US College Enrollment

Significant changes have ocurred in the recent yers. in the status of women and men and their interaction of work and at school. According to the U.S. Department of Education currently 135 women received Bachelor's degrees for every 100 men. Predictions estimate that there will be 3 million women students thatn men in 2015.

Quickshare!! Rockyou.

This is a fun website where students in the upper grades can create a slideshow or tell a story with their own photos, choosing a theme, background, music and share it with their classmates, family and friends. I will recomended monitored the students closely at school and an home.

www.rockyou.com

Accelerating Hispanic Progress in Higher Education

By Shilpa BanerjiMar 20, 2007, 22:37

As the Hispanic community continues to grow in this country, efforts to accelerate and expand student success in higher education will be critical to the nation’s future competitiveness, says Excelencia in Education President Sarita Brown.
Excelencia, a nonprofit organization aimed at increasing Hispanic student achievement in higher education, also released figures on the state of Hispanics in higher education and a separate study concerning Hispanic women in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics programs.

There were approximately 1.8 million Hispanic college students in 2004, representing about 11 percent of the total student enrollment in higher education. The figure represents a 6 percent increase from 1990, when 782,400 Hispanic students were enrolled. But despite increases in enrollment, only 25 percent of college-age Hispanics — those 18 to 24 years old — were enrolled in college, compared to about 42 percent of Whites, 32 percent of Blacks and 60 percent of Asians.
“The number of Hispanic women going to college has increased more rapidly. In 2004, Hispanic women represented almost 60 percent of all Hispanics in higher education,” said Deborah Santiago, vice president for policy and research at Excelencia. She noted that about 58 percent of Hispanic undergraduates are enrolled in two-year institutions.

But while Hispanic women enroll in college in greater numbers than Hispanic men, men greatly outnumber women in engineering programs. In 2005, undergraduate Hispanic women represented just 22 percent of Hispanics in engineering programs.
Among STEM faculty, Hispanic women are more likely to teach in biological sciences. By contrast, Hispanic men have their strongest representation in mathematics and computer sciences.

cute girl (singing)

How cute!!

Necesito unas lindas vacaciones!!

KidPix Activity

This is the activity that the students will do. They will place picures and words about deciding a healthy meal. :)

Greetings from San Antonio Texas

Greetings from San Antonio Texas
Originally uploaded by forwardlookguy.

Saludos desde San Antonio :)

Software Evaluation # 2

Software Evaluation #2
Imagine Learning English

Title of Software: Imagine Learning English

Producer: 3210 North Canyon Road, Suite 300, Provo, Utah 84604 USA. This company has been creating K-12 Educational Software for 15 years.

Target students (e.g., age or grade-level of students): This learning resource is adaptable for young English language learners of ages 4-7

Proficiency level (e.g., beginning, intermediate, advanced): It is designed to suit all levels. The user can have no knowledge or some about the English language..

Description:
Imagine Learning English, is a computer based program that helps students learn English by expanding their oral development: vocabulary, listening, speaking, increasing their literacy skills and phonemic awareness with multiple fun activities. Some of activities like: everyday words in scenes, explore everyday words, let’s talk daily conversations, what should you say, story comprehension, letter sound songs, letter recognition, blend word parts, etc. Multisensory activities with graphic support, where the student is easily learning English by just the clicking of the word. Fun and cool activities like “ Karaoke” where the student is learning while singing and following the song.

Language skills targeted: English

Evaluation:
In this program students learn English in a fun, entrataining and easy way. Teacher can assess their students with the student’s reports that are available. Teachers will know in which area the students need reinforcing. I will try to use this program in my future classroom because it is very animated, students can interact while learning, working at their own pace and it is very user friendly.

Reading Prompt # 10

EGBERT Ch. 10. Teacher Development
RICHARDSON Ch. 7. Fun with Flickr: Creating, Publishing, and Using Images Online

We've talked a lot in class about how technology can be used to help ELLs learn English. The internet is also an excellent resource for teacher professional development. Describe ways you have used internet resources for your own professional development as a language teacher. If you haven't already done this, describe some of the resources in the Egbert chapter you would be interested in trying. Next, briefly describe how images such as those from Flickr and other free photo sharing sites can be used in ESL classrooms.

I can’t wait to start working in a classroom and to attend all professional development courses. Trainings that will facilitate and promote teachers in our development by bringing creative and fresh tools that will make us improve in our professional field. I just cant wait to start teaching!!. 

Internet has great online resources for us teachers to engaged our students in learning, exploring, investigating, etc. Online tools that will support the learning in language for our students and also that will help us find multiple ideas, games, songs like “free ESL materials,” mentioned in the chapter. Where you can find lessons, short articles on how technology interacts with the classroom, learning with technology, etc.
In Richardson, Chapter 7, it talks about the benefits of using Flickr. It is a free tool so we can use it in our classrooms (no more than 20MB) pictures a month. Students can use images for multiples activities.

I do believe that sometimes barriers like lack of training, time, school funding for resources, Internet and computer access can be difficult for teachers. If we really try and find ways to promote technology, I believe that we will be empower younger generations to use it, benefit from it and learn with it. We will be creating a difference in our student’s life by teaching them about technology, because if they do not learn at school, where will they be learning if some students do not have access to it?