Week 8

I wanted to take the time out to thank my colleagues who have joined me on this journey to receive oru Masters degree so that we can improve the lives of children and families whom we encouter on a daily basis. I want to thank you for  your help and support along the way. I hope to hear from many of you in our next course.

Throughout this course i have learned that communication is key when communicating with others we have to learn how different cultures value and respond to one another differently and how this plays a cruical role in the early childhood field.

Working well-blog post 6

Working with a team can be very hard and easy some times. I remember being a community advisor while in college and as a leader on the floor comprised of at least 30 adults ranging from freshman to seniors in college; it was hard approaching some of the students because they just didn't want to be bothered. So in our collaboration meeting comprised of 10 community advisors we established a norm that we would respect and listen to everyones opionions and thought. This would  bring about a great floor and team building activities, to get the students more involved. Some of the closing rituals that we established at the end of our meetings were to come together in a cirlce and threw a small ball to each other one at a time and say one postive idea that was established that evening. Being a student who will be receiving her masters soon, i have established some relationships with my other collegues but i will continue to keep in contact because you never know when you will need someone.

Week 5-recent conflict

In my classroom there are a total of three teachers and my recent conflict was with one of my co-workers in which her last day is next Friday she is leaving her position to move on to another job; which is great we don't have any problems with that. But last Monday i noticed that several of our Cd's and books and felt board games were missing because the children had been asking about them. I asked both of my co-teachers about the supplies and the one teacher who is leaving on Friday stated that she took the materials and they were in her car. So two of the strategies that i used was compromise and the 3r's; reciprocal, respect and responsible in which i asked the teacher to use her lesson planning time to either make duplicates of the materials again, so that the children would not be losing out or give all the materials back. I felt that compromising would help both sides give up a little and gain a little by having the teacher leave the classroom in which her help wasn't going to be needed for that hour but for that gain the children would get their materials back. I felt as though the 3 R's were appropriate in this case because the matter concerned more than two people and we must have respect for the classroom by not taking materials and responsible because someone has to be held responsible for their actions. What are your thoughts?

Week 4

Throughout this course i am learning that ccommunication is key when talking with others to learn and to voice your opinion, i often perceive myself as a quiet person who doesn't voice her opinion often. People tell me all the time that i am soft spoken and do not like conflicts. As a child i have always mad facial expressions, which my mother would tell me that my face was going to get stuck that way, my facial expressions where part of my nonverbal communication which showed how i was really feeling about the situation. When i talk with others such as my Husband he tells me all the time that i cut him off and its really because i have so much to say and if i don't say it, i will forget later.;but with other people this doesn't happen often because i may not feel comfortable around them. As an educator i feel as though i do need to become more mindful of my facial expressions and how to become more open with my thoughts as these children whom i am encountered with i play a role in their lives.

I have learned that when communicating with others i need to get straight to the point and not "beat around the bush", i often times get my words mixed up when allows me to understand that i need to take more communication classes.

week 3 blog assignment

Do you find yourself communicating differently with people from different groups and cultures? 

Communicating  with others is often a difficult thing to do but as i reflect on this course i have learned a great deal of information how the effective way of communicating with groups and cultures. As an educator i have learned that listening and studying groups and cultures allows for others to understand there importance and values. As a teacher i sometimes use non-verbal communication  to communicate with my students to see if they understand my thoughts and interaction of communicating with them.

If yes, in what ways do you communicate differently? 


Sign-language is something at my center we are trying to do effectively to teach and communicate with our children. As an educator for an Hispanic child who doesn't know any English, i am trying my best daily to communicate with her by learning Spanish and talking with my Spanish co-workers on ways in which i can effectively communicate with the child.

Week 2 Assignment 2

Part 1: This week is a crazy week as i am trying to complete two weeks of homework before my wedding June 30th which has already passed when you are commenting on this blog post. 

This week i watched the TV show America's Next Top Model, i don't ever watch this show because i just don't find it interesting, but i must say watching tv with the sound off is very interesting.

What do you think the characters’ relationships are based on the ways in which they are communicating

As i watched this show i think the characters relationships seem to be very friendly as the ladies are smiling for the camera and nodding there heads to the camera man. I the girls are happy and overjoyed with excitement because as the title says America's next top model they are competing with one another.


What are they feeling and expressing based on the nonverbal behavior you are observing

Some of the girls seem to be feeling sad and one girl covered her face and then undercover d her face and tears were coming down her face. Some girls seemed angry as you  see their hands up in the hair and their heads moving around in a circle.  While others girls seemed very happy as they were jumping up and down and smiling.





  
What assumptions did you make about the characters and plot based on the ways in which you interpreted the communication you observed?

The assumptions that i made about the characters and the plot  is that the girls seemed happy as we know often times people hide their frustrations behind a smile as i watched the show with the sound on the girls were hiding their frustration of not getting the right smile or photo shoot and the girls couldn't show there frustration to the camera man because of the thought of being sent home.  

Would your assumptions have been more correct if you had been watching a show you know well?

Yes my assumptions would have been correct because the shows i watch; i watch them all the time,several times a week on DVR or on Demand. And often times i watch re-runs of the same show which allows me to see things i didn't notice before.

Blog assignment week 1 assignment 2

When i think of someone who exhibits competent communication i think of my Cousin Tonya she works for the Chicago Tribune as a Marketing Manager for the newspaper. Every time i hear this women speaks even at little functions she comes off very knowledgeable,confident and warm. She is able to control the crowd, her voice is loud and clear. Tonya is able to answers questions on the spot as if she rehearsed what others might have questions about. She always has a smile and comes off very friendly and sincere. I remember in College having had to take a communication class in which we had to say a five minute speech my speeches never where five minutes because my voice would get dry, i would get nervous and rush through my speeches. So my goal in life is to be able to speak in front of a crowd and that is what i admire about Tonya because she is a natural at speaking in front of others. I would not want to model any of my communication behavior after this person because i feel as though she does a well enough job and i honestly can learn from her.