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Social Bookmarking
1.National Archives
I looked at a primary source about the pandemic of influenza in 1918. I saw how the influenza killed most of the urban and rural people in 1918. I learned that there was a deadly virus which spread so fast. I also realized that the victims would die by suffocation. I saw pictures of nurses who wore masks in order not to catch the disease. I believe that the value of using primary sources allows everyone to get the information from the first-hand accounts.

2.National Education Association
I found the groups that are at risk include gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender students.
I think as a future teacher it is important to examine my own values about these issues and recognize the diversity in students so that I can know which students are isolated. If students are isolated they cannot focus on learning. It is also good to engage school staff with the ideas how to help children because students have different thoughts and beliefs. It is important to network with family and parents so that they can be more involved in teaching to the needs of their children.

3.CyberBullying
After I took the quiz, my score was zero because I am not a cyber bully. I never pretend to be somebody else. I do not abuse children through emails or messaging.
I learned that as a teacher I should teach students not to spread rumors or jokes over the internet about the persons who they know because many people can read them and the students’ actions could hurt someone’s feelings. I learned that cyber bullying is harassment that can involve the police. So, in my class I am going to teach my students not to say bad words over the internet because they can get in trouble for cyber bullying. I really want to teach my students to understand their responsibilities for what they say and do online. Another way that I can teach the students to be safe is to use “Teenangels” who are volunteers that help children be safe and responsible on the internet.


4.Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators
I chose science and technology from “Subject Access” because it is a good source of scientific knowledge. My student sshould visit this website if they need to do a research paper. For example, the “Science Learning Network” offers links to museums and other scientific websites.
I chose the assessment and rubric from “Teacher Helpers” because it will helped me as a teacher design my own rubric in the classroom. For example, I can design group projects based on the rubric outlines and I can also use someone else’s experiences to better my own.

5.Multiple Intelligences
My top three intelligences are: musical 81%, naturalistic and verbal linguistic 75%, and intrapersonal 69%.
By watching the movies I learned that each child has different capacities and learning techniques to learn lessons. Therefore, the teachers should use different techniques and procedures to teach students in the manner that is best for them and best aligned with their intelligence strengths. As I saw, teachers should help the students recognize their strength points in order to think scientifically. The teachers should not follow the traditional ways which make the students memorize specific formulas but rather to think the processes through in a variety of ways..

6.Teaching Tolerance
Grade: Middle Grades
Subject: Math and Science
Topic: All topics
I chose this lesson: Tips for Students. This lesson offered a checklist which provided suggestions for what students can do when bullying occur. In this checklist the written suggestions were about students being bullied, students who witness bullying, and the bullies themselves.
This checklist interested to me because it gave all of the possible ways that a student not only could avoid being bullied but also can make a commitment to change his/her own bullying behavior. I would like to use this procedure in my class because it is a practical way to teach students how they can address their problems. I can also make other checklists to provide suggestions in different areas of the students’ needs as well.

7.Edchange Multicultural Education
The first question that I found interesting was about the U.S military budget which was 7 times higher than China which was the world’s second biggest military spender. This amount shows the inequality of distribution of the U.S budget. I wonder why the U.S spends lots of the country’s budget on the military. Isn’t it better if half of the military budget is spent on improving education or helping low income people in the U.S?
The second interesting question was about 52% of physicians report witnessing a colleague giving reduced care or refusing care to lesbian, gay, or bisexual patients. Why should these people be discriminated against? Where is the physicians’ oath they took to save lives? What happened to America’s commitment to human rights? Who deserves to have such rights? These are questions that should be taken into consideration if we believe in fairness and justice.

8.Nettiquette
I got 90% score on quiz. : )
As a future educator, I would teach students about Nettiquette because it is a good way have students be familiar with the rules of cyberspace. It is also helpful for students to obtain more knowledge about the technical limitations of online communication. Knowing about Nettiquette not only will help students make a positive impression on those they meet in cyberspace but also will help students properly conduct their behavior in order not to hurt others’ feeling in the online world. =D>