Chapter 4 1619 Podcast

 

As I was listening to the podcast I was picturing her telling the story. I felt different emotions from when she found out her uncle had cancer to his death, this could have been a different story if he had health insurance. 

She pulled me in as a listener. 

She started her podcast with a story that had a personal connection before she went into the history of a failing  health care system for black America and poor white people. The BASIC carry people needed to stay a live or to bring life into the world, they were not able to get. Their skin color or how much money they had put them into categories. NOT FEAR. She gives details on how the US health system is broken and how a President tried to change it but big business gets in the way. 

I have not really used podcast as an educator but I can see how it could be helpful for students. One reason I see this being helpful is a lot of the students I work with struggle to read and love to listen to different stories. The students still get the information just through a podcast. 

                    A change for me

For myself, I don't listen to a lot of podcast because I have not opened that door to make time for them. I know I can listen to podcast when driving to work or before going to bed. I just need to put it into my routine of life. This is a goal I am going to set for myself to get more information through technology. 

Relationship to Disney Culture

 

Disney is something I did grow up around. My family would buy me dolls from different movies. As a child, I was not really into playing with dolls and dressing up as a princess but more into the fairy tale dream and adventure. My family "needed" to collect all the movies on VHS (think we still have some in the basement) but it was the thing to do. 

When I was a child I did not see the hind messages that the movies showed children. It was not until I was in an undergrad class that I REALLY started seeing the images that Disney had in their movies. I do agree with Christiansen that these are hidden images that are put into the movie and shape the characters of "good", "bad", power, servants, etc.  

Before I had children I told myself my children would not watch the movies because I want them to be open-minded about images of people. Well, Disney is everywhere and it is not just Disney that is putting images out for children to see. I found it was better to have conversations about it because  there was no way I could keep them from it. It was in stories, school, commercials, everywhere!! As an adult I measured how long it would take before I ran to something Disney, it was 24 hours. I brought my children to the park and children were playing in the sandbox with Disney toys. 

I am not saying Disney is bad or good but the importance to know what is being put in front of you. It is ok to ask questions. Disney has a lot of power and maybe they could use that power to help show images of all humans in life. 

Images are everywhere we have to make sure we see the WHOLE image being shown to us. 

Let's see what this one brings!

Boyd and Prensky

Throughout my life, I have used technology but not as much as when the pandemic hit. This was something that made me get out of my comfort zone and figure out home to help students over different platforms. We also have all types of different agencies that help get technology resources in all the hands of students and laws get passed to say technology is ok to be used. I think the pandemic pushed for learning technology fast so that people could still get their basic needs met.

Before the pandemic, I would call

myself a Technocrat/Techno

Traditionalist because I was

comfortable where I was and was able

to still do my job effectively. The

pandemic pushed me to be a Techno

Traditionalist/ Techno Constructivist

because I had to support students in

getting their education and I had to

take care of my own children in their

education. You could even go to see a

doctor so if you didn’t know how to use technology you could not see a doctor for physical or mental health. As a college student,

I needed to know how to use technology or I could finish my degree. 

One thing that I did see as an educator is no amount of technology and

replacing students being in a classroom and interacting with each other.

Studies have shown students had learning lose during the pandemic.

Students still need to know an educator cares about them because a

computer can’t do that. Having an educator in front of a student and teaching

the student the best way they learn is priceless. You can have a student take

one standard test and it will tell a little about them but it should not tell their whole story. There has to

be another way to show that a student is taking in information or how they see a topic. 

Having educators be held to a standard is important to show that they are helping students learn but if a

student does pass a test, should not show if they are a “good” or “bad” teacher. A test does always show that we are not "leaving" students behind. I liked how in TedTalk he compares testing in schools to his cholesterol test.  We do need some types of tests but not everything needs to be mature in test form. 

Ashly's Story

 The Story Started in Conway, New Hampshire.

I grew up with my family in this area where I learned to ski and snowboard. I loved being outside with my family and exploring the Maine outdoors, which I still do to this day.  

I graduate high school at Fryeburg Academy. After graduation high school I moved to Rhode Island, where I started college at CCRI and working on at an after school program. 

When I finished my 2 year degree at CCRI I started working as a preschool teacher and I started my journey as a behavioral specialist in classes. This is when I went back to school for my 4 year degree at Rhode Island.

I took some time off after completing my 4 year degree and then decide I wanted to go back to school to get my master's degree and so happy I did. 

This May 2023 I finished my Master's Degree at Rhode Island College. 

This picture of my twin's and I at Rhode Island College at my pinning ceremony.

 I working in a middle school in Springfield, MA as a behavioral therapist.  

As my journey in life goes on I can't wait to see what it has in story for my!!!