7. The Middle East Book Award

Students addressed the following in their posts:
Award purpose, selection criteria, sponsor, selection committee qualifications, and also found literature that have been recipients of these awards. You may also find a link to the award website in the posts.

Looking Ahead to Week 7 - Award Groups

Session 7: Awards assignment

The co-themes of session 7 will be "practicing close readings of text" and analyzing awards for diverse literature. You'll only need to prepare for the second!

Everyone:

• Read the Aronson and Pinkney articles. What are the arguments for and against honoring books in specific cultural/social categories? What assumptions does each position rely on?
  
• Where do you stand in terms of the debate?
  

Award jigsaw: Research the following information for your assigned award.

• Is there an official website for the award? Are there other resources that provide information about the award? (Sometimes libraries or author blogs feature information not available on the official sites.)
  
• Why and when was this award created? What is the rationale for the award?
• Selection criteria: What books, authors, illustrators are eligible? How are the books judged?
• Who sponsors the award?
• Selection committee: Who chooses the winners? How do you get on the committee? How transparent is the process?
• Bring in books that have won or have been honored by the award. This will mean a trip to the library--you can coordinate this within your group. How easy was it to find the books? Do they have seals or other indications that they are award winners?
• It would be helpful if one person in the group could bring in a computer.
  

In class we'll teach each other about the awards, share books, and talk about the questions that our research raises. The "product" of your group work will be a collaborative post on your award. (Although you'll have time to work on this with your group, most of your research should be done in advance of class.)

Week 6 Blog Posts

Here are some ideas for your next blog post below. Feel free to post something on your own (which I noticed some of you have) or feel free to respond to the prompts below (pick one):

• What can you learn about Nikki Grimes through internet research? Post any interesting resources in a blog entry.
• Contribute a response to "How is blogging going?" by 6 pm the night before class (see ideas below)
  

You might write about:

• What you find valuable about our use of blogs
• What you find to be limiting or frustrating
• How you can imagine using blogs in the future
• Questions you have about the blogs
• Ideas for mini-lessons/discussions we might have in class

Arab-American Resource

The Arab-American National Museum is based in Detroit - I would like you to search through the site and comment (if you chose to) post some thoughts on this great resource right in our state.

Site: http://www.arabamericanmuseum.org/Home.id.2.htm

Post on your blog...Insider/Outsider Debate

TE 448ers - please post on your blog (by 6 p.m. Monday) your initial thoughts about the debate over who should be writing diverse children's literature - insiders (those who may belong to certain groups) or outsiders? Think deeply about what you believe and post those thoughts. Don't forget to write this in your blogging schedule at the back of the syllabus. I look forward to reading these before class! CK

Joseph Bruchac website

This is the website of Joseph Bruchac - the author of The Heart of a Chief , check it out!
http://www.josephbruchac.com/

Post your blog address

Please make sure you post your blog for class on ANGEL - it is a discussion board I have set up for you to post your address.

Welcome to TE 448 Section 3

Hello everyone! Welcome to our blog spot. Please get a login and write a post about what you have been up to this summer. See you in class on Tuesday!