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Double Entry Journal #1

Due Midnight on Wednesday (5 Points) Research Review for Inclusive Practices (Non-Print WebPage) In a blog posting complete the following 4 tasks: Task #1:  Define  Inclusive Education and describe the kinds of students  "inclusion" is meant to benefit.  Task #2: Name 3 types of students Inclusive  Education is meant to serve.  2 characteristics of Inclusive schools 1 strategy that helps students become more responsible and effective in the inclusive process. 3. Find an article, video, podcast, blog posting, image related to what you have read and link to it or embed it in your Blog. Then explain why you chose the resource. 4. Include citations for all the sources referenced in your blog posting including the text assign be it video, podcast, article, or blog post.

Task #1

Inclusion is a restructuring of the educational program to get the best results for a wide variety of learners and their extremely complex learning styles.  Many of these include programs that support the students family and community.  It is meant to benefit all types of students from the learning disabled to the minority and low income.

Task #2

Some of the students that inclusion serves is homeless or low income, students with learning or other disabilities and those students who speak other languages. 

Inclusive schools provide a sense of community where every child is respected as an important part of the school and the community.  

Inclusive schools have problem solving teams instead of expecting one person to shoulder the responsibilities of solving a problem.

One way to get children involved and responsible in the inclusion process is by the use of cross age tutoring, or using older students to help younger students learn.

This photo is from an inclusive schools art contest.  I chose it because I felt that it shows that inclusive schools aren't just about severely disabled students learning basics.  Inclusive schools are about all students having an enjoyable time in school learning all the subjects.

(2009). 2008-art-contest-awards-group-picture1. (2009). [Web Photo]. Retrieved from http://www.laddc.org/main/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/2008-art-contest-awards-group-picture1.jpg

Research review for inclusive practices. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.prel.org/products/Products/Inclusive-practices.htm

IPad app review 2

No fear shakespeare is made for iphones and ipods.  It is a great app for those students who just cant seem to understand the language used by the plays of shakespeare.  In this free app modern translations are provided to make it easier to understand.  What makes it really great is that you get modern translations along side the origional version.  It also givesextras like summaries character descriptions and extra facts to help reader understand better what is going on.  This app is great because a lot of students hate shakespeare simply because they cant understand how its written.  When it is presented in terms they can understand they usually enjoy his work. 

IPad App Reviews 1

One app I use a lot with my son is call distant suns. There is a free version and a version you pay for.  The free version is fine for the novice star gazer.  I like this one compared to some of the others I have tried.  The all show you  the stars in relation to where you are holding your phone. It gives you the names of the stars their constellations, shows you the picture the stars form, gives you major star names galaxies etc.  The reason I like this app over the others however, is that it also gives you the layman's term for the star or constellation such as north star and big dipper.  It also gives you a brief description, history or story behind what it is talking about.  It is fun for both kids and adults.  My son and I will even lay on the floor inside and hold the phone up and see what stars should be outside that night.  Its a great app for any age.  It gives some history mythology science and astronomy and can be used as part of a lesson in any of those classes.

cartoon worksheet

Name: Date:

1.      What is the event or issue that inspired the cartoon?

Patriot act

2.      Are there any real people or places in the cartoon? If not, what images are portrayed in the cartoon?

Abe Lincoln

3.      Identify the specific artistic techniques used in the cartoon (i.e., symbolism, analogy, exaggeration, labeling, andirony). What is the artist trying to show the reader by using these techniques?


I tried to use symbolism using Lincoln as the liberator and then irony.  Irony was used showing how hero’s like Lincoln and soldiers fight for freedoms while our government fights to take them away

4.      What is the cartoonist's point of view about the topic portrayed in the cartoon? Give examples to support your

They feel the patriot act has taken away freedoms from the American people. 

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