RAINBOW OF A TIME

This picture was taken at Kasigluk, AK on the Akiuk side of town. I really like it, because they have a nice school and the people are so friendly. My sister married someone from there, and now they have been living there for almost 22 yrs. We visit often and go shopping to their store because they offer a better variety than our store. This rainbow was taken when we were butchering moose my brother in law caught when he went Takllirlak to hunt for moose. Our school year is going well so far, and the staff have been so quiet so far. I am so pleased because they have adapted to our school environment, and are so friendly instead of trying to be judgemental to our conditions. I AM SO EXCITED, YET IT'S ALMOST OCTOBER. The student's are so into playing basketball. Right now, while I'm writing this, they are playing with one another and this is the major reason they come into our after school program. Our target subject this year has been Math. In our SBA's the majority of our students scored at or below the criteria for math. We have been using the ALEK's program which is a math tutoring program that is online. I needed to make a presentation to our staff, but our DO needed to make a list of usernames and passwords for our teachers. So far, I haven't recieved any from them at all. Despite that fact, I think we will be succesful this year. I have no doubt that our staff will make an effort to concentrate on math especially 'cause we succeeded in reading and writing last year. Also our staff morale is more stronger and more positive than it has ever been since the past five years I have been working here. Gotta Think Positive to get Positive feedback from students. I had to realize and notice that myself this year. It's going goot!!

Moose Hunting

This is Aaron N. He is 14 yrs old and he just recently came back from moose hunting for two weeks. I called his school and told the home/school coordinator that he is going out hunting with his uncle-in-law and will come home after they catch a moose. Aaron was excused for two weeks at our school, because he went subsistence hunting. I was wondering if I should allow him to go or not because he would miss so much instruction. I was ignoring the fact he would get subsistence instruction from my brother-in-law and instruction in survival skills out in the woods. Although they didn't catch a moose I was happy to see him home. Back to noise in my little house with the sound of electric guitar and music which he likes to play. He mentioned he learned how to cook soup with rice and salt. I was so happy to hear that because this is another skill needed in life, regardless if he's a boy. Navigation is another key factor, because I want him to take me upriver when he's of age to go on his own. This weekend they are planning to go for just the weekend for punking, and I hope they get lucky getting a moose. Aaron loves to hunt, and I am so happy he does hunt because he is carrying on our tradition and lifestyle of subsisting from our land.

Weekly Bog #3

Here's some of my afterschool students in Atmautluak, AK. We have been working on our math skills since school started and we use the ALEKS program that is geared towards math tutoring. We have tutoring for an hour, 15 min. of snack/email, and an hour of gym time. Gym time usually gets students motivated to come to the afterschool program, but they have to have tutoring for at least 45 min. The students are excited because they get to check their email for 5-10 min. before we head into the gym.

WEEKLY BLOG #2

HELLO EVERYONE:
I hope everyone enjoyed their Labor Day weekend. Seems like everyone is picking berries and fishing. There's a new powerpoint program I came across that the students are working on and it's called Keynote. I really like the options that the program offers and of course the students are picking up on it VERY FAST. Kids these days, they know what's behind the keypad! Very TECH nerdy..... Work is busy as well as home life. I'm trying to work on my projects but I'm quite slow. If there was more time in the day! God Bless our time given though. Okay everyone! Enjoy the rest of the week!

8/30/07 School Days, WOW!!!

August has came and gone by so fast. At work, we had to get organized and set up schedules to meet our student's needs. It would be nice if the admin. could set up one whole day aside to set up schedules, another day to organize, and then another whole day for preparation. The student atmosphere has been positive so far, although our staff is new. We had an energetic younger staff last year, and this year they have been replaced with older people. You can tell the difference in motivation, because our younger staff trained them well last year, and it's gonna be hard for them to keep up. We already are having a hard time finding a student council advisor for this year. I'll leave it up to your imagination.

As for home life, I have been busy putting away fish and boxing up my things for renovation they are going to do on my house. They already started leveling the house, and it's going pretty well so far. I just hope they start on the extension before the first snow fall.

Home Again, Home Again

I am home again, home again. It's so nice to be home again. Although my son claimed to have cleaned and cooked, my house needed major cleaning when I got home. I had to adjust to the quietness of my home town and for some moment I felt out of place because I had gotten use to the hustle and bustle of city life. Today is my back to work day. I work after school hours and this summer I was assigned to summer school, three weeks after and three weeks prior to the start of school. Altough I am two weeks short of when I was suppose to start, I think I can arrange something with my school administrator. Hopefully, he'll understand why I was gone. I would like to welcome everyone home and wish everyone a new school year, wherever your home again might be.

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Week's Reflection

Hi Everyone,

I am so impressed at how much information and technology we were exposed to this week. I think I will be more effective in doing my presentations in other classes as well as teaching in a classroom. Now, it's up to us to keep practicing and using this technology because our students are so computer savvy these days. I also wanted to mention that I saw so many great movies made by all of you.

During this week we have made movies, power points, and discovered websites that are going to be useful in our field of work. I have seen students use the blog system in English classes to share their papers and information. Flickr is going to be so useful in our photo world because it will keep our photos organized and ready to use when we need them.

Inspiration/Powerpoint Day 2 Reflection

The other day we made a Powerpoint and an Inspiration document that teaches our students how to make a chart, and how to search on Google. It was so neat, because when I was done with my documents, they didn't look like I even made them. They are so fancy, and so visual that my students will definitely understand the point I'm trying to make.
The one thing I would like to try is to have everyone follow along on the first try and on the second try to have them work on their own projects. I wasn't too impressed with my topic on "George Washington" on my Inspiration project because it was too broad. I should have been more specific, like "George Washington on US Currency" or "George Washington's Early Life" etc.
I am looking forward to using the applications in my classroom, and learning more from this class as well.

Waqaa Everyone!!

My name is Sue N. I am from from Atmautluak, Alaska. I have two kids, Aaron 14 in two days, and Esther 7. I am an Elementary Ed. major and hoping to teach in LKSD with in a year. I am very happy to meet everyone in my class, and to have learned so much within the last week.