Thursday, April 28, 2011

US Courts (Educ 400 Group Lesson)

The District Courts can give a ruling to a case.
The Court of Appeals has nationwide legislation, deals with cases of specialties, an example would be medical cases.
The Supreme Court is the most powerful of the other court systems.

A case starts out in District Court, if a party is unsatisfied with their results they write to the Court of Appeals. Then again if they feel their case was not judged correctly they will then take their case to the Supreme Court but first filling paperwork to do so.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Reflect on Blogging

  Overall my blogging has been about the experiences and situations I talked about in my first blog but I don't think blogging is a fun and interesting as I thought it was. I feel that blogging would be more useful if we did it each time we went to our PDS, and also if we were paired with someone in the same content area and/or PDS and also that our mentor teachers subscribe to our blog. Not that I don't enjoy reading my partners blogs or comments but I feel that it would be easier to talk, respond, and relate to someone in the same specialization or PDS.
   Talking with my blog partner is important to me, the comments left are nice to know someone read it and can relate to what I am doing in my PDS. Communicating with my seminar facilitator is extremely important so I know what I need to do and I can learn new and interesting things from them. And communicating with the faculty is also very important, especially my mentor teacher. Communicating with the faculty lets me know school policies and rules, upcoming events, and their expectations of me. Communicating and getting to know the faculty at your PDS also makes you feel more comfortable, welcome, and belonging there.
   Overall, did you feel that the blogging helped you in becoming a teacher? Anything you would change about blogging?