Domain 8: Global and Multicultural Perspectives
8:30-10:15 a.m.
Elaboration:
In Language Arts class this morning, one of my students was continually falling asleep during reading time. Some students were reading aloud, others were reading independently. When I asked him why he was so tired, he said he didn't know. He said he just wasn't sleeping. I had him sit up and join me and him and I took turns reading together. Finally he sat up and paid attention for the rest of the classtime. I also gave my students a challenge today to go one hour without watching TV or playing video games. I told them that tomorrow they would write about it. They all complained wildly saying that they would not have anything to do. The children said that they range between 2 and 7 hours of video games and television a night.

Analysis:
Many of the parents of my students have different ideals and guidelines for their children than I would, or than I did. The children in my class are much more plugged into technology than I ever was. I think it is important that I incorporate some of their world into my teaching, but it is also crucial that I show them other ways to do things. I encouraged them to play a game or go outside. It is hard to know what the line is in some of these areas. Where is the line for me as a teacher in teaching them how to live? Where is the line between learning to engage them with what they know and teaching them how to be engaged in other things?