Various Experiences

Something that I think is great about SRU is that students have an opportunity to have vast and expansive experiences regarding field and student teaching. You can go to Philly, abroad, Vegas and stay close to home to see all the various SES at work in Western PA. Coming from VA. I saw the same things in my undergraduate work even in one county where you would think that resources would be spread more evenly. They are to an extent. I currently work at an alternative school. Coming to this class every night reminds me yet again why my students past and present should get it together to go back to their public high schools. While we use technology in a very limited way we will never be able to get enough grant money (we don't have a deignated grant writer) to get some of the awesome technology that Mrs. Forbes show us during this class. Soemthing that I can do is use resources to obtain stuff for free through organizations that I belong to. One of them being the Council for Exceptional Children. This is an organization for SPED teachers. They put out what they call the SmartBrief every other day with news stories and up and coming research and send it to your e-mail. This is sponsored by companies that want to sell you something. Sometimes its crap but a lot of times it is enough informaiton for you to request more info. or adapt it to help you. Even regular ed. teacher would benefit from getting this e-mail because with a glance through it you might catch something that you need to know. Lets face it we don't always get this information through administration. So check out subscribing to this free e-mail through http://www.smartbrief.com/cec/?campaign=CEC%20Headlines%20SignupLink
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