Last Child in the Woods

I really enjoyed reading "Last Child in the Woods." The book is about how this generation of children are diagnosed with nature-deficit disorder and how to help them become more aware of the nature. This book really made me think about my childhood and what I did to be out in the nature. I feel like these days children just always want to stay inside and watch t.v. or play video games, instead of going outside and making a tree house or maybe kicking around a ball. Children really need to get outdoors and experience what it has to offer. In the long run children will be happier they went outside and enjoyed the nature. My group in Ed Psych used this book to do an I-movie presentation. Here is the link to go and watch our amazing video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ovJCZr-cgg

My group worked really well with each other. We had some complications in the beginning with the taping and getting a video camera, but once we got that we were set to go. We had a lot of different ideas that we all put together to make one great I-movie. We made the video so that there was enough pictures and videos. We did not really want to have us in front of the camera just speaking to everyone because we thought that would get to be really boring. So we showed pictures and videos and then spoke behind those pictures. We also had music going behind our pictures so no one would get bored just looking at the pictures. The music really made our video! I thought that it worked really well.

This project was very fun to do. I really like working with my group. We bonded very well. I feel like our presentation was very good and we worked really hard to get it be that good. I really liked how we had to show our creative side for this I-movie.

Overall, I thought our presentation went well when we presented it. The class asked us a lot of questions after our presentation, which makes me think they were really interested in our video to think about questions to ask us. It was really fun to see our end result of our I=movie. I thought there was also a lot of other good I-movies too. I also really enjoyed the book. I really like how it was set up. There was a lot of good information to receive about nature-deficit disorder. I really think my generation took the time to get out in the nature. Now a days parents need to get their children outdoors to experience what the nature has to offer!

Teaching Abroad in Singapore

At the beginning of the year I attended a presentation on teaching abroad. The speaker was very good. He made me very interested in teaching abroad. I never really thought about it because I do not like to go very far away, but he made me feel like I would feel right at home teaching there. Singapore is an English speaking country so for me or other English speaking people to go there it would fit me or them nicely. You would not have to learn another language to go and teach abroad.

I really liked how he talked about how inspiring the children are at Singapore. He made the students seem like they wanted to come to class everyday and learn more and more. He also made the point that there is a lot of hands on activities, which is very good. I really think that hands on activities helps students learn a lot better. These students have the confidence and motivation to learn everyday. I like to see students that are excited to come to class and are ready to learn. Those that are not are even harder to get to particpate and learn.

The speaker also talked about other oversees programs. He made it seem very easy to teach abroad. He said it is a very good experience for every new teacher. Teaching abroad gives teachers a better understanding how different people learn. You get to see learning in the eyes of someone different than yourself. He also talked a lot about how teachers that are abroad get a lot of good money. They also give money for housing.

I feel that if I were to teach abroad, I would learn many new things. I would have to learn the different sports that people use in Singapore or wherever I went. That could probably be a task at first. Once I had the idea of the new sports, I could finally teach them to the students. I also feel like different cultures have very different ways of doing physical education. It may be hard to stick with the plan they have. I really think it would be very fun and interesting to teach abroad though, and learn new things that I have never learned before.