a. Using 2 distinct websites, find the definition of "Interdisciplinary Studies"
1. Adjective; involving more than one branch of learning in ones studies
2. Adjective; drawing from or characterized by participation of two or more fields of study; "interdisciplinary studies"; "an interdisciplinary conference
b. Using 2 distinct websites, find the defintion of "Latin America"
1. Parts of North America (Mexico), Central America (except Belize), and South America (except French Guyana, Guyana, and Suriname) where mainly Spanish or Portuguese is spoken.
2. The countries of the Western Hemisphere south of the United States, especially those speaking Spanish, Portuguese, or French.
c. Find a list of countries that make up "Latin America"
Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Cuba, Uruguay, El Salvador, Paraguay, Bolivia, Panama, Honduras, Trinidad and Tobago, Nicaragua, Haiti, Jamaica, Bahamas, Barbados, Guyana, Suriname, Netherlands Antilles, Belize, Saint Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, Dominica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
d. Find a list of countries that make up the "Caribbean"
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, and U. S. Virgin Islands
e. Cool fact: use any website (eg any you found, or www.google.com videos,
www.youtube.com using the keywords Latin America or Caribbean), tell us something you didn't know
I found this really cool fact, in the Caribbean there are oysters that can climb trees.
f. Cite your sources used above, and tell us your opinion as to why or why not the sources you used are reputable ones. Be specific. An 8th grader, for example, should understand the reason that you, the college student and authority, give.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/interdisciplinary
http://www.wordreference.com/definition/interdisciplinary
http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/Latin-America.html
http://www.answers.com/topic/latin-america
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_countries_of_Latin_America
http://www.prettygreatanswers.com/launch/01-08-2006What-countries-make-up-the-Caribbean.htm
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Random-Facts
I think that these sites are reputable because of the titles of there sites, yes I know that any person can make there own website but these ones that I have chosen seem serious and informed. I think that titles make me believe whether or not it is legitimate or not. When looking at any website though I think that there is a pretty high chance that it could all be false but then again I think that there are a lot of smart people out there that would call that person on the lies on the website.
g. Using last week's assignments (When you login to class to submit your work, it can be found at the very top of the page, Assignments link), review Project 1 work submitted by your classmates. Browse through your classmates web pages.
What do you notice in general. Choose any two classmates and tell us what you have in common with that classmate, worth 1 percent of total semester grade.
I noticed that there were a lot of students who were older than the average college student and quite a few have children. I think that our class has a pretty broad range of ages in our students so that hopefully will make our discussions much more interesting and effective.
I found that Blair E. and me have a favorite movie in common! I did not put down my long list of favorites but Dirty Dancing is definitely pretty high on my list. I wonder Blair, would did you think of the second one, Havana Nights? A lot of people I know thought it was absolutely horrendous, especially because it they brought back Patrick Swayze.
Also I liked reading about Renee S. because we have a lot of the same favorite movies, Hitch it seriously on my top 5 favorite movies ever! Also I liked reading about her favorite because my best friend is obsessed with Nicholas Sparks and has read pretty much everything by him and now is making me read everything! I’m surprised that Renee didn’t say that she liked “The Notebook” or “Walk to Remember” because those are both movies that were made out of books that Nicholas wrote.
Monday, September 22, 2008
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Assignment 1C
The first profile I looked at was Kims and I learned that she like me loves the movie wedding crashers and has an I’m sure adorable pit-bull who she loves to play with. From reading her assignment about Paulo Freire I learned more on how specifically he believed that education should be taught. She talked about how everyone should relate to what they are learning about on a personal level and not just be lectured and taught things just so they can regurgitate them on test and essays. A student really needs to understand what they are learning and why it is important. Also as I was reading her last paragraph I learned that I hadn’t really thought about the world as she did. I agreed with her theory of the world always changing and that the way people are educated needs to be changing along with the times as technology and people evolve and progress.
The next profile I looked at was Renee’s and I learned that she has three children and is fascinated by old coins. From reading her assignment I learned that Paulo Freire taught 300 sugarcane workers to read and write in only 45 days! That is absolutely amazing! That was all while he was imprisoned for being a traitor. Also I learned that, as random as this sounds, that Paulo’s wife Elza also helped him in all of his endeavors. That part of this history was very vague from the sources that I looked at but I’m glad to know it now.
The next profile I looked at was Renee’s and I learned that she has three children and is fascinated by old coins. From reading her assignment I learned that Paulo Freire taught 300 sugarcane workers to read and write in only 45 days! That is absolutely amazing! That was all while he was imprisoned for being a traitor. Also I learned that, as random as this sounds, that Paulo’s wife Elza also helped him in all of his endeavors. That part of this history was very vague from the sources that I looked at but I’m glad to know it now.
Friday, September 12, 2008
Assignment 1B
Paulo and his work:
Before this assignment I had no idea who Paulo Freire was but now that I have learned more about him I can see why is such a truly inspirational man. Paulo spent his 75 years on earth helping people in need. He was exiled from his home country of Brazil for 15 of those years because of his work among the rural poor. As a young boy his family was affected by the depression and he experienced what it was like to go hungry, that is the point in his life when he decided that he was going to dedicate his life to the struggle against hunger. Paulo spent his whole life with determination, he spent time in jail for doing what he believed in, and worked in Chile for five years as an adult educator. He was also a professor at Harvard University and then shortly after that he became Assistant Secretary of Education for the World Council of Churches in Switzerland and traveled across Asia and Africa lecturing.
Paulo’s Inspirations:
Paulo had many inspirations but as a young man studying law, philosophy and psychology he was reading works of Marx and Catholic intellectuals Maritain, Bernanos, and Mounier. These men were the foundation of influences in his educational philosophy. Also in his later years when he was working in the United States, there was unrest with our country and its involvement in Southeast Asia. Minority spokespersons and war protesters were publishing and teaching and this strongly influenced Paulo. This was an epiphany for him because he realized that the oppression of the less powerful economically and politically were suffering right here in America not just in third world countries.
Paulo’s Legacies:
Paulo was a great inspiration to many people and thats why I think that his biggest legacy is the many lives he touched just with his pure determination to make this world a better place. His books also will teach others now that he is gone, his first one “Education as the Practice of Freedom” and his most famous piece of writing “Pedagogy of the Oppressed” are still read today. Pedagogy of the Oppressed is about how education is a path to permanent liberation and involves to stages. The first stage is that people become aware of their oppression and through praxis transform that state. The second stage builds upon the first and is a permanent process of liberating cultural action. Overall Paulo was a very interesting man to learn about and I am glad we did because he had such an affect on so many people it would be a shame not to appreciate all of his great work.
My Sources:
Lyons, John.Paulo Freire's Educational Theory.
[http://www.newfoundations.com/GALLERY/Freire.html Last update: January 04, 2008]
National-Louis University. Paulo Freire.
[http://www3.nl.edu/academics/cas/ace/resources/paulofreire.cfm Last update: May, 01 2005]
Smith, M. K. (1997, 2002) 'Paulo Freire and informal education', the encyclopaedia of informal education. [www.infed.org/thinkers/et-freir.htm. Last update: July 02, 2008]
Before this assignment I had no idea who Paulo Freire was but now that I have learned more about him I can see why is such a truly inspirational man. Paulo spent his 75 years on earth helping people in need. He was exiled from his home country of Brazil for 15 of those years because of his work among the rural poor. As a young boy his family was affected by the depression and he experienced what it was like to go hungry, that is the point in his life when he decided that he was going to dedicate his life to the struggle against hunger. Paulo spent his whole life with determination, he spent time in jail for doing what he believed in, and worked in Chile for five years as an adult educator. He was also a professor at Harvard University and then shortly after that he became Assistant Secretary of Education for the World Council of Churches in Switzerland and traveled across Asia and Africa lecturing.
Paulo’s Inspirations:
Paulo had many inspirations but as a young man studying law, philosophy and psychology he was reading works of Marx and Catholic intellectuals Maritain, Bernanos, and Mounier. These men were the foundation of influences in his educational philosophy. Also in his later years when he was working in the United States, there was unrest with our country and its involvement in Southeast Asia. Minority spokespersons and war protesters were publishing and teaching and this strongly influenced Paulo. This was an epiphany for him because he realized that the oppression of the less powerful economically and politically were suffering right here in America not just in third world countries.
Paulo’s Legacies:
Paulo was a great inspiration to many people and thats why I think that his biggest legacy is the many lives he touched just with his pure determination to make this world a better place. His books also will teach others now that he is gone, his first one “Education as the Practice of Freedom” and his most famous piece of writing “Pedagogy of the Oppressed” are still read today. Pedagogy of the Oppressed is about how education is a path to permanent liberation and involves to stages. The first stage is that people become aware of their oppression and through praxis transform that state. The second stage builds upon the first and is a permanent process of liberating cultural action. Overall Paulo was a very interesting man to learn about and I am glad we did because he had such an affect on so many people it would be a shame not to appreciate all of his great work.
My Sources:
Lyons, John.Paulo Freire's Educational Theory.
[http://www.newfoundations.com/GALLERY/Freire.html Last update: January 04, 2008]
National-Louis University. Paulo Freire.
[http://www3.nl.edu/academics/cas/ace/resources/paulofreire.cfm Last update: May, 01 2005]
Smith, M. K. (1997, 2002) 'Paulo Freire and informal education', the encyclopaedia of informal education. [www.infed.org/thinkers/et-freir.htm. Last update: July 02, 2008]
Monday, September 8, 2008
Assignment 1A
1. What is your first name only(NOT last name)
Sierra
2. Why are you taking this class and what do you hope to learn
I am taking this class because it is flexible enough to fit in my schedule and I don't have anything in particular I want to learn.
3. How far do you live from the SRJC campus
18.98
4. What do you think of when you think"Latin America and the Caribbean"?
Honestly when I think of the Caribbean I think of a vacation location for rich people to go and relax but for some reason I don't seem to think that anybody actually lives there(I know they do but just off the top of my head I don't think about it). When I think about Latin America though I just think of pretty much every country in South America(Its a very broad thought).
5. Have you ever created a blog or webpage in the past?
Other than Myspace, Facebook, or Photobucket... No I have not.
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