User talk:Sthur002

How am I doing so far ''I hope everyone is having as much fun creating their wikibook user pages and articles as I am. I would really appreciate your opinions as to how I am doing so far, what you think or my layout, etc... So please take a few minutes, or longer, and tell me what you think and please be as brutal or nice as you want to be. I appreciate any and all comments!''

RE: Reader Response

Hi Stacy!

Thank you for taking the time to read and respond to my article on including GLBTQ students in the classroom. It was a very interesting topic to explore and an important one. I agree with your sentiment these students should be taken care of and treated the same as any other student. My hope is, as more students decide to come out at younger ages, that teachers will learn more and come to accept them. Mworr002 (talk) 00:56, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi Stacy. My name is Jessica, and I'm a music education major. Although social studies has never been my favorite subject, one of my favorite teachers taught the subject. :-) You discussed that you wanted to include non-biased multicultural information and activities in your teaching, are their any specific cultural subjects you feel teachers tend to ignore or show bias toward?  Have you or do you intend to study or teach abroad?  If so, where did you go and how was the experience?  If you could teach anywhere in the world, where and what would you teach?  Jmetc001 (talk) 02:49, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Hey Stacy. You have a great user page. I agree, 100%, that a classroom should be a democracy with the teacher acting as the president. It is vital that the students have a voice and feel like they matter in their class. It helps ease any apprehension about asking questions and so forth. Good luck with everything :) Tre' (Abroo015 (talk) 03:05, 10 June 2008 (UTC))

Stacy! I love the fact that you can identify with and take parts from different philosophies. The way you plan to run your classroom sounds idealistic but very possible with organization. Everything you mentioned in your teaching philosophy is absolutely necessary for students to become more than just little people, for them to learn how to be responsible citizens and effective learners. You mentioned multiculturalism and exposing students to different views; do you think differentiation will be hard to achieve in your larger classes? Also, I'm subbing too, right now, to meet some administration. What has been your biggest challenge, just out of curiosity? Good luck with the class. Have a great one!

Brandie (Bthom039 (talk) 03:05, 2 June 2008 (UTC))

Welcome to Wikibooks, Sthur002!

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I appreciate the help! This is what happens when I am trying to do 3 to 4 things at once, I forget a step! I will re-load my photos and add in the necessary requirements!

Author Response Jmetc001 (talk) 20:55, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey Stacy,

It's Jessica again responding to your last post:

'''Jessica, Hi this is Stacy you reviewed my article, Educational Milestones of the 21st Century. First off I wanted to say that I really appreciate the time and effort that you put into reading my article and making notes on areas to which I could improve I really appreciate it. I next wanted to respond back to a comment that you had made about one of the possible answers to a multiple choice question of mine. In my research for the article my husband and I started talking about Darpanet and how it is associated with what he does in the air force. I put down that possible answer just as a goofy thing that I do, there are no more classrooms that use darpanet. I did not want you to think that I was crazy or anything. Sthur002 (talk) 21:06, 14 June 2008 (UTC)'''

I didn't think you were crazy. :-) I had actually never heard of Darapnet, until I read it as one of the question answers.  I had to look it up online.  I think it's great to include things outside the box.  It made me learn something new.  I'm curious though, does anybody use darapanet?  And what is the basic difference between that and the internet network we use today?

Jmetc001 (talk) 20:55, 15 June 2008 (UTC)