Comments by Rafael Pena Most recent public comments by Rafael Pena https://nowcomment.com/users/124547 viewing the created letters from my peers provided a insight on how they seek to provide a multimodal experience in the classroom. in addition to taking risks in creating my own lesson plan with multimodalities, it helped to push through "seemingly" https://nowcomment.com/documents/316811?scroll_to=2857074 https://nowcomment.com/documents/316811?scroll_to=2857074 absurd ideas to create new insights meaningful to me. Mon, 08 Aug 2022 10:56:35 -0400 drafting a letter to my colleague recounting what i learned along with a lesson plan meant taking risk and gaining new ideas. creating, imagining, and innovating is a habit of mind that works well with applying past knowledge to new situations. https://nowcomment.com/documents/316811?scroll_to=2857058 https://nowcomment.com/documents/316811?scroll_to=2857058 for instance, in a students process of investigation alongside peers, will generate new ideas from mistakes or reinforce truths. this can be done through feedback related to that investigative process from peers, correcting steps along the way. Tue, 30 Aug 2022 22:00:37 -0400 Working on the Descriptive review of the child helped changing perspectives when trying to understand the profile of a student. attention to the relationship of subjective and objective factors in shaping the life of a student. https://nowcomment.com/documents/316811?scroll_to=2857000 https://nowcomment.com/documents/316811?scroll_to=2857000 zooming out as the habit of mind suggests, provides a big picture to the larger forces influencing aspects and the whole problem or challenge confronting students. Mon, 08 Aug 2022 10:02:54 -0400 Using Youth Voices I was able to create a post that was a short biography using audio, pictures, and words as multimodal literacy tools. https://nowcomment.com/documents/320783?scroll_to=2856827 https://nowcomment.com/documents/320783?scroll_to=2856827 https://www.youthvoices.live/activity/p/133317/ Sun, 07 Aug 2022 18:32:34 -0400 Multimodal literacy reminds me of the research conducted by Prof. James Paul Gee on the role video games play on the theory of learning and literacy and how the principles of video games can be applied in k-12 education. https://nowcomment.com/documents/320783?scroll_to=2856826 https://nowcomment.com/documents/320783?scroll_to=2856826 <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LNfPdaKYOPI" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> Sun, 07 Aug 2022 18:24:35 -0400 Scratch, gives students access to all 5 modalities to create meaningful projects. An example of a multimodal literacy project I created was using Scratch. https://nowcomment.com/documents/320783?scroll_to=2856825 https://nowcomment.com/documents/320783?scroll_to=2856825 <iframe src="https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/703209341/embed" allowtransparency="true" width="485" height="402" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen></iframe> Sun, 07 Aug 2022 18:32:34 -0400 I was excited learn about the different modalities of literacy pedagogy to create new ways for students to develop upon existing literacy skills. This is fatal to a childs cultural development because literacy does represent access and power in society. https://nowcomment.com/documents/320783?scroll_to=2856824 https://nowcomment.com/documents/320783?scroll_to=2856824 Sun, 07 Aug 2022 18:32:34 -0400 Multimodality in writing, provides other modes of expression aside from reliance on writing. https://nowcomment.com/documents/320783?scroll_to=2856822 https://nowcomment.com/documents/320783?scroll_to=2856822 Multimodality in writing, provides other modes of expression aside from reliance on writing. This benefits greatly Ell students because it gives them options to express their knowledge using new digital tools to support English acquisition while reinforcing their native language. In lesson planning, multicultural relevant pedagogy becomes oriented to the needs of the student’s life. As one of the speaker suggests, students engaged in meaningful work is more likely to foster the ability and power to define the world and secondly to shape the world to act in desired manner. Sun, 07 Aug 2022 17:41:27 -0400 by applying this habit of mind, i was able to learn from the writings of my peers. using metacognition, i reflected on what i learned from other problems presented in each of the descriptions of the child. https://nowcomment.com/documents/316811?scroll_to=2856821 https://nowcomment.com/documents/316811?scroll_to=2856821 Sun, 07 Aug 2022 16:54:49 -0400 Unpacking the descriptive review of a child protocol by reading the various examples shed light on creating a profile of a student. https://nowcomment.com/documents/316811?scroll_to=2856128 https://nowcomment.com/documents/316811?scroll_to=2856128 Unpacking the descriptive review of a child protocol by reading the various examples shed light on creating a profile of a student. Brainstorming using the four categories revealed behavioral patterns and peer group influence, academic interest, and willingness to engage in social activities, and institutional representation serving their wellbeing and dignity. The profile created represented moment in a childs development that is in constant motion and struggle. Therefore, the exercise seeks to encourage a profile that will change as the child progresses academically, influenced by the child’s material conditions. Sat, 06 Aug 2022 21:46:02 -0400 Schools that emphasize community action projects and portfolio-based assessments that allow for Tiffany to utilize her digital literacy skills, can be an option the principal can consider. https://nowcomment.com/documents/206774?scroll_to=2856063 https://nowcomment.com/documents/206774?scroll_to=2856063 I would recommend connecting tiffany to a high school that will continue to offer the services needed to support academic and social growth. Schools that emphasize community action projects and portfolio-based assessments that allow for Tiffany to utilize her digital literacy skills, can be an option the principal can consider. Visual programming languages like Scratch allow students to create and share interactive media are effective tools to develop students’ digital literacy. Therefore, Tiffany’s readiness for High School can be determined by some sort of dual language classroom that builds upon her fluencies in both English and digital literacy. Sat, 06 Aug 2022 11:01:13 -0400 Giving opportunities to students produce and work with student generated questions allows for the discovering of problems and solutions that is meaningful to them. The activities involved generating statements and replying to my peers comments. https://nowcomment.com/documents/316811?scroll_to=2856061 https://nowcomment.com/documents/316811?scroll_to=2856061 This also allowed for establishing understanding of alternative viewpoints from different angles. Important for students in multicultural classroom or a social studies classroom for developing dialectical thinking skills. Sat, 06 Aug 2022 10:31:52 -0400 Peer groups influence students by learned set norms and values that govern and reinforce their existence. It is important for teachers to pay attention to the peer groups students are associated with. https://nowcomment.com/documents/207234?scroll_to=2856060 https://nowcomment.com/documents/207234?scroll_to=2856060 The peer group for students play a huge role in the developmental psychology of a child. Peer groups influence students by learned set norms and values that govern and reinforce their existence. It is important for teachers to pay attention to the peer groups students are associated with. By shaping and controlling behaviors, public institutions like schools, serve as a reference to their inaccessibility to life determining skills to live with dignity. Therefore, teachers, by moving among the people as a fish swims in the sea, lessons are gained from parents, students peers, and the community, that can be used to better serve students’ academic, social, psychological and physical needs Sat, 06 Aug 2022 10:17:15 -0400 Teacher-Parent-Community-School Front https://nowcomment.com/documents/207234?scroll_to=2855973 https://nowcomment.com/documents/207234?scroll_to=2855973 For public school teachers, the relationships and rapport established with students and parents, along with strong wraparound services provided by the school, and partnered with community resources and organizations; essentially a mutual aid, dual power political organization, is an effective model to follow. Children and people discover who they are and what they are from the ways in which they have been treated by others who surround them in the process of growing up. However, in the reading I notice a lack of emphasis of the community where the child and school community reside. The child’s socioeconomic conditions determining and influencing consciousness development, is an important aspect of a child’s life that deserves uncovering. Not in isolation, are a child’s relationships with other people that form their kinship. Teachers and staff must take into account heavily. Fri, 05 Aug 2022 18:41:33 -0400 Theoretical framework and Culturally responsive pedagogy. https://nowcomment.com/documents/207234?scroll_to=2855971 https://nowcomment.com/documents/207234?scroll_to=2855971 I too will consider using this in the future. I really found this method to understand the student to better serve them their academic, social, or physical needs to be supportive and empowering. Parent and student involvement in conversations concerning the child, are pushed out when proper services like facilitation or multilingual services are not present at meetings. As a theoretical framework I wonder how its implementation can look like in person. I am eager to see of the possibilities of incorporating even in my pedagogy. I say this because bridging that knowledge into the lesson planning is an effective culturally responsive practice. Fri, 05 Aug 2022 18:21:06 -0400 This habit of mind illustrates the many stages of editing undertaken. I noticed areas to edit when reading aloud that I didnt notice when I was writing the biography. I feel satisfied now because I feel the biography is more direct and less vague. https://nowcomment.com/documents/316811?scroll_to=2855952 https://nowcomment.com/documents/316811?scroll_to=2855952 Fri, 05 Aug 2022 17:25:04 -0400 This habit of best reflects the work because it consisted of revising previous work to also reflect my top 3 habits of mind. A short bio was first written then I had to record myself reading it aloud. That alone allows me to hear myself and edit it more. https://nowcomment.com/documents/316811?scroll_to=2855893 https://nowcomment.com/documents/316811?scroll_to=2855893 Fri, 05 Aug 2022 16:35:49 -0400 having looked through ch2 of the habits of mind, i self-reflected on my understanding on the contradictions between capitalism and working class people. responding to classmates i reflected on what i already know and whether it applies with what was said. https://nowcomment.com/documents/316811?scroll_to=2855346 https://nowcomment.com/documents/316811?scroll_to=2855346 Wed, 03 Aug 2022 22:05:12 -0400 i agree, many people take and offer criticism from a position of belittlement rather than a position of love. i value criticism to the point that i practice to incorporate self criticism in my pedagogy to refine skills and cast away what isnt working. https://nowcomment.com/documents/247448?scroll_to=2855230 https://nowcomment.com/documents/247448?scroll_to=2855230 Wed, 03 Aug 2022 16:42:46 -0400 Why Class Size Matters https://nowcomment.com/documents/247448?scroll_to=2855229 https://nowcomment.com/documents/247448?scroll_to=2855229 <iframe title="vimeo-player" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/564645076?h=83b762eb6b" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Fri, 05 Aug 2022 09:06:20 -0400 the cutting of public schools funding limits academic, social, and financial capital attainment for black and brown low income students. https://nowcomment.com/documents/247448?scroll_to=2855228 https://nowcomment.com/documents/247448?scroll_to=2855228 i truly believe that people have the potential for greatness if only given the opportunity to develop and grow. Unfortaunely, in the u.s. much of the capacities of poor working class people are cut short. denial of this breeds myths that poverty is inherit in minority races in the united states. Wed, 03 Aug 2022 16:36:49 -0400 the task at hand consisted of selecting a post and commenting on post on the american dream. though i have my own opinion on the matter, i ensured to read to understand the students position. this allowed me to understand the perspective taken. https://nowcomment.com/documents/316811?scroll_to=2855213 https://nowcomment.com/documents/316811?scroll_to=2855213 Wed, 03 Aug 2022 16:11:02 -0400 i believe this habit of mind reflects the need to avoid complacency in ones thinking. the work consisted of explaining why the profile and cover photo are meaningful to me. https://nowcomment.com/documents/316811?scroll_to=2855197 https://nowcomment.com/documents/316811?scroll_to=2855197 self reflecting on global phenomenon and its relation to oneself is motivation in itself to avoid complacency in ones thinking. Wed, 03 Aug 2022 15:35:49 -0400 this habit of mind reflected the work. i made a profile by selecting a profile photo and cover photo that was meaningful to me. for each, i reflected on what stood out for me in the photos and why. it forced me to dig deep and come forward with who i am. https://nowcomment.com/documents/316811?scroll_to=2855179 https://nowcomment.com/documents/316811?scroll_to=2855179 Wed, 03 Aug 2022 14:34:53 -0400