This morning I was working at the golf course and watching the morning talk shows.  The View was on and the ladies were talking about the "Hot Topics".  In the states in private schools the teachers are finding that the parents of their students were sending the nannies to do all the "parent" work for their children.  They sent their nannies to do things such as bake sales at the school and field trips.  The parents excuses were that they already pay so much money for these teachers to teach their children, they should not have to put in their "free" time to go to the school to do the teachers job.

My question is to my blog readers is what is your opinion about parents involvement with in school activities with their children?

My personal opinion about this subject is I understand that parents are very busy.  When I was in elementary school my parents were always too busy with work to help out with in school activities like back sales, pizza lunches, or field trips.  Most of these activities happen during the day when most parents are working so they are unable to attend.  But now coming from the teachers stand point having parents in your classroom gives your classroom a sense of community!  It allows us to have help with little things in our classrooms where we would not be able to give as much attention to if we were in this alone.  I am not a parent yet but when I do become a parent I think that attending these activities with your child creates a good relationship with your child in and out of school.

This past Monday (May 13) I attended a live podcast where Michael Wacker gave my ECMP 355 class a very informative lecture on how we can incorporate Google and Google Apps into our classrooms.  Technology within our classrooms still amazes me.  The ski is the limit with technology and we as teachers and educators should take advantage of these opportunities.  Michael made a good point that "a good teacher is a good teacher in a parking lot" technology can make a good teacher an even better teacher!  That is who I am striving to be.  With all the information Michael shared with us I plan on incorporating parts into my future classroom as well as with my fellow students I go to school with. 

This YouTube video really struck a note with me.  I believe in what this young man says.  He is speaking nothing but the truth because lets look at majority of university students.  Do we ever remember what we studied for the night before a final exam? Rarely.  This video really inspires me to want to make education meaningful to my students.  Make them want to learn and make learning fun for them! Watch Suli's videos on YouTube and let me know what you think!
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