The 21st century school library is the hub of student learning with librarians helping with research, encouraging students to read for enjoyment and developing their information literacy skills. All these aspects are important for the current generation of students who have been “raised with easy familiarity with video games, email, instant messaging…Web 2.0 social networking habits, they have developed patterns of engagement that are different from those of earlier generations.” (Godwin, 2008,
calling for its removal. If the party’s intention is to deny students access to ideas with which the party disagrees, it is a violation of the First Amendment” [First Amendment Center]. Though the First Amendment bars government authorities from prohibiting the free exercise, abridging the freedom of speech or practicing religious censorship in the United States, individuals have successfully pushed to remove books from public and ... ... middle of paper ... ...hat some readers might find offensive
younger than us. However, as we are learning about middle level learners, the best source of information on some topics are middle school students. Through the interview of middle school students, I was able to gather data and analyze it, and I can use this information to influence my future practices as a teacher. Instead of interviewing students from my middle school clinical placement. I decided to ask questions of middle school students in China. This was an eye-opening experience for me
Electromagnetic Spectrum for the Middle School Student Waves are all around us and come in various forms. Sound waves can travel through air because air is made of molecules, which carry the sound. Another type of wave is electromagnetic waves, which are different than sound waves because they don’t need molecules to travel. This means that electromagnetic waves can travel through air and solid materials as well as empty space (Groleau 2011). The electromagnetic spectrum consists of all waves
Bump! Whoa,and my papers go flying everywhere. Should middle school students be able to carry their backpacks? Well, I think so. Students can carry their backpacks so they don’t drop their books and papers. Another reason is kids won’t be late. Why someone would disagree with me is because the bookbag might take too much room in the classroom. First of all, carrying around our book bags is a good thing because kids won’t drop the heavy school books and papers. Asking some kids if we should or should
effects on health especially for middle school students, whereas others argue that homework is a significant part of the learning procedure and helps build life skills. Homework has its position when it comes to learning, getting better grades in high school, challenging , while it could be stressful and tedious. At the end, the question originates, “Should homework be assigned to middle school students?” The response is yes, homework should be assigned to middle students because it helps develop the
Over time, middle school students have been struggling to find motivation to independently read. Recognizing what improves an adolescents’ motivation to read is difficult because the student is reading for so many different purposes (Neugebauer, 2014). Further, it has been noted that students rarely read for pleasure (Edwards, 2009). A strategy to increase a student’s motivation to independently read is to provide technology to track the student’s reading. (Guthrie, Hoa, Wigfield, Tonks, & Perncevich
impact is tremendous, but it has also led to the misuse of technology. Understanding the appropriate and responsible use of technology is called digital citizenship. In this paper, I will discuss digital citizenship as a means to help prepare middle school students for the present and future use of technology. Digital citizenship “describes the norms of appropriate, responsible behavior with regard to technology use” (Ribble and Bailey 15). Digital citizenship
Improving school discipline and safety is an instrumental aspect of operating a school. In fact, having an effective school discipline system creates a more nurturing learning environment for students. At Plummer Middle School, the administrative staff members are constantly revising the policies and practices they implement based on a data collection process. This ensures that any changes made on the campus level are informed only by facts. The administrator over discipline and safety at the school gave
Did you ever wonder why middle school students should have cellular phones? This is a question which many people have strong opinions on. There are three significant reasons why a middle school student should own one. Cell phones can be distractions out of hundreds. But there some alternatives to that. Middle School Students Should be Permitted to Own A Cell Phone because it encourages responsibility, it can be used for emergency, and by setting a contract with rules accompanied by parents before
Our unit is on teaching middle school students how to play soccer. The unit is six units overall and we are teaching three of the units to middle schoolers in a physical education class. Teaching soccer to these students promote physical activity, sportsmen like conduct, and an overall sense of self accomplishment. The overall goal is for the students to gain an understanding of the basic rules, soccer positions, and basic soccer skills to successfully learn how to play soccer. Performance
Should students take a foreign language in Elementary school, or Middle school, or High school? Students should learn a foreign language in school because it expands someone's opinion on different cultures and a different point of view on the world. It gives them the chance to help others if people that speak a different language. It helps you if you go traveling and don’t speak their language. It will also help them if they need to get a job because some jobs do require you to take a foreign language
Have you seen middle schoolers always walking around campus with their head down towards their phone? They are probably on social media. Social media is a way of communication between people across the globe. However, social media might lead to negative impacts. When people communicate over the phone too much, they have less face to face interactions with people. If this is the case, then people should stop using technology so much. Middle school students using social media can result in broken relationships
Implementing Uniforms into Schools The argument whether uniforms should be implemented in school has been debated over the last few decades. By implementing a uniform policy within schools would help reduce the rise of violent crimes. In today’s high schools, too many innocent youths become fatalities due to gang warfare that has spread into the school system. Many parents feel that if a uniform policy was implemented , the spread of gang warfare and the idea that children have to have name brand
As a middle school student, specifically an eighth grader in the Bronx I was going through a lot of changes. This was also the first year that I completed without taking a leave to attend medical matters. Considering my many absences due to my mother having me attend with her to her appointments to interpret and fill out paperwork, I was a good student. I was a bit older than most students. At this point in time, I was realizing that I did not have many friends and that was ok. I was not liked by
The most immediate impactful issue to address at Passages Middle School is student transition into our program. Currently, there is only a packet of forms which provide merely contact information and signed releases. I propose implementing a process which would from the outset define the goals and targets that we as a team (student, teacher, parent, home district) need to work towards for the students future educational needs. I feel that the transition into our program is the key to the transition
Foreign Parents It was the summer going into 6th grade I was so excited for soccer season to start at my middle school. I would regularly check my calendar during the monotonous summer days to see how many days left until tryouts. My foreign parents are very strict and stubborn so I decided it would be best to inform them ahead of time so they don’t cancel my tryout plans. “Pappa, please, please, please don't go to work on the second weekend of August. I need to try out for soccer!” I said enthusiastically
controversial news: race, poverty, and single-parents were NOT the irrevocable harbingers of drug abuse, teen pregnancy, and violence. Instead, researchers were claiming that behaviors that parents and teens could influence -- such as problems at school and the amount of time spent "hanging out with friends" and the type of friends they chose -- could predict trouble. Some cynics speculated that this was a right-wing conspiracy to justify abolishing federal programs for the poor. Some assumed
Determine a topic and develop specific questions At the school that I work at reading classes are only required in sixth grade. In seventh and eighth grade reading classes can be taken as an elective class. I strongly feel that all students in middle school still need guidance and continuous practice with reading comprehension and critical thinking skills. Students who are beyond a sixth grade reading class are not getting these reading skills that can be applied in all other academic classes
All Students Have Needs When I look around the room in my classes, I notice many differences. Every student comes from a different situation, some more difficult than others. Regardless of a student’s background, every student has needs. According to psychological theory, everyone has basic needs that must be fulfilled before one can concentrate on fulfilling more complex needs. Abraham H. Maslow describes a Hierarchy of Needs, which can be diagramed with a pyramid. The most basic needs