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Children's Hospitals

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Rachel Polansky

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Abstract

I have created my blog that can be used in children's hospitals. Parents will be able to access my blog

and help to teach their children various lessons. They will have the ability to post comments, questions

and thoughts about future lessons. From here I can take the comments and post new lessons based on

the child's needs. In addition to my blog, parents and children can set up a Skype account and Skype

with me in regards to lessons that they have questions on or lessons they would like me to create.

Children's Hospitals: Using blogs and Skype so children can stay connected to their edu-

cation.

Summary

This project examines how to best help students who are in the hospital and have to leave school because

they are sick. Since I am going to be an Elementary School teacher the point of my assignment was to assist

parents of children who are in the hospital by providing lessons that they can in turn teach their children.

Parents will be able to visit my blog and read the lessons that I have posted. They will be able to comment

with their thoughts, questions and concerns. They can also post areas of struggle that their child is having

and I can then re post a new lesson that may help their child. Lastly, the parents, children and I can also

Skype if needed so they can feel as connected to their education as possible.

Context

This project is designed for early elementary aged students. These children are taken out of school due to a

sickness and need to remain in the hospital for an extended period of time. Parents can view my blog and

therefore teach their children the lessons that I have posted.

Objective

Parents can post questions about how to better help their individual child in areas that they are having

trouble with. Both Parents and Children can feel connected to people outside the walls of the hospital with

my blog and by Skype.

Sample Blog: http://rachel-teachingatchildrenshospitals.blogspot.com/

Rational For Project

Knowing the importance of education, as I am going to be a teacher myself I have always wondered what

happens to those students who are pulled out of school due to an illness or disease. These students unfortu-

nately are bound to the four walls of a children's hospital for lengthy periods of time. Therefore, they miss

out on their education and fall behind in school. I know it's important for these children's lives to remain

as normal as possible. These are the reasons why I chose to do this project.

I feel this is a wonderful way for both parents and children to feel that they are still connected to the

outside world as well as to education. Once these children are released from the hospital they may have

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Children's Hospitals

Rachel Polansky

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Abstract I have created my blog that can be used in children's hospitals. Parents will be able to access my blog and help to teach their children various lessons. They will have the ability to post comments, questions and thoughts about future lessons. From here I can take the comments and post new lessons based on the child's needs. In addition to my blog, parents and children can set up a Skype account and Skype with me in regards to lessons that they have questions on or lessons they would like me to create. Children's Hospitals: Using blogs and Skype so children can stay connected to their edu- cation. Summary This project examines how to best help students who are in the hospital and have to leave school because they are sick. Since I am going to be an Elementary School teacher the point of my assignment was to assist parents of children who are in the hospital by providing lessons that they can in turn teach their children. Parents will be able to visit my blog and read the lessons that I have posted. They will be able to comment with their thoughts, questions and concerns. They can also post areas of struggle that their child is having and I can then re post a new lesson that may help their child. Lastly, the parents, children and I can also Skype if needed so they can feel as connected to their education as possible. Context This project is designed for early elementary aged students. These children are taken out of school due to a sickness and need to remain in the hospital for an extended period of time. Parents can view my blog and therefore teach their children the lessons that I have posted. Objective Parents can post questions about how to better help their individual child in areas that they are having trouble with. Both Parents and Children can feel connected to people outside the walls of the hospital with my blog and by Skype. Sample Blog: http://rachel-teachingatchildrenshospitals.blogspot.com/^1 Rational For Project Knowing the importance of education, as I am going to be a teacher myself I have always wondered what happens to those students who are pulled out of school due to an illness or disease. These students unfortu- nately are bound to the four walls of a children's hospital for lengthy periods of time. Therefore, they miss out on their education and fall behind in school. I know it's important for these children's lives to remain as normal as possible. These are the reasons why I chose to do this project. I feel this is a wonderful way for both parents and children to feel that they are still connected to the outside world as well as to education. Once these children are released from the hospital they may have

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missed a year or more in school. Therefore, they will have to stay behind in school and feel even more disconnected to their old lives. I felt it was so important that these families stay as connected as to their education as possible. I created this project as a way for these children to continue with their education as planned, even though their lives may have taken an unfortunate turn, which placed these children in the hospital. Project Description My blog gives a little snip it of what my lessons would look like. It shows an example of a lesson on phonics as well as a sample math lesson. There is also a post, which shows what a parent may comment about my lesson and how I responded to these questions and concerns. The blog will have dierent subjects and lessons that will build under these topics. Standards By visiting my blog and utilizing my lessons students and parents will be meeting the following California State Standards

Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words both in isolation and in text. a. Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary or many of the most frequent sound for each consonant. b. Associate the long and short sounds with common spellings (graphemes) for the ve major vowels.* c. Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does). d. Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that dier. Counting and Cardinality [U+F095] Know number names and the count sequence. [U+F095] Count to tell the number of objects. [U+F095] Compare numbers. Student Experience In order for parents and students to utilize my blog they are asked to have a computer and access to the Internet in the hospital. Students must register for Skype in case they want to Skype with me to have a lesson face to face, so to speak. Parents are asked to read my lessons and to post comments, questions and or concerns regarding the lessons. I have asked parents to post any suggestions about lessons they would like to me prepare for their child. My lessons will continue to build depending on the parents and children's needs! Assessment There is no formal assessment for this project. Due to the fact that these lessons are for early elementary students, the parents will be the ones who are mainly utilizing these lessons and teaching their children parts of or the lesson in its entirety. However, I will be informally assessing as I build my lessons based on parents and students suggestions and or comments. I will check to see if the parents understand how to teach the lesson and if their child is beneting from them.

-As blogs are becoming increasingly popular they can be used as a way where people can share their learning experiences.
-In this study a blog-based dynamic learning map was created as away to retrieve information and scheduling techniques.
-The relevant articles in this blog are used to promote learner engagement in their interactions with the map
-The results of this experiment show that learners make use of the blog-based learning map in positive ways.

Supporting Research

Social software as support in hybrid learning environments: The value of the blog as a tool for reective learning and peer support

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