MARY JEAN : The sweet candy

2008-09-27T09:26:00.000-07:00

My Personal Life

2008-09-26T15:52:00.000-07:00

I would like to talk about myself. Well, I appear to be friendly and outgoing but I also hope to have a very private side of my personality. My cool manner is attractive, but I can frighten people off and leave me feeling a bit isolated. I don't enter into relationships lightly, and when I do, I take them very seriously.

I'm not the romantic type, but I can be passionate.

My experience in a classroom ....

2008-09-25T11:22:00.000-07:00

Teaching is not, as many people incorrectly assume, a simple task. It requires skills and an aptitude that are possessed by only some people. It takes a special person to be able to TEACH. Teaching requires heart and patience as well as the ability to do a specific task.......

I would like to share my experience as a teacher. I would be starting now a series of my experiences in the classroom which were very nice with my students. I know some of them are unbehaviors, but I must use my classrom management ( I learned it in the technology class) .

When I began my class, I was nervous. Sometimes, I forgot some English words jaja.... But I knew how to resolve this problem I just tried do the best in my class.

Now, I do my English and French Class with security about myself. I like do interesting activities for my students and they enjoy them. Although, some of them are bored jaja..

As a teacher the most important thing is to enjoy each moment and be true to myself and my students. I am not supposed to know everything just because I am a teacher but I know this is a profession where we learn everyday something.

I’m still not sure whether I’ve scarred anyone for life, but I knew from the first half hour in that classroom that I most assuredly did not hate this teaching thing. Even when the kids were squirrelly little terrors, I was energized and pretty much full to the brim with joy. First, I love teach. I love to hear them say they “can’t” write and then show them that they really can, even though it never gets easy…

Well.. My experiences are each day and every class.. So, I will continue write my experiences in a classroom...

Whould you like to know the Amazon Rainforest?

2008-09-25T11:01:00.000-07:00

The Peruvian Amazon is the most accessible part of the world’s most famous jungle. Travel by dugout canoe along the winding river tributaries, visit captivating Iquitos and the freshwater dolphins of the Reserva Nacional Pacaya-Samiria. A Peruvian Amazon holiday enables you to visit the important Manu Biosphere Reserve, home to thousands of species of spectacular plants and animals, ad over 1000 bird species.

This zone, known as "Amazonia", is considered the lung of our planet, and the Peruvian part is considered to be one of the parts of the jungle best preserved in its "virgin" state. This unspoilt state and its location in the tropics, makes the Peruvian Amazonia particularly biodiverse, holding as it does over 70% of the living species of the planet. This infinity of species of flora and fauna, many of which are not found anywhere else, live together in totally unique diversity in the Peruvian Amazonia.

The natural riches of our country, which is also an important natural resource for humankind, is only nown to a few scientists and, obviously, much less by those of us simply curious about our environment.For this reason we've put together the contents of this web site about the Natural World of Peru, which we are pleased to offer to you, our visitors.

Not only have we put information about nature at your disposal, but also supporting illustrations, and information about specialized tourism, such as Photo Safaris, Birdwatching, Orchids, General Botany, Insects, Anthropology , Waterfalls, Invertebrates etc.

Peru's Amazon Basin grants the adventurous traveler access to the magnificent lowland rainforests of South America and some of the most exceptional wildlife viewing opportunities on the planet. Choose from several different lodges, each offering a unique and unforgettable glimpse into this amazing tropical ecosystem.

At Manu Wildlife Center, we'll take jungle walks in hopes of spotting mammals including the elusive Jaguar and visit a mineral lick frequented by hundreds of colorful parrots and macaws.

The Wildlife Center is also world-renowned as a prime location for observing the huge Lowland Tapir, a primitive herbivore related to the horse and rhinoceros. A four-hour boat ride upriver from Iquitos lies Tahuayo Lodge and the Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo Reserve, home to a multitude of species including pygmy marmosets, pink dolphins, leaf-cutter ants and multi-colored orchids.

The Tambopata Reserve is one of the best places in the Amazon where one can encounter peccary, macaws and jaguar. At the Tambopata Research Center, we’ll take walks with beautiful views of the Tambopata River winding its way down from the Andes. All of the lodge options offer comfortable cabin-style accommodations and naturalist guides intimately familiar with local flora and fauna.

Come and enjoy the Amazon Rainforest ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

Student Motivation to learn

2008-09-25T10:11:00.000-07:00

I would like to talk about Motivation and how to motivate learners to learn .... As we know..

Infants and young children appear to be propelled by curiosity, driven by an intense need to explore, interact with, and make sense of their environment. As one author puts it, "Rarely does one hear parents complain that their pre-schooler is 'unmotivated' " (James Raffini 1993).

Unfortunately, as children grow, their passion for learning frequently seems to shrink. Learning often becomes associated with drudgery instead of delight. A large number of students--more than one in four--leave school before graduating. Many more are physically present in the classroom but largely mentally absent; they fail to invest themselves fully in the experience of learning. Awareness of how students' attitudes and beliefs about learning develop and what facilitates learning for its own sake can assist educators in reducing student apathy.

What Is Student Motivation?

Student motivation naturally has to do with students' desire to participate in the learning process. But it also concerns the reasons or goals that underlie their involvement or noninvolvement in academic activities. Although students may be equally motivated to perform a task, the sources of their motivation may differ.

What Factors Influence the Development of Students' Motivation?

According to Jere Brophy (1987), motivation to learn is a competence acquired "through general experience but stimulated most directly through modeling, communication of expectations, and direct instruction or socialization by significant others (especially parents and teachers)."

Children's home environment shapes the initial constellation of attitudes they develop toward learning. When parents nurture their children's natural curiosity about the world by welcoming their questions, encouraging exploration, and familiarizing them with resources that can enlarge their world, they are giving their children the message that learning is worthwhile and frequently fun and satisfying.

When children are raised in a home that nurtures a sense of self-worth, competence, autonomy, and self-efficacy, they will be more apt to accept the risks inherent in learning. Conversely, when children do not view themselves as basically competent and able, their freedom to engage in academically challenging pursuits and capacity to tolerate and cope with failure are greatly diminished.

Once children start school, they begin forming beliefs about their school-related successes and failures. The sources to which children attribute their successes (commonly effort, ability, luck, or level of task difficulty) and failures (often lack of ability or lack of effort) have important implications for how they approach and cope with learning situations.

Schoolwide goals, policies, and procedures also interact with classroom climate and practices to affirm or alter students' increasingly complex learning-related attitudes and beliefs.
And developmental changes comprise one more strand of the motivational web. For example, although young children tend to maintain high expectations for success even in the face of repeated failure, older students do not. And although younger children tend to see effort as uniformly positive, older children view it as a "double-edged sword" (Ames). To them, failure following high effort appears to carry more negative implication--especially for their self-concept of ability--than failure that results from minimal or no effort.

Educators can and do affect students' level of engagement in learning. Simply recognizing this power is a critical step in motivating students. By further recognizing how a healthy self-esteem is the foundation for success, which in turn fosters motivation and engagement in school, teachers can see the connections between their practice and student outcomes.

What is the LOVE ?

2008-09-25T09:39:00.000-07:00

Love gives a simple life beauty, color and fragrance. When love enters in a life, never-ending spring starts, new flowers bloom and the aura of beauty covers everything. Love is a feeling that drives you to do the impossible for your beloved.

The soul that is loved is said to be blessed and the body which carries the soul is divine. So, celebrate your love life in wholesome manner and live to the fullest.

Love the fact that you are in love because being in love is a celebration in itself. She completes you and you complete him, love celebration gives a new direction to your life. Don't look out for any special day to cherish your love; make everyday part of your love celebration.

This poem is beautiful.....

IF I TOLD YOU “I LOVE YOU”

IF I TOLD YOU “I LOVE YOU”
If I told you “I love you”

No less than once a day

For all the wonderful years

We have shared at work and play.
If I thanked you each and every moment

As your smile touched my heart and soul

Always showing that you need me

I still could not complete my goal.
If I gave you affection in a thousand ways

I would fail to fully convey

How much you are my world of joy,

My friend, and my lover, who doesn’t stray.
Our memories of the years past

Give us happiness night and day

Our dreams of tomorrow’s burdens

Are why we choose to pray.