Wishing you and yours

Wish you all and all of yours a very Merry Christmas and Peace, Joy, Love in the coming New Year. I am pasting a chorus from a sung by "The McKameys" that give me strength when something overwhelming happens in my life. I hope that it will also give you all encouragement if you ever hit a bumpy place in your road of life.

Chorus:

God will make this trial a blessing tho it sends me to my knees. Tho my tears flow like a river yet in him there’s sweet relief. There’s no need to get discouraged there’s no need to talk defeat. God will make this trial a blessing and the whole wide world will see.

Hope you guys Have a great holiday!

Now that the finals are over, i hope you guys have a great and safe Holiday! Merry x-mas and a great new year!

have a merry christmas

i just wanted to tell everyone that i hope you all have a great and safe christmas break it was great to have a class with you all and Mrs. White you're a great teacher thank you

I Need Your Help! - - Shalyn!

I need help getting in touch with Shalyn. Shalyn, if you are reading this I need you to contact me ASAP - 859-338-4822. If any of you know Shalyn's number or know how to get in touch with her please let her know I need to speak with her. Do NOT post her info publicly on the blog. Thank you!

Thank God the final is over!!!

Shooooooooooooo.

I have been working on that final for 3 days. My son has been in the hospital and it has been really hard but I made it. I just now submitted my final and I am so glad to get that over with. I am now officially done for the semester. I really enjoyed this class and I feel like I may have actually learned something. My son came home (finally) and he is doing much better. He builds furniture and he contracted cellulitis in his finger some how from a splinter. He ended up in the hospital for 4 days and he still has an IV in his arm and a drain tube under his finger nail yeah sounds pretty gross I know. Hestill has to go for antibiotics every day for 5 days. Without prayer and God I could not survive 1 minute. I hope everyone have a joyous and blessed Christmas and Happy New Year.

Regina

Monday power

What happend with the power monday? I was in the middle of a computer class final and after about 4 questions the power just went out, then the fire alarm went off so we had to stand out side in the cold for 20 minutes befor we could figure out what to do. so the teacher just decided to put the final online and have it due thrusday morning. What happened to the peoplet that were taking paper finals?

Final

Do we have to do all the questions except wednesday nights questions? I was not able to be in class last monday so I am confused.

This class has been a great experience and has taught be so many things about language that I didn't know before. This class has really made me prepared for the difficulities I may face when I start teaching. It has made me better prepared to deal with students who may have delays in language and those who don't. I've learned that its very important to be well versed in language and I will be sure to pass that on to my students. Thanks for a great semester Mrs. White.

The questions on the bluegrass technology center were pretty hard to answer if you weren't able to make it to the field trip. It took alot of researching on the internet and looking at the weekly resources to try and get the right answer. I'm just hoping that what I found was right. If you couldn't make it to the field trip like me I suggest going through the weekly resources and then searching through google to get a better understanding of the questions before you answer them.

Good luck on finals everyone!!

Sincere Question - Interested in Your Opinion

Just curious as to your opinion . . . Do you think an instructor/professor should prepare for the class he or she teaches - or come to class and decide upon arrival what to do that day/evening?

Do you think a student should have to PREPARE for a class in order to be able to make a good grade in the class? How much time do you think a student should have to put in to a class OUTSIDE of the class in order to be able to do well? What type of activity do you think is practical or reasonable to expect students to do on a weekly basis to prepare for a class in order to make the class time a richer learning opportunity?

Test

In Question 13 do we just have to list device/resource.
We don't have to explain them do we?

Video In Class.

I was just wondering what you all thought about that video that Mrs. White showed in class last Monday before we left. I thought it was really cool and eye-opening, I wasn't expecting it at all, I mean at first I thought it was just going to be talking about how the animals pushed through and survived but I thought it was really interesting how whoever made it connected each different animal to a specific kind of child who learns a certain way. I just liked it and I was curious to see your all's thoughts.

Links for a various activities

I have included some websites that you can visit and find a lot of free activities to use in the classroom or with your own children. These site provide lessons, crafts, links to other activities and recipes that can be adapted for different levels of learning. "Felt Fun" is a group online that you can join and get a lot of ideas and pdf's emailed to you. They do send a lot of emails, but if you like crafts and printables it would be worth joining. Alenkasprintabes website offers free stationary and scrapbooking printables along with others.

If You're A Blogger

I know not everyone is a blogger! But, for those of you who enjoy staying in touch, sharing resources, fun ideas, etc. I have created a blog at a different site where ANY ONE can post. This is simply an invitation for those who would like to participate. Perhaps it will continue over the semesters and become a site people can use to network, stay in touch and use in a variety of ways if they need ideas or help in other classes or once they get into their classrooms.

I've not used this other blog site before so it's a totally new learning experience for me. Honestly, I have no idea what I'm really doing so perhaps we can learn together and you may end up having to teach me! So, if you'd like to stay in touch or check it out (nothing there right now except one post to get us started - perhaps you can help with that) visit it at http://ideas4us.wordpress.com/

Holiday season

Well guys I have really enjoyed this class and I just wanted to tell everyone I hope you all have a wonderful and safe holiday and be careful in your travels. Hope everyone's Christmas is spectacular!

Christmas Bird

Just in time for the holidays!

Languages Spoken in Kentucky

How many languages are spoken in Kentucky? Check out this chart! Just click on the title of the Post.

Reading to Classes

Just in case. . .

I was being totally serious when I said I would LOVE to come read to your classes when you are teaching in your first classrooms. I do hope you'll tuck my contact information away. Feel free to use it if you ever need a reference or help with something. But, definitely do remember me once you're in the classroom. I am always having classroom withdrawl and definitely want to come read to your students.

Project Question

Okay Im almost done with my project, but I was wondering if anyone knew what Halliday ment on the Analysis of Pragmatics , Function of language section means. I just noticed it and I'm slightly confused. If anyone could get back to me that would be awesome! Thank you all bunches*

Your Opinion

I am interested in your opinion. I am considering having ONE blog for both classes to participate in next semester instead of one per class. The blogs from semester to semester and class to class have been so incredibly different and used in such different ways. Just wondering what YOUR thoughts are about having both classes participate in the same blog.

Any other ideas or suggestions are also welcome as I reflect and prepare to revise for next semester.

the semester's ending

I'm glad but really sad to see this semester end. I have really enjoyed this class and Mrs. White you have been great. It's nice to know if we need help, advice, or anything even when the class is over we can still turn to you. I have learned alot and hope that everyone has the best of luck in their futures. I'm sure everyone will do great. I'm sure we will all meet again in future classes or occupations.

Field Trip???

Hey everyone!

Could someone please give me an overview of what happened in class last Monday night? I wasnt able to make it and I have read a lot of interesting things on the blog, so it sounds like I missed a really good class.

Krista Greene

field trip

Hey i thought the field trip was very eye opening. there are so many different ways to get language across to people who have trouble. I've been talking about it to a lot of people at work and my roomate.

Does anyone know if Mrs. White has posted an example sample of the Language project? I know that we saw some in class, but I thought she was going to post it on blackboard. It would really help me to see a visual! :)

Hey everyone,

I am looking forward to class tonight.. See everyone later..
JENN

Field Trip....

I thought that one of the devices we saw was very interesting. I can't really remember what it was called though. I think it was midobi or something like that. It was the machine that helped people communicate though their eyes. It like scanned your pupils or something. I was blown away that a machine like this even existed. I would love to know more about this device. I enjoyed going to the Lexington Bluegrass Technology Center.

Field trip- A child named Joe

No one is posting blogs about Monday nights field trip so I'll start event though we have class tonight. I thought that Joe was a fascinating little boy who displayed all three types of Echolalia that we discussed in class, immediate-delayed-and mitigated.

I really enjoyed the field trip. I love have hands on stuff when you can actually see and get o better understand of what is being taught.

Language Project

I was wondering exactly when the language project is due. In my notes I have that it is due this comming Friday, but then I heard or thougth I heard that it is due tomarrow?

Front of the Class

Not sure if you all have ever heard about it but there is a movie on CBS right now called Front of the Class, it is about a boy who had touretts syndrome and struggles with it throughout school and follows his ambitions to become a teacher, I would recommend it to all of you to watch it, it is a wonderful movie.

Class on 12/8/08

Mrs. White,

I am not going to be able to make it to class tomorrow night and I was wondering if I was going to be missing anything important. I have an appointment that has been scheduled for some time in Somerset at 4:30 and I don't think I can make it to class from Somerset and go to the doctor as well. Jackie, if you are reading this call me and let me know what I missed. I am going to be submitting my language sample tonight.

Regina

Field Trip

I wasnt able to make it to the field trip due to the fact that I had to spend a little over 800 dollars to have my car fixed. It happened the day of the field trip and I didnt have time to get a hold of anyone to get a ride there. If someone could catch me up a little bit on what I missed Id really appreciate it. Im pretty bummed that I couldn't be there it would have been really interesting.

Language Project Questions

If you have questions about your Language Project I would encourage you to post them here on the blog. I'd also encourage you to attempt to answer one another's questions. I'll chime in as needed - monitoring the posts.

Also, I will be staying after class on Monday and Wednesday in Wallace 346 to answer questions, work with people on specific issues on their projects, etc. I would still encourage you to post items here that could give you a big jump on next week.

I've seen SEVERAL drafts of projects. They ALL have looked OUTSTANDING! The questions I am getting are EXCELLENT questions and the typical ones we have as we begin to analyze language. Keep them coming via email, blog or phone - all are welcome.

Bluegrass Technology!!

I just wanted to say that the field trip was a great experience. I had no idea anything like this even existed in Lexington. I learned a lot of new information and I was able to see a lot of new technology. This experience is something that I can use in the future as well as in my classroom. This would also be a great place to complete some community service/volunteer hours.

I'm sorry, but I will not be able to make it to class tonight. There was a family emergency. Hope everyone has fun and I'll see everyone next week.