April 19th Response

All of today's topics were intriguing and easy to relate to. As far as coed dorms go, that is normal for me. It is difficult to imagine a dorm area without it. Obviously here the dorms are coed and my friends schools all live in coed dorms as well. I don't think there is anything wrong with them and the benefits discussed in the presentation were spot on. The topic of geography in education was very interesting. In my schooling I was tested multiple times in social studies classes and geography units on countries and states and what not, but I do know many schools that hardly touched on it. It is insane the amount of people that are unfamiliar with the geography of the United States. I definitely agree that education of geography should be emphasized. The last presentation about inclusion and co-teaching was very easy to relate to. All through elementary, middle, and high school, inclusion was practiced in my schools. As a student, I never really experienced the second teacher actually teaching so I'm not sure that the plan of co-teaching worked completely as planned. The complication in co-teaching was never brought to my attention but after listening to the presentation I feel it is important for teachers to figure out how to communicate and teacher together well to benefit not only themselves but the students and the classroom community.