Journal 3 Summer Leadership Institute

"Restructuring for caring and effective education: The possible futures of education”

Richard A. Villa (President, Bayridge Consortium Inc., San Diego)

This was a very interesting speech for future educators. The speaker Richard A. Villa was full of energy and excitement. He kept his audience engaged and interested on what he had to say. The main thesis of his speech was where is the future of education going? He made sure that the point that he wanted to make across to us was that we must strive for both equality and excellence or "equalence". By combining generosity, belonging, mastery and independence you create the circle of courage. By continuing this legacy of the circle of courage we can achieve "equalence" He then asked for volunteers to take part in a game of musical chairs. He made the point that in a regular game of musical chairs someone is always left out. He had other different games to include everyone and no one was left out. He concluded that by not letting anybody get left out everyone was happy but it would get boring after a while.

How does the musical chair relate to education? Students who have a learning disability are left out of the mainstream class. But if they were all inclusive it can build equalence.

So whose school is it anyways? I believe that we all get so caught up on what requirements we need to fulfill our goals but what we seem to forget is the children are the ones who are in school, so it is important to also listen to what are kids are telling us.

Journal 4 - Google Earth

Cross-curricular uses of Google Earth

The technology that I chose is Google Earth, this is a pretty new technology that not all educators use in their curriculum. Google Earth is basically an application that is used on the computer to look at satellite pictures of the world. You can travel from Paris, France to Tokyo, Japan in a matter of seconds. What I did not know is that Google Earth is now being used as a tool for educational purposes. Obviously, you can use it for a geography lesson and viewing different parts of the world. But the main focus of this discussion was how to use it in other subjects like math and science. The first discussion talked about how students can plot historic typhoons that struck islands. They used this typhoon data for the plotting and then added a path and image. The students enjoyed this assignment but did not realize that they were using math. They were creating a geographic representation of an historic event –a geographic line graph. They were using data, representing values in a variety of ways, measuring, predicting adding meaning to numbers. Others came up with different ideas on how to use Google Earth for educational purposes. Students can run different numbers on population over a given time and generate a hypothesis for what it might look like in 10-30 years. This would be a great social studies lesson. As far as geography students can also study the longitude and latitude of specific parts of the world.

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Journal 2

Heller McFarlane, Sarah (2008, July). The Laptops are coming! The Laptops are coming!. Retrieved July 23, 2008, from Re-Thinking Schools Online Web site: http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/22_04/lapt224.shtml

This particular article was a little on the negative side of how technology is used in school. There several hints to show that she was excited and ready for her new computers to come into the classroom. But as you read along into the article she goes on to talk about the many negative points that these new computers caused her as a teacher. One negative aspect was the fact that she felt disconnected from the class because she spent so much more time in front of her computer instead of interacting with her students. She goes on to talk about how less time was spent teaching and more time in front of her computer screen. Another factor was when Finally, Heller believe that her role in the classroom had changed dramatically from a teacher to a computer monitor. She found herself having to monitor all her students on their computers, checking on whether they were doing what they were supposed to do or chatting and emailing their friends. This article gives us a different point of view on new technology. Rather than having technology has a tool in teaching she complained that it was more of a disturbance or burden to her teaching. It is interesting to read about this particular teachers feelings towards new computers.

1. My first question is can this teacher figure out a way to manage her time both teaching and computer usage?
I believe that with dedication and hard work this is very possible. In the article she complains about time being taken away from teaching and more in front of the computer. Well for me I think this is something that can be solved by good time management. Use your time wisely in the classroom and use it teaching and interacting with the students. So this gives you the opportunity after school and during lunch to go in front of the computer.

2. The next question is she talks about how there are already computer administrators monitoring the students so is it her job as a teacher to monitor them as well? I think that she can mildly monitor her students by walking by and make sure they are doing what they are supposed to be instead of chatting online or emailing others. So by doing this it does not burden as becoming a computer monitor, knowing that there are computer administrators on the job.

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Using web based applications in the classroom can be fun and be a great way to teach students in this new age of technology. The fact that students can work together and collaborate on several types of web based application is an awesome way for them to interact and socialize with one another. Now knowing that there are many web based applications online that are free gives us the freedom to use these tools to our discretion. Blogging, social book marking, and photo sharing are some of the new web based applications that teachers have access to online. I believe these new tools can help students become creative, interactive and collaborative in the classroom.
Blogging can be a very important tool in a classroom. Especially in a science class to record what happens in a monthly or weekly basis can be crucial in many experiments. Blogging can make the students aware of other student’s progress and it also gives them a way to share information with one another. By interacting and collaborating with other students it creates a social network and a fun way to learn from your peers.

How could I see my self using these web based applications in my future classroom?

I would love to introduce these new web based applications in my classroom. Especially having blogs on a daily or weekly basis, because it gives the students an opportunity to interact with another and work together to complete their assignments and it is also fun. Sharing photos online can also be a great way for them to visually see each others photos, and to how they use photos in their homework, reports and presentations.

How can we use these technologies be entered in the classroom without costs?

One way is to probably go into the computer lab once a week to use the computers. The majority of the web based applications are available online for free. So this is a new technology that costs the schools nothing and is very effective.

Intro Letter Jonathan Sandoval

Hello my name is Jonathan Sandoval, I was born in Yokosuka, Japan but I am not Japanese. Both my parents are originally from the Philippines, which makes me Filipino. My father was in the U.S. Navy and was stationed in Yokosuka, Japan when I was born. When I was 4 we moved to San Diego, Ca where I have been since. I grew up in South San Diego until 4th grade. From 4th grade until High School I grew up in Rancho Penasquitos in San Diego. I graduated from Mount Carmel High School in Penasquitos and then graduated from SDSU with my BA in Graphic Design.

I have a pretty thorough overview of technology and have a lot of experience with working with technology. After I graduated from college I was a graphic and web designer for 5 years and still free lance every now and then. In the graphic design industry Mac is the computer of choice so I am basically a Mac person, but I do use a PC as well. I depend on technology every day. When I get up in the morning I usually check my email and constantly check it throughout the day. I am using the 2008 Microsoft Word edition. I also know how to use older versions of Microsoft Word.


A commitment to diversity and educational equity is what spoke out to me mostly in the mission statement. I believe that this is important in obtaining a teacher's credential because the world that we live in is very diverse. Especially, if you are looking to teach in Southern California we have a large population of Hispanic, Asian and other ethnicities. Providing equal education to all students is also important in that I believe all students no matter their intelligence deserves an education.