Brenna's Edu 3650 Blog

As the semester comes to a close, I enjoyed making this video and being able to express my views on the class. My vlog discusses the many topics we discussed and specifically the ones that resonated with me the most. These includes the units we did on poverty, home and school connection, bullying, and violence. The future secondary educator within me felt that these were topics that aligned with the older children, although still being relevant to elementary students. Down below is my vlog which goes into depth about everything I have mentioned so far.  Reflection video

    This weeks blog on the home and school interaction is an informative and influential post. As educators we are not only responsible for educating the students academically, but to be future full functioning adults when they leave our school. Hence, why it is important for us to have a connection their lives outside of the classroom, such as their parents and home life. If we develop these connections and have a method of communication, we are better able to help the student in all areas. This relationship mimics a triangle- the student and teacher have a relationship- the parents and teacher have a relationship- and the parent, student, and teacher all have a unified relationship.          The first corner of the triangular relationship is the student teacher interaction. As of late, it has been heard how  "...teachers talk about how helpless they feel when it comes to reaching out to their students" and how they want "The days of being the person whose job it is to