- Some of the international early childhood field are working on some of the same issues and trends are the USA
- Some of the international early childhood field contact seem to be very busy
- It was very hard to get in contact with a lot of them because of the services they provide in the other countries.
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Final Blog Assignment
Three consequences of learning about the international early childhood field for my professional and personal development
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Getting to Know Your International Contacts
I had no luck with my contact this week. I sent a message to them on the 14th and they responsed sending this message on the 15th:
Dear Sir or Madam,
Thankyou for your inquiry. Regrettably, due to the volume of such requeststhat we receive and the volume of work we have here at UNICEF's globalheadquarters, we cannot devote staff time to assist with studentor personal projects. We greatly regret that this is the case.
However,we believe that our website is an excellent source of information onUNICEF-related issues. We would kindly encourage you to revisit ourwebsite (www.unicef.org) and, in the Search box, perform a search using keywords related to your topic. That will yield many results andget you off to a very good start.
For more detailed information, wewould also point you to the following outstanding UNICEF and UN websites forstatistics and monitoring:
www.unicef.org/devpro
www.childinfo.org
www.devinfo.org
http://www.unicef.org/statistics/index.html
We areconfident that you will find reams of information regarding your topic withinthese sites.
Again, weare sorry we cannot be of more direct assistance but wish you, nevertheless,every success with your project.
Withsincere thanks for your interest in and support of UNICEF,
Sincerely,
UNICEF
Web: www.unicef.org
United Nations Children’s Fund
3 UN Plaza, New York, NY, USA, 10017
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However, visiting their website their is a lot of information and article about health, education, and child survivor. All of the articles are interesting because they are always somewhere helping the chidren and single and young mothers. They are teaching young mothers about how to care for the babies, teaching the children about health and also educating them about health foods and education. They are always provide the essential things they need to survive in their countries.
Dear Sir or Madam,
Thankyou for your inquiry. Regrettably, due to the volume of such requeststhat we receive and the volume of work we have here at UNICEF's globalheadquarters, we cannot devote staff time to assist with studentor personal projects. We greatly regret that this is the case.
However,we believe that our website is an excellent source of information onUNICEF-related issues. We would kindly encourage you to revisit ourwebsite (www.unicef.org) and, in the Search box, perform a search using keywords related to your topic. That will yield many results andget you off to a very good start.
For more detailed information, wewould also point you to the following outstanding UNICEF and UN websites forstatistics and monitoring:
www.unicef.org/devpro
www.childinfo.org
www.devinfo.org
http://www.unicef.org/statistics/index.html
We areconfident that you will find reams of information regarding your topic withinthese sites.
Again, weare sorry we cannot be of more direct assistance but wish you, nevertheless,every success with your project.
Withsincere thanks for your interest in and support of UNICEF,
Sincerely,
UNICEF
Web: www.unicef.org
United Nations Children’s Fund
3 UN Plaza, New York, NY, USA, 10017
Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube
However, visiting their website their is a lot of information and article about health, education, and child survivor. All of the articles are interesting because they are always somewhere helping the chidren and single and young mothers. They are teaching young mothers about how to care for the babies, teaching the children about health and also educating them about health foods and education. They are always provide the essential things they need to survive in their countries.
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Sharing Web Resources
As I have shared earlier with everyone https://kinderplans.com,
www.babycenter.com, and http://www.educationworld.com/ are
great sites to visit. The main one I remand is Education World. They have
several articles that are helps with a lot of things. Following this website and receiving their
newsletters have answered many of my questions I have had. Through this website I have find tips on lesson
plan, tips on professional development, co-teaching tips, and tips about
technology.
Here is a link to one of the
newsletters I received weekly http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/summer-brain-builders-for-educators.shtml. This particular article gives tip on summer
brain builders for educator. It meant
for middle school but it can still be use for all grade level teachers.
The websites I selected never responded
back and I forget who I have chosen to follow.
So recently I have been follow UNICEF, where I have found to great
articles on their website. Here is the
link so you can visit http://www.unicef.org/index.php. UNICEF organization focuses on health,
protection, education, and child survival, which are the basic for issues and
trends in some of the foreign countries.
They always have new information and
insight on health, protection, education, and child survival weekly. However, I
have not sign up for newsletters but by explore the site and reading different
articles I have gain a lot of information about foreign countries and what they
have issues and trends they have.
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Getting to Know Your International Contacts
I really like the website UNICEF. It has great articles and share a lot of things that people are doing all over the world. A lot of their article are touching and sad. That can be a good thing because it makes me want to get out and do something to help out. An article I read June 1 called Post-natal home visits improve newborn survival in Gaza, was about help young mother of infants improve their parenting skills after birth. Stated in the article, every year, an estimated 1,600 babies die in the first four weeks of life in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Most of these newborns deaths could be prevented if mothers and newborns’s health was systematically evaluated, and if young mothers received advice on how to best care for their children (Weibel, 2012). That sadden me because I am mother of three kids, a three year and a set of twins that are about to be one. Just imaging my babies in the first four weeks is something I probably will not be about to live. UNICEF is doing some amazing things by sending our nurses and midwives to help these mothers and they are visiting them three times within the first four weeks. They are promoting breastfeeding which I am really big on.
Another part of the article that caught my eye when Hafsteinsdottir stated, "A 38-year-old mother who had just given birth to her 14th child. She and her 15-year-old daughter were pregnant simultaneously, and consulted together at the clinic,” Hafsteinsdottir said. “The mother told me she wanted all her children to marry young, to move out of the family house and start having children immediately because this is what she did, and because it is a practical way of making room for the younger children in her crowded house (Weibel, 2012)." That raise a question, "Is there any type of birth control in Gaza? Who are educating them about sex or abstention? Where are the parents of the young teenage mother?
In different countries and ethics group I guessing that where the differences comes in values and moral.
References
Catherine Weibel. (2012) Post-natal home visits improve newborn survival in Gaza. Retrieved from http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/oPt_62538.html.
Another part of the article that caught my eye when Hafsteinsdottir stated, "A 38-year-old mother who had just given birth to her 14th child. She and her 15-year-old daughter were pregnant simultaneously, and consulted together at the clinic,” Hafsteinsdottir said. “The mother told me she wanted all her children to marry young, to move out of the family house and start having children immediately because this is what she did, and because it is a practical way of making room for the younger children in her crowded house (Weibel, 2012)." That raise a question, "Is there any type of birth control in Gaza? Who are educating them about sex or abstention? Where are the parents of the young teenage mother?
In different countries and ethics group I guessing that where the differences comes in values and moral.
References
Catherine Weibel. (2012) Post-natal home visits improve newborn survival in Gaza. Retrieved from http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/oPt_62538.html.
Monday, May 28, 2012
Sharing Web Resources
When looking over the UNICEF website this was very eye catching for me. It was an article on clean water in Honduras. This kind of hit close to home be one of my student parnet is from Honduras. I remember she would come in and tell us how it was over them. She would always so it was bad meaning poor. She said that the states are better. I never really thought about how bad it was until I read on the article. UNICEF staff visit a small community in western Honduras to see how the lives of residents have changed since the installation of improved water and sanitation infrastructure (Marcos González, 2012). With support from UNICEF, the National Autonomous Service of Aqueducts and Sewers (SANAA) recently installed improved water and sanitation infrastructure in the area. Twelve months ago, this programme brought tap water to each of the 40 homes in this community, changing residents’ lives completely (Marrcos Gonzales, 2012). Before the water was install people would catch rashes but now that they installed a new water system it does happen anymore.
The lack of drinking water not only affected children's health in Cerritos II, it also seriously hindered their access to education (Marrcos Gonzales, 2012). Children had to fill water jugs instead of going to school. One teacher said that attendance has improve since the water system has been put in place.
This article really sadden me. I can not image living without the water and that is one of the simple thing some of us take for granted. This article was very touching.
References
Field Diary: Clean water improves health and education for children in Cerritos II, Honduras, 2012, Retreived from http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/honduras_62483.html.
The lack of drinking water not only affected children's health in Cerritos II, it also seriously hindered their access to education (Marrcos Gonzales, 2012). Children had to fill water jugs instead of going to school. One teacher said that attendance has improve since the water system has been put in place.
This article really sadden me. I can not image living without the water and that is one of the simple thing some of us take for granted. This article was very touching.
References
Field Diary: Clean water improves health and education for children in Cerritos II, Honduras, 2012, Retreived from http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/honduras_62483.html.
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Getting to Know Your International Contacts
I have yet to hear anything from my contacts. I have recently changed one of them to the UNICEF. Hopefully they will email me back as soon as possible. If they any suggestion who I might can contact and get a quick please let me know. Thanks.
From my understanding of poverty has been going on years and year. Poverty to means living without the necessaries that are needed to survive on a daily basic. Hopefully by the next blog my contacts would have contacted me so I will be about to share some information with you all as well. Sorry colleagues. Seem as if I am not doing my job. But they haven't response by. Sorry again.
From my understanding of poverty has been going on years and year. Poverty to means living without the necessaries that are needed to survive on a daily basic. Hopefully by the next blog my contacts would have contacted me so I will be about to share some information with you all as well. Sorry colleagues. Seem as if I am not doing my job. But they haven't response by. Sorry again.
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Sharing Web Resources
Unfortunately, the two organization I emailed has not emailed me back that was Haiti and the Netherlands. However, I am subscribed to kinderplans newsletter. This site you have to be a member and you can receive free lesson pages for everything such as themes for seasons, holidays, and etc., whatever you can think of. They send out lesson plan ideas weekly and monthly just depending on the occasion. The lady who runs the website is Elaine Engerdahl. She always has a blog that goes along with the site. Here is the link https://kinderplans.com, https://kinderplans.com/blog/. Another website I am subscribed to is the baby center. I subscribed to this one when I was pregnant with my first child. This website tracks your pregnancy and different milestones as you progresses in your pregnancy and after the baby is born. Then it starts to track the baby milestones, keeping you update about the developments with the baby. Here is the link www.babycenter.com. Another I am also subscribed to is education world. This site provides with ton of information for professional developments to lesson plan. It sends out weekly newsletters with different ideas, lesson plans, current event, continuing here education, and etc. This weekly newsletter is published by Education World®the largest *free* resource on the Web for teachers and school administrators. Did you know that Education World posts new content five days a week? Bookmark EducationWorld.com and make sure you don't miss a new article or resource! Here is the link http://www.educationworld.com/.
Looking back on recent newsletter Education World out. A current issue caught my eye dealing with technology. In the newsletter they where offering to earn a degree in Education Media Design and Technology, interactive game that teaches math concepts, a virtual orchestra to liven up a music class, or an animated grammar lesson, the possibilities of using technology as a learning tool continue to expand (Education World, 2012). Learn how you can reach your students through media technology (Education World, 2012). This was eye catching because I think that every school system, preschool, or whoever providing care for school age children that uses technology needs to be up to date on technology in the classroom to enhance that child learning.
Looking back on recent newsletter Education World out. A current issue caught my eye dealing with technology. In the newsletter they where offering to earn a degree in Education Media Design and Technology, interactive game that teaches math concepts, a virtual orchestra to liven up a music class, or an animated grammar lesson, the possibilities of using technology as a learning tool continue to expand (Education World, 2012). Learn how you can reach your students through media technology (Education World, 2012). This was eye catching because I think that every school system, preschool, or whoever providing care for school age children that uses technology needs to be up to date on technology in the classroom to enhance that child learning.
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