Commuting from Lexington!!

I commute from Lexington and just found that my car won't start....and no one is able to get me to class....

I was wondering if anyone commutes from Lexington...who I could possibly ride with?!

I realize that its late..but I thought just by chance someone would check this and could help!

Thanks,
Valerie Keating

my number is (859)539-0579

reading response!!

i just submitted my reading response, i hope i did it right. i have never submitted homework of BB so im kind of scared. i did like the article gives you hope that it is has easy as counting to five just like there is five steps in it.

Paying Attention

SInce we started SED 260 in August has anyone else noticed yourself paying more attention to language and/or communication skills. I ask because at work Sunday I caught myself paying very close attention to a young man who has serious stuttering speech because of an accident he had as a young boy. I was assissting him in the store where I work and I was interested in the adaptibilty skills he used to communicate his needs to me. Is anyone else becoming more in-tune to language and/or communication?

Ooops! I just found the feedback

Well the feedback was only one click away. I found it when I clicked my grade.

Still haven't found the feedback

Does anyone know where the area for the feedback is? I would love to see the answers and compare and make notes on the ones I missed.

Thank You

When I wrote my comment I was not expecting any response but I wanted to say thank you to all of you who wrote something. I really appreciate them and the advice and encouragement. Again, thank you.

Project

I was wondering if the child you observe for the project have to have a learning or speech disability. I have a three year old niece that I want to use for the project, but I didn't know if this was okay? I didn't know if we could observe a family member?

Clubs

I would love to join at least one club related to my major. I am already in a sorority and I also attend meeting for one of the Christian groups on campus. However, I know that becoming involved in a group relating to my future profession would help me to make professional connections as well as insight into my career. I have been really busy the first part of the semester with my sorority. Things are slowing down now and I'm wondering if it's too late to join a special education group or a regular ed group? If not, are there any that you guys would recommend over others?

Article Response

I just wanted to comment on the article that was given out in the last class. I believe that this was very relevant to what we have discussed thus far in class. The article makes language development in the classroom seem so easy with a simple process. We all know that this is much easier said than done. However, I think that sometimes we try to make tasks rather in the classroom or in society more difficult than they seem to be. When we actually break the task down into smaller parts or do one thing at a time it always seems to get done quicker. The article describe a process that with all parts put into action would work in any classroom. I'm sure that children want us as teachers to sometime simplify or do more things step-by-step. Does anyone else feel the same or different?

Observation

I did my observation the other day and it was wonderful! This was my first technical observation in a 'real classroom'. I really loved it and ended up staying longer than I really needed to. I this experience reaffirmed my desire to become a teacher!!!! I hope all of you guys have the same great experience that I did!!!!

Stages Of Language

I was wondering could the stages of language be used as a tool to evaluate special education children? Parents usually want to know how much their child has progressed.....so do you guys think it would help to show the parents. To say, 'Look how far they have come, the child was here but now he/she is here."

Monday Night Eye Opener

Monday night really opened my eyes when Ms. White said if you are not going into teaching for student learning then that person needs to get out and do something else (this might have been last class-I can't remember, but it was said nonetheless). I have already been questioning whether I really want to teach; if that is really what I love to do and want to do and I believe it is not. However, the knowledge I have gained from this class has been so enriching.

I would have rather been at class Monday

Hello,
I missed class Monday, can anyone give me some insight of what happened in class?
My son was hospitalized, Friday the 21st and not released until Tuesday night, although, he had a short relapse Wednesday. The relapse caused another painful visit to the ER. My son had RSV and the croup. So in short of the crazy week I had, I would like to get caught up on class. Any thought would be wonderful,
Thanks again, Melanie

Irony....

I have a funny story for all of you guys.

Have you ever just had one of those days where EVERYTHING went wrong? I had one today.
I woke up late. I needed to print off something for class and my printer didnt work! So I go downstairs and Dupree's printer doesnt work. So I have to go and wake my friend up at 9 to print my hw!

So tonight, I was working on some more stuff and I realized that I couldn't get access to my W drive. I go downstairs and guess what? I cant on Duprees printer either. So....I go to the SSB and finally get everything saved,printed and worked out!

I seriously hope that you guys can find the humor I have in this.

But for the moment, I think I hate technology!

Missed Monday's Class

So, I missed Monday's class due to a death in the family.
I heard it was a good class and was wondering if some of you could share something that you took away from it. Thanks!

The class was the best one yet!

I enjoyed Monday night's class. I think I learned more than any night so far. I would like to thank Ms. White for telling us about the Jena 6. It has been on every TV I have seen since she told us about it. I would like to work more on the language analysis project.

Test Grade

I got the other email about the tests being graded but I cant find mine. Do I check it in the "my grades?"
I found the page with the previous grade but for my test grade it has an exclamation mark where the grade should be. Does anyone have any sugestions??

Class

I enjoyed class Monday and getting to watch that video. I can't wait to start on my language sample, because, I love working with kids and listening to them talk. I have a nephew who is just learning to talk and I love just sitting down with him and hearing what he has to say. I was just wondering if I could do the language sample with my nephew. He is 2 and like I said before he is just learning to talk. So I was just wondering if that would be alright?

Which is better?

Here's a question for you guys.

Do you think that its enough if a teacher has extreme love for their students? Have you ever experienced a teacher that maybe wasn't the best at things but they still impacted you greatly? And which would you rather have, a teacher that was uber smart or a teacher that was trying their hardest and cared about their students?

I was just curious if anyone has yet been able to check on their test feed back.. I know that some times I have A LOT of computer problems so I didnt know if it was just me... Thanks