Moriah's FNED 346 Blog

This is so inspiring and amazing and just had to share it. 

Unlearning the Myths that Bind Us-  By Linda Christensen Extended Comments  After reading the article, "Unlearning the Myths that Bind Us" by Linda Christensen, I read a post from one of my fellow classmates, Amanda F, and agree with her argument that "Disney Films are not as innocent as one may think." I agree with both Amanda and Christensen that films such as Disney films in particular are actually giving its audiences a "secret education". Having grown up loving these movies it is so very easy to relate to. I would like to add that it is hard to reverse these stereotypes that we all grew up watching. I do feel that it is getting better today, and that these characters in these movies are more realistic and relate-able. But if you go back and look at all the older classic princess movies it is a harsh reality and explains why so many young women and young men have insecurity issues and senses of a false reality. I agree with Amanda on the t...

Teaching Multilingual Children by Virginia Collier  Hyperlinks   This Week I read Teaching Multilingual Children  by Virginia Collier, where she talks about how important it is to incorporate different langues and cultures in classrooms, especially ESL and multilingual classrooms. I found several other articles and sites that offer resources and other ideas on this idea of Multilingual classrooms. Multilingual education embraces students' mother language to teach students because learning is more meaningful and powerful, and learning outcomes are stronger. This Site I found explains multilingualism and what a Multilingual classroom looks like in different countries. It gives a definition of what multilingual is and what is like to have a multilingual classroom. https://study.com/academy/lesson/multilingualism-definition-role-in-education.html I found this video to be informative and interesting. It is about Multilingual schools and what is like...