Life After The Virtual Field Trip

With informational technology such as laptops, tablets, kindles, and iPads being more and more prominent in education like high school and college, it opens many doors to new possibilities of learning. Now it obviously has some negative outcomes like bullying and students being unable to acquire certain technology for school, but these negative situations all have solutions to make them positive. Informational technology lets students connect with teachers in new ways outside of just the classroom.

Turn on the television set or watch a movie, and chances are that you are going to see someone meet their fictional death. It is a frequent occurrence that is seen every day. Our culture accepts this as undisputed and unnoticed fact; it has become a commonplace minutia that has gotten lost in the speed of everyday life. Although we witness these horrific ends daily, it is important to recognize that this is a very real event that everyone will have to experience at some point. All too often, this point is ignored in contemporary American culture. The rites and rituals of death and post-death are critical to the American culture, yet are often overlooked.

This passage from the epic poem The Iliad takes place near the end of book six. This book starts off with Hector, son of the Trojan King Priam, entering Troy after being in battle. He stands out as he enters due to the city being full of women and children, as all the men are out in battle. He walks around the city, first meeting with his mother, Hecuba, then meeting with his brother, Paris, and then finally meeting with his wife and son, Andromache and Astyanax. Hector then proceeds to talk with his wife and play with his son, before finally returning to battle.

Rosie the Riveter was a female icon created in a time of global war during the 1940s; she symbolized women who built ships and planes, and produced munitions (Ellis 478). She was created to be a reminder to everyone to try new things, test limits, and believe in each other. (Mather-Thrift). She also represents any woman defense worker (Harvey). The women influenced by her became ambulance drivers, delivered airplanes, and decoded messages (Ellis 478).

It was really special to see the direct impact Voluntours has on these local villagers on an individual basis. Going in, I knew that Voluntours contributed to the community, but I did not expect to be so involved. I was able to spend half a day at a beautiful school Voluntours had helped build. I interacted with children, who without this school, would have no education. It was very inspiring to directly see what projects they are working on and what I was helping fund. It made my experience all the more meaningful.

One of the many impactful times was when the realization how happy the kids are with so little. Going into the trip you are told how they live in poverty, but the realization of how little they have does not seem real until it is experienced in person. It would have been normal if the kids walked in with glum faces and an ungrateful heart (it is what we are used to in America, after all- being ungrateful or sad about what you have/given), but instead the room lights up with the smiles of the children who are so grateful/proud of everything they have. One instance of how happy/proud they are of what they have is when we visited the homes of a student and teacher from Hope for Guatemala. When visiting Hadie’s home- one of the teachers at Hope for Guatemala- and meeting some of her family was an eye-opening experience. Hadie’s mom was 40 years old and has had 14 children and could not stop smiling, even though two of her children had died tragically just a couple years ago. Hadie’s mom ran her business- a tortilla shop- from the front of her house which was a considered nicer for that area. It had a 3 room house that was being renovated to have a bigger area than the hallway to sell tortillas and another room 2 rooms that 4 people could sleep/live in instead of 5 per room, and the renovations was affordable because of the donated money through the church and

I identified a single research participant in this single subject case study. Specifically, I interviewed a teacher leader Allison [pseudonym], who is the Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) lead teacher in Autumn Woods Virtual School [AWVS, pseudonym] for the past three academic years. While Allison has no direct reports, as a teacher leader, she is seen as an extension of the current administration team, in developing and supporting, teachers and interventionist use of data to raise student academic achievement. Since Allison has been employed at the school, there has been an increase in student state assessment scores for students in the lowest 25th percentile. Additionally, Allison has presented the school’s MTSS program and teacher

What has technology done to this world? Technology is essential in today’s society. It plays a major role in education for not only the students but for the teachers as well. Technology walks the halls of schools almost as much as children do in today's world. It has existed within education for years, but as the standards are raised so is the need for machines. The more technology that is being produced the more addicting it becomes. It has come to be about as crucial as eating or sleeping and is a necessity to every day lives. Now it is consuming students in school, taking over the classroom. Technology is negatively affecting children in today’s society due to its international growth and dramatic changes with the learning process in the

In the online simulation My Virtual Child, I was responsible in making crucial decisions that impacted how my child developed. Each decision would either negatively or positively impact my child’s future. The decisions ranged from how I, as the parent would react towards my child when they were fussy and crying, to making a decision regarding education. These decisions no matter how slightly small or big played a huge role in my child’s future.

Dairy farmers work hard to bring fresh and wholesome milk products to the marketplace. Most farms are family-owned. As active members of their communities, farm families take pride in maintaining the environment. That means preserving the land where they live and work and protecting the quality of the air and water they share with neighbors. More importantly, it means providing the best care for their cows, which are the lifeblood of their business.

A great impact that I witnessed that year is when I took the school field trip to numerous colleges close to the city. I had never been to a university or even a community college. Therefore, me going to those visit gave me a greater idea on what type of college I'd like to attend. One of the colleges I remembered we toured to was Lakeland Community College. I really liked the aspects that it has, with the classrooms even the on campus living. Taking trip like that sets your mind up but also prepares you to know what to expect and look for when you are college searching.

We embraced diversity and that made us as a whole. A whole purely composed of intelligence and skills. A whole with a passion to help the marginalized. A whole in a mission to drive change for a better world. I have considered the five long days of exposure we spent as a life long learning experience. And honestly, I couldn't even afford to buy memories like these.

Every end of marking period and progress check some students rush to complete all their work on time. They may have loads of lessons due and are rushing to complete them. Sometimes there are virtual study hall days on the ends of marking periods or progress checks though, and those let students work on past assignments without having to work on new lessons. The thing is, they don't have them every end of marking period or progress check. One thing I think that would make progress checks and marking periods less stressful would be to have virtual study halls every end of marking period/progress check, so let’s look at some ways a study hall would be beneficial to students and teachers alike!

My experience from the day on the hill was a complete opposite of what I thought it would be. When I first started this program, I wasn’t interested in policy. I thought this class was going to be extremely boring. After we started looking for our bills, my mind was blown of how important those bills were. Some of the bills affected me directly on a professional and a personal level. The bill we choose for our assignment was a perfect example. Our bill was about immigrants and their families. I am an immigrant myself and I would have never known about the bill if I didn’t have this assignment. I knew social workers were important but I didn’t realize how much of an impact they made.

The world around us is becoming smaller, duller and less interesting. At least for the average person the computer screen is where people go to escape the monotony of their unfulfilled lives. Virtual reality seems to be the way of the future. Creating your own world and living a life you could only otherwise dream about. Even providing treatments to the medically impaired virtual reality is a miracle technology with seemingly limitless application. However everything has a price, could this amazing creation have a hidden danger? Why would anyone want to live their real lives that are full of uncertainty, lack of