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Lindsey's Page

Here is the link for my independent field study website:
[|www.wix.com/lmswitalski/blogging]

You should be able to use the feedback tab for your thoughts as well.

Thanks, Lindsey

Please visit the link below to participate in my online workshop. Once you arrive at the home page you will see the different sub-pages listed along the top. I would suggest going through them in order from left to right. Order is not crucial as long as you get through all parts. :) Lindsey's Lit. Review Workshop



March 21st Online Class Assignment:



Lindsey - I like your ideas on the single gender classroom. As a PE teacher I think that it would have a positive effect on the classes and their level of participation. There would not be as many embarassment issues to deal with. One drawback I see is that the boys typically are higher skilled which pushes the girls to do better or demonstrates the correct way to play. But, on the other hand, it does force the girls to become leaders if they tend not to be. To play "devil's advocate" a little, it was a big deal in society when classes went co-ed. Do you think that any of the parents/teachers/administrators/board members will see it as a step back? I can just see some of the women feeling that this could challenge the women's rights movement. I am not that kind of woman but you know they are out there ;) ~Katie It sounds like the data you collect will be really interesting! We always look at statisitcs in school comparing boys vs. girls school performance, so it'll be interesting what you both find. I think it was a good idea that they suggested you and Michelle to be team teachers. It would be hard to choose which gender to teach. I don't know what could get uglier on a bad day, all girls or all boys! hahaha Do you think you'll have a positive reaction from parents? If for some strange reason your idea doesn't pass through, do you and Michelle have another idea that coincides with this? Good luck! Kim Lindsey, what a terrific idea! :) It sounds intriguing, almost something I'd like to do too! I have to compliment you on your answers to the School Board; that was excellent fore-thought on your part... we may just have to present this to them sometime soon! Katie's question about people being (possibly) upset with the idea of "stepping back in time" to before Women's Rights is a valid one, don't you think? We do need to be careful how this is approached... it's got nothing to do with separating for inequality reasons; it's got everything to do with setting up an environment in which children learn best. ~Your BuddyTeacher, Michelle Lindsey- I think your idea (and Michelle's) is fascinating. As a parent, I think I would want to seriously consider this for my child. You and Michelle seemed to have thought this out quite a bit. I like the team teaching that the C&I added in. I also really like how you are setting this up. Since you are at the fifth grade level I think it is important for the emphasis to be on which students want to be involved in these classroom instead of which parents want their kids involved. In addition to talking to the fourth grade classroom teachers, have you thought about talking to the fourth grade specialists? Sometimes they get a different perspective on things than the classroom teachers. Laura

Katie and I actually discussed yours and Michelle's AR question yesterday at school and it is very intriguing. We came up with pros and cons for both classroom settings and for PE. We also weren't really sure what we would pick for our own kids if we got the choices that you are going to send home. It'll be interesting to see what happens....good stuff. -Matt

I do wonder what the parent response will be like. Michelle and I have both brought up the idea to our current students. Not anything about the process but just the idea of separate classrooms and the response from our fifth graders alone has been very interesting. Some groaned but many said they would like to be in a classroom with only their gender. I was in Michelle's classroom one day a few weeks ago when she was talking to her students about single-gender classrooms and I believe the statement from one boy was, "Yeah, that would be awesome. Get those annoying girls out of here." Nice, right? haha This was something I thought students would never like and already we have heard positive feedback from many of our students and it wouldn't even involve them. ::Linds::

Lindsey- I am really interested in hearing what may come about this. I am also wondering what parents may say to this. How will they respond. It sounds like your school is okay with it. I like that you are working as a team on this. This will be interesting data and information. The questions are great. I am wondering how much journaling you are planning on doing with the students? Jessica

Welcome to My Page :) -Lindsey

Here is a small bit of information about my schooling and professional life, thus far. As a district, all staff members have this information as the opener to their personal websites: > -Projected Graduation Date: August 2012. > -Graduated in May, 2008
 * Education **
 * National Louis University, currently working toward my Master's Degree in Curriculum and Instruction.
 * UW-Whitewater, B.S.E.

** Professional Experience **
- 2009 -- Present, Fifth Grade Teacher - 2008 -- 2009, Fifth Grade Teacher
 * Oconomowoc Area School District Educator
 * Bruce Guadalupe Community School

This is a video that sums up the current paradigm in public education. While some may disagree, I do support the claims made in this video and feel like we are standing "right at the edge" of a drastic change in how we all view educaiton.

<span style="color: #2f3abc; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent,but the one most responsive to change.” -Charles Darwin media type="youtube" key="zDZFcDGpL4U" height="390" width="640" align="center"

<span style="color: #ed2173; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">(I believe I added this video to the Spruz site as well)

<span style="color: #ed2173; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">On my personal website through school I have a tab entitled "Cool Links". I try to add an interesting website for my students to check out each day. I have added some of them below for you to check out. They are just fun and, sometimes, educaitonal as well :) <span style="color: #7a0ef1; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">A great site to try...especially if you have a SmartBoard. The site allows you to type in a message, then it uses satellite images to find buildings that look like letters from above. It puts them all together to form your message. You can also click on each "letter" to learn about the location of the different buildings around the globe. <span style="color: #7a0ef1; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">[|Geo-Greetings] <span style="color: #1dc349; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"><span style="color: #1dc349; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">W ondering what book you should read next?? My kids love to use these websites <span style="color: #1dc349; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">. <span style="color: #1dc349; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">[|Book Seer][|What Should I Read Next?]

<span style="color: #7a0ef1; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">Are you bored with your boring old bag lunch? <span style="color: #7a0ef1; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">[|Creative School Lunches] <span style="color: #1dc349; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">What can you learn on You Tube?? <span style="color: #1dc349; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Learning via You Tube] <span style="color: #7a0ef1; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Everyone can appreciate some useless information <span style="color: #7a0ef1; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Useless Information] <span style="color: #1dc349; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">And, a link to my class WIKI...I was inspired to use one for Lit. Circles and the students are very excited about it. It is a work-in-progress :) <span style="color: #1dc349; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Ms. Switalski's Class Wiki]

<span style="color: #ed2173; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">A Little About Me <span style="color: #7a0ef1; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">At the beginning of the school year I show all my students this PowerPoint. It allows them to get to know me and what I am all about just a little bit better.



















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